Read a message to alumni from E. Patrick Johnson, Dean of the School of Communication and the Annenberg University Professor.
The School of Communication has a new vision. Read more about the two-year process of rebranding, reimagining, and redefining our School.
A storied history gives way to an inclusive future: how the field of children's theatre at Northwestern remains at the innovative fore.
A first-year communication studies major and African American studies minor is already establishing a literary reputation—and well beyond campus, at that .
Actor, entrepreneur, and alumna Stephanie March (C96) will address the School of Communication Class of 2023 at Convocation on June 10 in the Welsh-Ryan Arena.
Safya Levitsky-Weitz is a staff writer on FX’s The Bear, which in March received a Writers Guild Award for best comedy series.
Junior Kalan Hauser appeared in the “Show Me Something Good” segment on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon in October. His talent? Walking on his hands while reciting the numerical digits of the mathematical constant pi. The crowd went wild.
The Seagull/Woodstock, NY, the much-buzzed-about play by radio/television/film chair and professor Thomas Bradshaw and starring Parker Posey, premiered in New York City in February and ran through April 9.
This year’s Homecoming and Reunion Weekend is October 5–8. The Homecoming football game on October 7 pits the Northwestern Wildcats against the Howard University Bison.
After a three-year pandemic hiatus, the Global Media and Communications Seminar and its follow-up trip to London resumed in winter quarter. The (almost) annual spring break voyage brought 17 students to England for site visits, lectures, networking, and fun.
Dean E. Patrick Johnson published a leadership note on Northwestern platforms in February about his work in the DEI space. Read more about how inclusion, the I in DEI, is pivotal to success.
The Wildcats men’s basketball team made the NCAA Tournament for the second time in University history and won its first-round game (in case you hadn’t heard). SoC majors on the team include Brooks Barnhizer, Luke Hunger, Matthew Nicholson, and a team manager, Ryan Collins.
President Biden appointed onetime human communication sciences major Beth Link (C11) as the assistant secretary for public affairs in the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. She was sworn in by HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge in October.
Clinical faculty Debbie Lee and Aaron Wilkins gave presentations last fall at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association convention in New Orleans. Lee’s research began mapping the literature of learning alliances in health professions education, while Wilkins partnered with the Block Museum to develop a life-participation approach to aphasia.
Northwestern was once again listed among Playbill magazine’s 2022 top 10 most-represented schools on Broadway.
Notable news from the School of Communication.
Jane Steiner Hoffman (C86) reflects on big tech and privacy.
E. Partick Johnson and Moya Bailey discuss Black queer studies.
Stay up to date with the accomplishments of our renowned faculty.
Joy Shih and Joe Nelesen find a chance to give back.
In memory is a page to read featured obituaries of alumni of the School of Communication.
School of Communication students enjoy a new partnership with iHeartMedia Chicago.
An aspiring physician is approaching healthcare from a multidisciplinary perspective, thanks to the opportunities she’s enjoyed as a communication studies major.