University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Dr. Andrew Bottomley Wins SCMS 2018 Dissertation Award

We are proud to share that Dr. Andrew Bottomley is the recipient of the 2018 Society of Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) Dissertation Award. Dr. Bottomley is an Assistant Professor of Media Studies in SUNY Oneonta’s Department of Communication & Media, as well as an alumnus of the Department of Communication Arts at UW-Madison, where …

Kelly Kahl Receives Distinguished Alumni Award

On Thursday, October 19, Kelly Kahl was one of four recipients to receive the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Wisconsin Alumni Association. The award, first established in 1936, is the highest honor bestowed by the Wisconsin Alumni Association, which only presents the award to the “most prestigious graduates of UW-Madison for their professional achievements, contributions …

Third Annual Asian American Media Spotlight

The weekend of October 13-15, students and Madison community members have the opportunity to see three brand new films at Madison’s Asian American Media Spotlight.  This annual event, now in its third year as a standalone festival, offers the rare opportunity to screen and discuss films that are made by Asian Americans and focus on …

Charles Burnett at UW-Madison

On Friday, the filmmaker Charles Burnett met with about two dozen undergraduate and graduate students from Communication Arts media production courses. In town for UW-Madison’s Distinguished Lecture Series, as well as a Cinematheque screening of his 1990 film To Sleep with Anger, Burnett was gracious enough to hold an intimate Q&A with the students. In …

Two Comm Arts Students Make Their Emmy Debut

Communication Arts students Ali Walton and Ryan Holtz both worked at the 69th Emmy Awards on Sunday. The opportunity arose from their internships at CBS in Los Angeles, which are sponsored each summer by Comm Arts alumnus and president of CBS Entertainment Kelly Kahl. We are immensely proud of Ali and Ryan, and honestly a little starstruck! …

Meet Steffie Halverson

Meet Steffie Halverson, the new undergraduate advisor in Communication Arts. She joins Mary Rossa in advising hundreds of Communication Arts students who travel the halls of Vilas each semester. Halverson became interested in education after graduating from college. First working in public libraries, she later earned her Master of Science degree in Educational Leadership and …

Welcome, Students!

Welcome, students! And for many of you, welcome back! The fall semester is underway and it’s bound to be a great one. We look forward to seeing you in Communication Arts courses and around campus, and wish you the best of luck with your coursework. Our site has a lot of resources for undergraduates. Look …

PodcastRE Project Receives NEH Grant

It was announced today that the PodcastRE project will receive a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Specifically, PodcastRE Analytics: Investigating the Golden Age of Podcasting through Metadata and Sound will receive a $74,972 Digital Humanities Advancement Grant. Combined with the UW2020 grant awarded earlier this year, principal investigators Jeremy Morris and Eric Hoyt now have a …