Grad student Aliea Merriam-Pigg recently talked with NPR about the origins of the Wicked Witch of the West and her infamous green skin. Listen to the full story here.
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Welcoming Professor Adriana Angel to Comm Arts as the Visiting Tinker Professor – Spring 2025
Communication Arts is proud to welcome Professor Adriana Angel from Universidad de Manizales in Colombia to UW-Madison for the Spring 2025 semester. Professor Angel is the Tinker Visiting Professor, a prestigious award many influential scholars …
Alumni Spotlight: Stacy Keppler Calabrese (BA’03)
Largely inspired by her love of stories, Stacy Keppler Calabrese has had a successful career in Hollywood since graduating from the Communication Arts department in 2003. With credits across various successful films such as Drive, …
Center for the Humanities: Friday Lunch with Darshana Mini – Sembawang’s Malayali Settlement: Fiction, Memoirs and Literature as Inter-Asian Method
Memorial Union, 800 University Avenue (Room Information Shared Upon Registration) February 7, 2025 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm. At this Friday Lunch event, Assistant Professor Darshana Mini locates the longer histories of migration of …
WCFTR Wins Major NEH Grant for Upcoming Work: Project Ballyhoo
Communication Arts is excited to share that the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research (WCFTR) was awarded a prestigious grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The Humanities Advancement Grant of $148,428 …
Celebrating Allison Prasch, the Letters & Science Nancy Obin Sukenik Professor
Communication Arts congratulates Allison Prasch for receiving a named professorship award: the Letters & Science Nancy Obin Sukenik Professorship. According to Eric Wilcots, Dean of the College of Letters & Science, “the holder of this award …
Sophie Hougland of Communication Arts Wins a 2024-25 University Staff Excellence Award
Communication Arts is excited to celebrate Sophie Hougland as a 2024-2025 recipient of a University Staff Excellence Award from the College of Letters and Science. Each year, the Dean of L&S awards five University Staff …
The Best Music of 2024
It’s been another vibrant year of new music! We checked in with students, faculty members and a record-spinning alumnus to make sure we didn’t miss the best releases of this year.
Lab Modernizations Expand Opportunities for Faculty and Student Researchers
Few things are more essential to communication scientists in Communication Arts than a physical lab space to conduct live experiments, collect data, and advance their research. To meet that essential need, Vilas’s fourth-floor lab spaces …
The Ticket to Graduate Research Success
Traveling to collect research is often an essential part of graduate students’ dissertations. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, Communication Arts awards many students with funding that makes research travel more accessible and allows …