Walter Mirisch’s (History, ’42) autobiography, I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History, provides a unique insider’s view of the film industry though the life and experiences of an industry giant whose name is synonymous with …
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Hollywood Badgers Featured in On Wisconsin
The Hollywood Badgers, a group founded in 2005 by Comm Arts alumni Lesley Feinstein (Comm Arts, ’03) and Mary Rohlich (Comm Arts, ’03), were featured in the Fall 2008 issue of On Wisconsin, UW-Madison’s magazine for alumni …
Awards to Communication Arts Faculty
Congratulations to award-winning Communication Arts colleagues Susan Zaeske and Kelley Conway. Dean Gary Sandefur has announced that Professor Susan Zaeske (pictured at right) was selected to receive a Hamel Family Faculty Fellowship. Ten such awards were made …
Governor Dreyfus (1926-2008) and Communication Arts
Former Wisconsin governor Lee Sherman Dreyfus passed away on January 2 at age 81. He is well remembered by Wisconsinites as an enlightened political leader (he signed the state’s 1982 gay rights legislation), a successful …
Professor Van Swol Wins Award for Publication
Professor Lyn Van Swol, who joined our faculty this fall, won the National Communication Association Group Communication Division’s 2007 Dennis Gouran Research award for the best published paper in group research. She received her award …