Congratulations to all you Communication Arts majors graduating this semester! More than 60 of you will receive your diploma on Sunday, and we in the department want to recognize your achievement and wish you well with …
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Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research Awarded NEH Grant
The Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research (WCFTR), a partnership between the Communication Arts department and the Wisconsin Historical Society, has been awarded a $200,000 grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The grant will …
Comm Arts Grad Kyurim Kyoung Wins Second NCA Award
For the second year in a row, Communication Arts graduate student Kyurim Kyoung won a Top Student Paper prize from the National Communications Association. At the 97th Annual Convention in New Orleans last month, her paper, …
Where to Sit at the Movies
Comm Arts faculty alumns David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson were recently featured in Roger Ebert’s Journal on the topic of where critics and scholars habitually sit at the movies. Ebert also heaps praise on their collective …
Professor Rob Asen Receives 2011 Kohrs-Campbell Prize in Rhetorical Criticism
Professor Robert Asen‘s book Invoking the Invisible Hand: Social Security and the Privatization Debates (Michigan State University Press, 2009) was recently selected as the winner of the 2011 Kohrs-Campbell Prize in Rhetorical Criticism. The prize was …
Comm Arts Grad Michael Braun Wins NCA Prize
Communication Arts graduate student Michael Braun won a Top Student Paper prize at the National Communications Association 97th Annual Convention in New Orleans earlier this month. His paper, titled “Obstacles to Social Networking Website Use …
CAPS Come to Town
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; …
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 …