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Awards
Kathryn McGarr wins Margaret A. Blanchard Doctoral Dissertation Prize
Assistant Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Kathryn McGarr, was recently selected for the Margaret A. Blanchard Doctoral Dissertation Prize for her dissertation, “Gentlemen of the Press: Post World War II Foreign …
SJMC Students Caitlin Cieslik-Miskimen and Jeff Tischauser Awarded Mellon-Wisconsin Summer Fellowships
Ph.D. candidates Caitlin Cieslik-Miskimen and Jeff Tischauser were each awarded the Mellon-Wisconsin Summer Fellowship for summer 2018. The Mellon-Wisconsin competition is administered by the Graduate School and supports dissertators in the College of Letters and Science …
SJMC Students Eunji Cho, Ornella Hills, Jinha Kim Receive Global Health Institute Graduate Student Research Awards
Three SJMC Ph.D. students were selected to receive funding through the UW-Madison Global Health Institute (GIH). Eunji Cho’s Student Research Award proposal, “Protecting Children from Junk Food Online Game: Introducing Stop-and-Take-a-Break Intervention Strategy,” was selected …
SJMC Student Ornella Hills Selected as 2018 NCHD Student Research Forum Participant
Ornella Hills, Ph.D. student in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication has been selected as a 2018 Eleventh Annual National Conference on Health Disparities (NCHD) Student Research Forum participant. The NCHD will take place …
SJMC Students Recognized by the Milwaukee Press Club for Outstanding Work
On Monday, March 19, the Milwaukee Press Club announced the finalists for their 88th Annual Milwaukee Press Club Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism Contest, honoring an abundance of SJMC students. Each year, hundreds of collegiate and …
2018 Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment Grant Awarded to SJMC’s Ornella Hills, Robyn Baragwanath, Dhavan Shah
Two graduate students in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Ornella Hills and Robyn Baragwanath, and professor Dhavan Shah have been awarded a seed project grant through the Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment for their …
SJMC Graduate Students Megan Duncan, Meredith Metzler Selected for PhDigital Bootcamp
Two graduate students in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Megan Duncan and Meredith Metzler, have been selected to attend the PhDigital Bootcamp at the Media Innovation Lab at Texas State University in May. They …
Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Recognizes SJMC Students and Faculty for Outstanding Work
SJMC students and staff were honored by the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association at their Student Seminar on Saturday, Feb. 24, for their exemplar work produced both in the J-School and in various student organizations on campus. …
Prestigious H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship Awarded to SJMC Professor Susan Robinson
The School of Journalism and Mass Communication is happy to announce that Professor Susan Robinson was recently awarded the H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship. The fellowship is a prominent award funded by the Wisconsin Alumni Research …