University of Wisconsin-Madison
Professor Allison Prasch is one of eleven University-wide faculty members honored with a 2025-2026 H.I Romnes Fellowship award. This award recognizes UW faculty who have made exceptional research contributions within six years of earning tenure. As a research award that provides a significant amount of support over the next five years, the Romnes Fellowship is …
Thirty-two UW–Madison faculty have been awarded fellowships from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research for 2025-2026. The awardees span the four research divisions on campus: arts and humanities, physical sciences, social sciences and biological sciences.
Jeremy Morris opens his students’ eyes to the intricacies of the modern music industry.
The College of Letters & Science bestows named chairs and professorships on 17 faculty members.
Over the last several years, Day of the Badger gift funds have been used to deepen research support for existing faculty. This year, Communication Arts is excited to announce that a portion of gift funds have allowed us to grow our research capacity by recruiting a new communication expert, Professor Diana Leon-Boys, who will be …
In Catalina Toma’s research, one thing is obvious: Technology plays an important role in people’s romantic relationships. Her findings look into the nuances of when this is a good or bad thing.
The Communication Arts advanced production course “CA609: Advanced Screenwriting” engrosses students in the art of screenwriting for feature films. Over a semester, students are tasked with writing a 70-90-page screenplay while focusing on character and plot development and creating a cinematic experience through vivid writing. With the Spring semester well underway, students are focusing their …
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 and public figures have received. The generosity of the Tinker Foundation has allowed the UW LACIS program (Latin American Caribbean …
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 is dedicated to the understanding and strengthening of American democracy through their teaching and research.” This sentiment is evident throughout …
Accessing knowledge has become increasingly easy in recent decades. Scientific facts about climate change and global warming can be found with the flick of a finger — yet this has not been enough to persuade emerging climate change deniers to acknowledge its reality and urgency.