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Alumna Karlie Elliott Bowman (BS ’09, ACES; MS ’10, advertising), and her husband Andrew Bowman, were awarded the 2024 Glen “GB” Brandt Prize for Ag Entrepreneurism, announced during the 2024 AgTech Summit hosted by the University of Illinois Research Park. The prestigious award recognizes a grower, producer, or farmer who exemplifies an entrepreneurial spirit and advances innovation in agricultural […]
March 11, 2024 | Kelly Youngblood Derek Long, assistant professor of media and cinema studies, sheds light on a rarely covered piece of Hollywood history in his first book, Playing the Percentages: How Film Distribution Made the Hollywood Studio System. Praised as “invaluable to media industry scholars of the past and present,” the book is a comprehensive history of […]
March 7, 2024 | University of Illinois News Bureau It’s estimated that $12 billion will be spent on political ads this election cycle—30% more than in 2020. The sheer volume of ads is remarkable, and there is vast potential to use this political information to contribute to democracy: to reach more potential voters and provide […]
March 6, 2024 | Kelly Youngblood After 36 years in aerospace communications, Doug Isbell still thanks those lucky stars he’s always admired for the opportunity to create a successful career that combines his passion for science and his love of writing. Isbell’s fascination with space began when he was eight years old, around the time […]
February 29, 2024 | Kelly Youngblood Angela Aguayo, associate professor of media and cinema studies and acting director of the Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies, has been selected as a 2024-25 Humanities Research Institute Faculty Fellow. As an HRI Faculty Fellow, Aguayo will be provided with research funds and one semester of release time […]
Directors Malcolm D. Lee and Lisa Cortes, actors Eric Roberts and Mariel Hemingway to attend celebration Additional filmmaker guests include director Diane Moore with conductor Roderick Cox Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, also known as Ebertfest, announced today the 25th anniversary, running April 17-20, 2024, at the Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign, will kick off […]
Get to know some of our College of Media faculty. Carrie Wilson-Brown is a lecturer of media and cinema studies and of advertising. What’s it like to teach two Media majors? The Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising has incredibly creative faculty and creative classes, and we tend to dive into the social sciences. Most […]
Get to know some of our College of Media faculty. Alison Davis is a lecturer in journalism and a seven-time regional Emmy Award winner. Why did you become a lecturer in the College of Media?When I was working for the Big Ten Network, there were times that different professors would go on sabbatical, and I […]
February 9, 2024 | Holly Rushakoff From a corner table in the Coca-Cola-branded brick building of Flesor’s Candy Kitchen (est. 1901) in Tuscola, Illinois—with a nostalgic Coca-Cola straw canister positioned nearby—Amanda Ciafone, associate professor of media and cinema studies, shared stories about Coca-Cola’s origins with producers of the new TV series A History of the […]
February 8, 2024 | Kelly Youngblood Margaret Ng, assistant professor of journalism with an appointment in the Institute of Communications Research, has been selected for 2023-24 James W. Carey Faculty Fellowship. She was also recognized with the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Emerging Scholar Grant. Ng will receive stipends to support her […]