Every year, the Communication Arts department gives back to its students with a series of scholarships aimed to help Comm Arts’ hardest working majors. These scholarships are possible through the generosity of our alumni and …
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What Is Authorship in Cinema?
Kent Jones will be in Madison this Thursday, April 18, giving a talk entitled “What is Authorship in Cinema?” at 4 p.m. in Vilas Hall 4070. Jones is a prominent film critic and filmmaker, and …
Bordwell on Ebert
UW emeritus professor of film, David Bordwell, reflects upon his friendship with and the career of legendary film critic, Roger Ebert. Antenna Blog Post UW News Post
Comm Arts Grad “Forward Under 40”
Communication Arts alumn Adam Schweitzer (’99) was recently named a winner of the Wisconsin Alumni Association’s “Forward Under 40” award. With Dar Rollins, another UW graduate, he is a partner at International Creative Management (ICM), …
Alumni Update: Donna Remmert
There are many ways to spend one’s retirement. Some buy a timeshare in Palm Springs, some sign up for weekly bridge games, but if you are UW-Madison graduate Donna Remmert, you self-publish a trilogy of …
Karma Chavez on WORT-FM
Every other Wednesday at noon, listen to Professor Karma Chavez’s voice reach far past her classroom on WORT-FM 89.9’s “A Public Affair.” “A Public Affair” is a daily, hour-long segment that “aims to engage listeners …
Alumni Update: Loring Mandel
“The PhB was a godsend for me,” says Loring Mandel (class of ’49). “It enabled me to put together a program of courses that kept me happy and active… I loved my time at UW.” …
Comm Arts Plans Online Instruction
Communication Arts teaching will go online in summer 2014, thanks to the efforts of Professor Sara McKinnon and Dr. Sarah Jedd. Both instructors won Distance Education Initiative grants from the Division of Continuing Studies/Summer Sessions …
Professor Michele Hilmes Wins Fulbright Award
Winter in Nottingham, England is on the agenda of Professor Michele Hilmes next year. She is the recipient of a prestigious Fulbright Research Fellowship to be spent at the University of Nottingham, one of the …
Communication Arts Alum Wins Major Award at Sundance 2013
Saturday, January 27 marked the end of Sundance Film Festival 2013 and the announcement of the prizewinners. Among them was Communication Arts alumna Jill Soloway, class of ’87, who received the Directing Award in the …