On Thursday, May 16th at 6:00pm in Union South’s Marquee Theater, Errol Morris will present a special screening of his Academy Award-winning documentary The Fog of War. The screening will be followed by a Q&A session and a …
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Communication Arts Showcase: Saturday, May 11 @ 7:00pm, 4070 Vilas Hall
At the end of each semester, the hard work of the Communication Arts media production students culminates in the Communication Arts Showcase, in which the best work from the semester is shown on the big …
Mitch Weckerly: Investing in the Future
Between the classroom and the career lies the internship. An internship gives students the opportunity to shadow their prospective career path of choice, gaining industry connections and cultivating the exact skills needed to succeed. Undergraduate …
Undergraduate Scholarships
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 …
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.” …