Features
- NIL has changed the relationship between athletes and the media. As it happens, one NFL athlete was 30 years ahead of the curve.
- Students in CMCI鈥檚 sports media minor regularly have opportunities to network and get hands-on experience while completing the program.
- A PhD student and documentary filmmaker is trying to understand how leaving the country influences how Black American men form their identities.
- Alumna Sara Fischer decided Shondaland鈥檚 sets needed to better reflect the worlds she was helping create on series like Bridgerton.
- CMCI in D.C. is helping students discover new passions and grow鈥攑ersonally and professionally鈥攁s they prepare for careers in media.
- Living with Type 1 diabetes is demanding鈥攑atients must stay on top of their diet and exercise, even if they鈥檙e living with technology like insulin pumps or continuous glucose monitors. But information science faculty Casey Fiesler and Steven Voida are optimistic that with the help of holistic technology, this will change. They鈥檝e received a grant from the National Institutes of Health, and, along with other university colleagues, hope to develop a 鈥減erson-centered artificial pancreas.鈥
- Teaching Associate Professor Dawn Doty received the lifetime achievement award from the Colorado chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. She sat down with CMCI to share anecdotes, tips and keys to working in public relations.
- Leysia Palen was awarded CU鈥檚 highest honor for faculty鈥攖he title of distinguished professor. She offers a deeper look into her groundbreaking research career, her mentorship methods and her goals for the future.
- One hundred years ago, the University of Colorado approved a new Department of Journalism and launched its first four-year journalism degree program. This year, CMCI launched an effort to explore its own heritage鈥攁nd to uncover how the past impacts journalism education today.
- Of all the troubles in the world, why should single-use shopping bags and straws concern you? Ask Associate Professor Phaedra C. Pezzullo, who spells out the chilling ramifications of plastic use in her new podcast and book.