2025-05-15
- Bonnie Kim’s long road to earning a bachelor’s degree at the University of Illinois is coming to an end. Since spring 2024, when she returned to campus after 45 years to wrap up her coursework, she’s felt something like a time traveler, studying as a full-time college student at a university that’s so familiar and yet so dramatically different than it was in the late 1970s. After all,...
2025-05-14 - Lindsay Bitner-Mitchell, a first-year student who is majoring in communication, was one of two University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students to receive places in the Fulbright Commission’s Summer Institutes program — a selective summer scholarship...
2025-02-14 - Communication alumnus Paul M. Lisnek (BA, '80; MA, '80; PhD, '86, speech communication; BA, '80, political science; JD, '83) has earned a College of Liberal Arts & SciencesAlumni Achievement Award. Lisnek has built a unique career, becoming both a prominent legal consultant and television and radio...
2025-02-07 - Communication doctoral candidate Katherine Bunsold earned a teaching award from the College of LAS. Bunsold was among 16 professors, graduate students, lecturers, and advisors selected as recipients of the 2025 LAS teaching and advising rewards."We are honored and fortunate to have so many amazing teachers and advisors in the College of LAS,” said Venetria K. Patton, the Harry E. Preble Dean of...
2025-01-27 - By leveraging the Department of Communication’s expertise, the University of Illinois’ new Speakers Workshop is furthering the university’s mission of producing graduates who exemplify professionalism, authenticity, and leadership. The director of the workshop, Laura Stengrim, brings more than 20 years of experience...
2025-01-24 - John M. Murphy, a professor of communication at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, studies the history of American public address and political rhetoric. Murphy spoke with News Bureau research editor Sharita Forrest about President Donald Trump’s second inaugural address and how the rhetorical devices that presidents use...
2024-12-20 - Doctoral students Emily Mendelson and Megan Jacobs Farnworth were awarded the Donald P. Cushman Memorial Award by the National Communication Association for their essay titled “Disclosure-Related Social Support and Reappraisals as a Result of Sharing Abortion Experiences with Close Others.” The award honors the top-ranked student-authored paper from all NCA units that competitively rank papers...
2024-12-13 - Emily Van Duyn, a professor of communication at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, studies the effects of social, geographic, and political polarization on human relationships and is the author of the book “Democracy Lives in Darkness: How and Why...
Brilliant white male characters more believable, some viewers say in communication professor's study2024-11-22 - Brilliant characters often play key roles in movies and TV shows. However, when these characters are played by women and people of color, some audience members dismiss them as unrealistic, even if they portray real people and events, a recent study found. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign communication professor ...
2024-11-13 - For most academics, sabbatical is a crucial time to focus on your research and a break from teaching duties. For administrators it’s especially essential, because their duties often leave little time to devote to their scholarship. For Isabel Molina-Guzmán, associate dean for student academic affairs for the College of LAS and professor of Latina/Latino studies and communication, it was a...
2024-10-31 - Chronic pain — defined as daily or significant pain that lasts more than three months — can be complicated to diagnose and treat. Because chronic pain conditions are clouded with uncertainties, patients often struggle with anxiety and depression, and they and their doctors often find these conditions challenging to discuss and manage, studies have indicated. A recent study of 200 adults...
2024-10-18 - In a ceremony hosted by the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, communication professor Travis Dixon was honored as the new David L. Swanson Professor of Communication. Dixon, whose research focuses on the prevalence and impact of stereotypes in mass media, was recognized for his exceptional scholarship, mentorship,...
2024-09-26 - Throughout their time at Illinois, if Juliette Chavarria and her friends wanted to go to an anime convention, they would have had to travel more than 100 miles. Chavarria, then a senior majoring in communication and Spanish with a minor in leadership studies, thought there must be a better option than traveling to Chicago or St. Louis. During a...
2024-09-09 - A new book co-written by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign political scientist explores the road to the White House through three distinct eras of presidential campaigning. The book, “Battleground: Electoral College Strategies, Execution, and Impact in the Modern Era,” draws...
2024-08-23 - Max Kim had this dream. He’d harbored it for all of his married life, but the timing never seemed right to pursue it. He and his wife, Bonnie, had kids to raise. A house to run. Jobs to hold. Then Max would look at a couple of old photos of his graduation from the University of Illinois, with he in his gown and Bonnie in her dress standing proudly at his side, and the dream would stir. They had...