UMass Amherst has announced the Castañeda, Paredes, Krupczynski (CPK) Family Scholarship Endowment to support first-generation honors students, including Communication majors. Communication Professor and Commonwealth Honors College Dean Mari Castañeda launched the endowment with her family.
Dr. Dhardon Sharling's childhood as a Tibetan refugee in northern India has shaped her view of the world. As a new faculty member in the UMass Amherst Communication Department, she honors her students' life experiences and believes they are at the heart of how students learn.
Human rights advocate Esra'a Al Shafei will lead a Department of Communication webinar to explore practical methods to map surveillance networks -- companies that illegally gather information on activists, academics and journalists.
The Department of Communication’s Graduate Program welcomed alumna Bohyeong Kim back this month for a talk on her new book “Critically Capitalist: The Spirit of Asset Capitalism in South Korea.”
Nicolas LaBonte is the UMass Amherst Communication Department’s new broadcast engineer. He keeps the video studio running smoothly and assists students and faculty with using cameras, microphones and audio recorders. His suggestion for students: “The more time you get with equipment, the more able you are to finesse everything,” he said.
UMass Communication Major Jonathan Brown has been awarded a Lynch Scholarship. The Lynch Scholarship is based on a student's high-level academic performance and interest in the study of Communication.
The Department of Communication is screening "Made In Ethiopia," followed by a Q & A with the directors, Xinyan Yu and Max Duncan on October 3 at 1 pm in ILC S350. The film explores the human side of globalization, as a Chinese firm builds a massive industrial park in rural Ethiopia.