“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.” …
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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 …
Social Media and Your Job Search
Can social media networks such as Twitter and LinkedIn help you find a job? In a workshop in mid-November, a group of undergraduates heard from Com Arts Advisor, Amy Schultz, and Historical Humanities Career Advisor, …
Public Humanities Exchange Grant Awarded to Ashley Hinck
Each year, the Center for the Humanities provides graduate students an opportunity to take their work in academia into the Madison community. Through the Public Humanities Exchange Program, partnerships are created that reflect both the …
Communication Science PhD Students in Print
Three PhD candidates in Communication Science started the New Year with single-authored journal articles. Michael Braun published a research paper on Computers in Human Behavior (Vol., 29, 673–680). The paper, “Obstacles to social networking website …
CA 100 Speech Contest – Fall 2012
On the evening of December 12, the top 21 persuasive speakers enrolled in the fall semester of Communication Arts 100 competed in the CA 100 Speech Contest. The speech contest is a long-standing tradition at …
Major Screenwriting Conference to be held at UW-Madison
From August 20-22, 2013, the UW-Madison Communication Arts Department will host the 6th International Screenwriting Research Network Conference. Founded in 2006, the Screenwriting Research Network brings together scholars, writers and researchers from across the globe …
Murphy/Warhol
Scholar and filmmaker J.J. Murphy’s recent book, The Black Hole of the Camera: The Films of Andy Warhol (University of California Press, 2012), has been winning critical praise and stimulating interest in Professor Murphy’s own experimental film …