University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Academy Awards are just over two weeks away, and the university has good reason to be excited. The film Facing Fear is among the nominees in the Documentary Short Subject category, which was directed by UW-Madison alumnus Jason Cohen. Jason Cohen graduated from UW-Madison in 1994 with majors in Journalism and Communication Arts. Like …
Last March, we published a story on two Communication Arts courses, CA 100 and CA 260, that will be offered online during Summer 2014. Now that the summer session is only a few months away, we thought it was a good time to catch up with Dr. Sarah Jedd and Professor Sara McKinnon to see …
Communication Arts Professor Rob Asen has received a Kellett Mid-Career Faculty Researcher Award from the Graduate School Research Committee at UW-Madison. The Kellett Award is one which fosters research with a flexible research fund provided by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. It is “intended to recognize and support mid-career faculty, seven to twenty years past …
The Department of Communications Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison seeks a Visiting Assistant Professor to teach two courses per semester: a course in 2D character animation, as well as a second course in Visual Effects, 3D character animation, Story Design, or area of specialization. Appointment is for one year, starting Fall Semester 2014, but …
Professor Eric Hoyt has been busy. In the span of a week, two projects he spearheaded, Lantern and Project Arclight, have received an award and a grant, respectively. The award comes from the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) for Lantern: The Search and Visualization Platform for the Media History Digital Library. The 2014 Anne …
On the last day of lecture this semester, students in Eric Hoyt’s CA 155: Intro to Digital Media Production course walked out of the freezing cold and into an awards show. The first-ever Hoyty Awards were held Thursday, December 12th in Vilas Hall. Part screening, part competition, and above all an end-of-semester celebration, the Hoyty …
After a brilliant 34 year career as the Head Film Archivist at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, Maxine Ducey is retiring effective January 2, 2014. With consummate skill and unwavering professionalism, Maxine served the Center and the large community of researchers, students, and members of the public who patronized the Center’s archive. …
On Thursday, November 14th, Communications Arts alumni Jill Soloway and Jim Frohna visited campus for the screening of the feature film Afternoon Delight. The film was the debut feature for both writer/director Soloway and cinematographer Frohna. Although showing her film in Madison was the primary reason for Jill Soloway’s visit, she filled her visit with …
The Communication Arts Department would like to thank all of our alumni who completed the survey last spring. Committed to continuing our tradition of excellence, the Communication Arts Department values input from our alumni as we assess the program and plan for the future. Alumni noted a high level of satisfaction with the quality of …
The Department was pleased to welcome the Communication Arts Partners (CAPs) back to campus during the recent Homecoming weekend (October 11-12). The CAPs group consists of generous spirited alumni and emeritus faculty who have formed a departmental board of visitors to support the mission of Communication Arts. (For more on CAPs and its membership, visit …