University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Graduate Studies

An Inside Look from the Telluride Film Festival

Buoyed by the generosity of the Hamel family and of the festival itself, for the last ten years, a professor and a small group of grad students have been welcomed to the Telluride Film Festival. Infamously, Telluride keeps its screenings secret until the last minute, but is home to many US, North American, and even …

Meet the 2023 Graduate Students! New Faces Around Vilas Hall

Welcome to the 22 new graduate students in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison! Get to know the new cohort a little better through their brief bios below (a HUGE thank you to Daniel Feuer for putting these together). Apparently we’ve got a free diver, cocktail crafters, coffee brewers, coffee-spillers, outdoor-lovers, …

$6.5M to Graduate Student Support: The Marilynn R. Baxter Trust Gift “Transformational” to the Department of Communication Arts’ Graduate Program

The Graduate Program in the Department of Communication Arts received a remarkable, transformative gift from the Marilynn R. Baxter Trust. Dr. Marilynn R. Baxter (MA ’64, PhD ’73) designated three areas on campus in her estate; one of the areas designated is scholarships to Communication Arts graduate students on UW-Madison’s campus. The Department of Communication …