Everyone needs friends. The Communication Arts Department is lucky to have a distinguished group of them, known as CAPS, or Communication Arts Partners. Some are alumni of the UW, some are current and former faculty; …
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Professor Karma Chávez Receives First Book Project Award
Professor Karma R. Chávez has just been selected as the 2011-12 recipient of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for the Humanities’ First Book Project Award. A very competitive process, the First Book program is an …
Antenna Blog Celebrates Second Anniversary
This fall, the media and cultural studies group blog Antenna: Responses to Media & Culture celebrates its two-year anniversary. Operated and edited by the graduate students and faculty in the Media and Cultural Studies area …
Lee de Boer: Outstanding Alumnus Award
At the 2011 Department of Communication Arts Awards Luncheon, Lee de Boer (B.A. ’74) received the second annual Outstanding Alumnus Award for his many accomplishments in television, cable, and new media. Perhaps his biggest accomplishment …
Social Media Interns
Too often the mention of summer internships conjures up images of endless hours of copying, answering multiple phone lines, and fetching coffee. But an increasing number of Comm Arts interns are making tweets instead of …
Comm Arts Debuts New Course in Digital Media Production
With the support of the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates (MIU), the Comm Arts Department will offer a new digital media production class next fall. Introduction to Digital Media Production, a hands-on project-based course, will teach …
Graduate Student Spotlight: Michael Braun
Are you thinking about introducing your 70 year old grandmother, mother, or friend to Facebook? Do you think you’ll be successful? According to graduate student Michael Braun’s (BA ’06, MA ’11) research on older adult’s use …
Associate Dean Susan Zaeske Congratulates Pentimone
Carla Pentimone, a Communication Arts graduate and forward on the national champion women’s hockey team, recently received congratulations from College of Letters & Science Associate Dean Susan Zaeske. Pentimore, who received the team’s 2010-2011 Most Inspiring Badger …
Undergraduates Win Year of the Arts Student Awards
Undergraduate Communication Arts majors Bobby Gryzynger & Nickolas Good were recognized in Year of the Arts Student Awards at the 2011 Awards in the Creative Arts. The Creative Arts Awards, curated by the UW-Madison Arts Institute, …
New Taiwanese Cinema Films Donated to WCFTR
Thanks to an historic agreement between the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the government of Taiwan, the film archive of the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research will receive a trove of 35mm films representing some of the best …