Every semester a number of Communication Arts majors are placed in professional internships. Comm Arts alumni have helped to make many of these internships possible, reaching out to help students at a formative stage in …
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Comm Arts Student Succeeds in National Marketing Competition
A team of five UW-Madison students, including Comm Arts major Emily Christopher, has been selected as one of three finalists in a nationwide marketing competition sponsored by American Eagle Outfitters (AE), a prominent clothing retailer …
Net Neutrality
UW Comm Arts alumn Stuart Brotman recently co-authored an article on this issue. Net neutrality is set to move into the headlines as the new FCC Open Internet Rules, in effect since November, begin to …
Prof. Rob Asen on “Occupy” Panel
On Thursday evening, Comm Arts Rhetoric professor Rob Asen joined UW colleagues Nan Enstad from History and Keith Woodward from Geography on a panel discussing “Beyond Zuccotti Park: Why the Occupy Movement Matters.” Prompted by …
To Our December 2011 Graduates
Congratulations to all you Communication Arts majors graduating this semester! More than 60 of you will receive your diploma on Sunday, and we in the department want to recognize your achievement and wish you well with …
Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research Awarded NEH Grant
The Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research (WCFTR), a partnership between the Communication Arts department and the Wisconsin Historical Society, has been awarded a $200,000 grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The grant will …
Comm Arts Grad Kyurim Kyoung Wins Second NCA Award
For the second year in a row, Communication Arts graduate student Kyurim Kyoung won a Top Student Paper prize from the National Communications Association. At the 97th Annual Convention in New Orleans last month, her paper, …
Where to Sit at the Movies
Comm Arts faculty alumns David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson were recently featured in Roger Ebert’s Journal on the topic of where critics and scholars habitually sit at the movies. Ebert also heaps praise on their collective …
Professor Rob Asen Receives 2011 Kohrs-Campbell Prize in Rhetorical Criticism
Professor Robert Asen‘s book Invoking the Invisible Hand: Social Security and the Privatization Debates (Michigan State University Press, 2009) was recently selected as the winner of the 2011 Kohrs-Campbell Prize in Rhetorical Criticism. The prize was …
Comm Arts Grad Michael Braun Wins NCA Prize
Communication Arts graduate student Michael Braun won a Top Student Paper prize at the National Communications Association 97th Annual Convention in New Orleans earlier this month. His paper, titled “Obstacles to Social Networking Website Use …