May 16, 2024 Students in the Fall 2023 Cinematography and Sound Design course, taught by media and cinema studies lecturer Victor Font, produced a film special of Cetacean, which aired on WILL-TV’s Prairie Fire on April 18. The one-hour episode includes interviews with Cetacean creators, Deke Weaver and Jennifer Allen, and excerpts from last fall’s […]
Category: Media & Cinema Studies
Second annual MACS Student Showcase
May 10, 2024 The second annual MACS Student Showcase on May 4, 2024, was a faculty-curated film screening featuring the work of students in media and cinema studies courses from Fall 2023 and Spring 2024—courses such as Smartphone Cinema to the Horror Film to Cinematography and Sound, and more. Faculty wanted students to have the […]
Jenny Oyallon-Koloski considers the power of movement in film in her first book: ‘Storytelling in Motion’
May 10, 2024 | Kelly Youngblood Three vertical mirrors hang on the wall in the office of Jenny Oyallon-Koloski, assistant professor of media and cinema studies, where she keeps an open area that allows her the space to move. As a certified movement analyst and director of the movement visualization (mv) lab, she wants the […]
Media faculty and TAs make list of teachers ranked as excellent
May 8, 2024 Congratulations to all of the College of Media faculty and teaching assistants who were ranked as excellent by their students! This list is based on Instructor and Course Evaluation System (ICES) questionnaire forms completed by students during the Fall 2023 semester. Only those instructors who distributed ICES forms at least once during this time […]
Projects involving College of Media faculty, doctoral students receive funding from Chancellor’s Call to Action Research Program
May 6, 2024 Two faculty members in the College of Media were named recipients of the 2024-25 Chancellor’s Call to Action Research Program to address system bias and social injustice through cross-disciplinary research. This year, the program focuses on areas that span domestic, international, and transnational spaces. Victor Font, a lecturer in the Department of […]
Clifford Christians receives AEJMC’s Eleanor Blum Distinguished Service to Research Award
May 3, 2024 Clifford Christians, research professor emeritus of communications, and professor emeritus of media studies and of journalism, will receive the 2024 Eleanor Blum Distinguished Service to Research Award from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. The award will be presented at AEJMC’s 107th annual conference in Philadelphia this August. “I am […]
Media students present at 2024 Undergraduate Research Symposium
April 24, 2024 Update June 4, 2024: Congratulations to the students who presented “Exploring Period Poverty in Sierra Leone” (pictured below) for receiving an award for Outstanding Exhibit at the Undergraduate Research Symposium from the Office of Undergraduate Research! Learn more about their trip to Sierra Leone. Students from the College of Media are participating in the annual […]
College of Media collaborates with University, community partners to offer local children access to new opportunities in education, technology
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 […]
Recent MACS alum reflects on film production ahead of Ebert Center screening
After Party, a short film produced by alum Kat Williams (BS ’22, media and cinema studies), will be featured on Thursday, April 4, at the Knight Auditorium of Spurlock Museum, as part of the screening series presented by the Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies. This year’s Ebert Fellows, who curated the evening’s films, chose the […]
Students explore media industry in Chicago during inaugural spring break media tour
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 […]