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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

Communication Arts alum 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), one of the largest talent agencies in the world. It all started out in his film classes and in the …

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 coming-of-age novels instead. Author of “The Littlest Big Kid,” “The Jitterbug Girl,” and “Head Over Heels,” Donna Remmert has found …

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 in a conversation on social, cultural, and political issues of importance,” WORT 89.9’s website reports, featuring interviews with guests ranging …

“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.” The Communication Arts Department has produced many successful graduates over the years, but perhaps none so diversely talented as Loring …

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 to develop online versions of their highly successful introductory courses. Prof. McKinnon’s CA 260, Communication and Human Behavior, is a …

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 UK’s top ten universities.  There she will work with the faculty in the Department of Culture, Film, and Media as …

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 Dramatic Competition for her debut feature Afternoon Delight. The film, which was also written by Soloway, is a dark comedy …

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, Lindsay Williamson, about how to best use these social media networks as they begin their internship and job search. If …

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 needs of the community organization and the students’ research interests.  Last spring, Ashley Hinck, a PhD student in Rhetoric, Politics, …