August 21, 2024 | Kelly Youngblood Growing up, Cassandra L.C. Troy was encouraged to be environmentally aware, especially by her grandmother and mother who taught her to care for the planet. But it wasn’t until she worked at a university sustainability office that she considered a career in environmental communications. “In that role, I got […]
August 21, 2024 | Kelly Youngblood Guolan Yang has studied and cited works authored by professors in the Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising since she was a doctoral student. So when she got the opportunity to meet those esteemed scholars in person at advertising conferences, Yang was further drawn to pursue a career at Illinois. “Visiting the […]
May 14, 2024 | Kelly Youngblood When Sarah Min (BS ’93, journalism) was appointed to President Joe Biden’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in 2022, she knew her background in journalism would prove useful in government policy and nonprofit advocacy work. “For people who practice journalism, it’s a job requirement to […]
May 7, 2024 Show off your University of Illinois College of Media pride with branded apparel! From May 7 through May 24, a College of Media apparel shop will be open with items to purchase including branded quarter-zip pullovers, polo shirts, sweatshirts, ball caps, and T-shirts. The College of Media, the Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising, and the […]
April 10, 2024 | Kelly Youngblood When Andrea Campos graduated from Illinois with a bachelor’s degree in advertising, she had no idea she’d be returning 12 years later as the alumni speaker at the 2024 College of Media Convocation ceremony. But as an artist and creative entrepreneur whose recent career accomplishments include illustrating a New […]
April 10, 2024 | Kelly Youngblood The College of Media is collaborating with University of Illinois and community partners to present educational workshops to local children this spring as part of a new public engagement effort. The collaboration between the College of Media and the Center for Social and Behavioral Science focuses on creating hands-on […]
March 29, 2024 AUDIENCE CHOICE FILM IS ROBERT ALTMAN’S ‘COOKIE’S FORTUNE’ NEWLY LAUNCHED ‘LITTLE INDIAN GIRL COLLECTIVE’ PANEL IN DIALOGUE AND PERFORMANCE ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING ‘ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND’ TO BE SCREENED Roger Ebert’s Film Festival is pleased to announce its full program, with the additions of the documentary Omoiyari: A Song Film by Kishi […]
March 27, 2024 | Kelly Youngblood A group of College of Media students participated in a spring break media tour in Chicago, meeting Illinois alumni and visiting various industry sites including advertising agencies, news organizations, and a film studio. Led by faculty members Victor Font, lecturer in media and cinema studies, and Margaret Ng, assistant […]
March 15, 2024 Updated 4/30/2024: Recordings are now available to watch. This year’s Chaz and Roger Ebert Symposium, presented by the Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies, will address “Representations and Their Critics.” Discussions will consider the current state of film criticism, the interpretive power of media critics, and how this work might evolve over the next […]
March 13, 2024 Writers Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski to screen ‘Man on the Moon’ Director Andrew Davis and brother Richard Davis to bring their Chicago-rooted film ‘Stony Island’ Filmmakers Christine and Michael Swanson, actors Lynn Whitfield and Renee Elise Goldsberry join indie film ‘Albany Road’ Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, also known as Ebertfest, announced […]