Victoria Fields wins award from the American Association of Colleges and Universities

Doctoral student Victoria Fields has been awarded a K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award from the American Association of Colleges and Universities. The award recognizes graduate students who show exemplary promise as future leaders of higher education and are committed to academic innovation in...

Remembering Mary Strum

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Mary Strum on March 11, 2025. Mary was a member of the Department’s Office Staff for nearly 20 years, from 2001 to 2019. She served as the graduate program coordinator, assisting eight directors of graduate studies through those years....

A picture perfect day

 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...

Communication major selected for Fulbright UK Summer Institute

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...

Empowering Voices: University of Illinois launches new Speakers Workshop

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,...

Paul M. Lisnek earns LAS alumni award

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 & Sciences Alumni Achievement Award....

Graduate student Katherine Bunsold earns LAS and campuswide teaching awards

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...

How did President Trump’s inaugural address stack up to previous speeches?

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...

Graduate student research on abortion disclosure earns NCA’s top student paper award

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...
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