May 20, 2025 | Scroll.in News is vital to an informed democracy and newspapers in India remain the most credible news providers. Reinstating a national readership survey is essential—not just for the publishing industry but for the health of India’s public discourse. Harsh Taneja, Associate Professor of New and Emerging Media in the Charles H. […]
May 21, 2025 | Kelly Youngblood For his outstanding career accomplishments and generous monetary support of advertising students, Murray Kalis (BS ’61) was recognized by the College of Media with the 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award. Kalis, whose work has taken him across the world and back, heading his own agency, and serving as chair of […]
Get to know some of our College of Media students! Kara Yoo is a Class of 2026 advertising major. How does advertising at the University of Illinois connect you to your interests?I am very interested in photography and videography because they allow me to capture moments and turn them into memories. I do a lot […]
Get to know some of our College of Media students! Hailey Kotowski is a Class of 2026 advertising major. What excited you about majoring in advertising?What really excited me was the versatility of the field. I liked the idea that I could do almost anything with the major. When I first got to Illinois I […]
May 5, 2025 Tom Burrell, a renowned Black visionary who changed the face of the ad industry for African Americans, will receive an honorary degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign during the university-wide Commencement ceremony on May 17, 2025. The honorary degree award recognizes individuals who have shown exemplary, extraordinary, and distinguished contributions to […]
April 15, 2025 Update May 29, 2025: Congratulations to the students who presented “Uman Tok: Tailoring Hope, Renewing Futures in Sierra Leone” for receiving an award for Outstanding Oral Presentation at the Undergraduate Research Symposium from the Office of Undergraduate Research! Some of these students previously won an award in 2024 for Outstanding Exhibit on this same research […]
Get to know some of our College of Media students! Lauren Barjami is a Class of 2026 advertising major. What interests led you to choose advertising at the University of Illinois?Prior to coming to Illinois, I knew I wanted to pursue something in business that would also allow me to incorporate creativity. In high school, […]
Get to know some of our College of Media students! Emily Campos is a Class of 2026 advertising major. What inspired you to choose advertising as your major, and how did you decide that College of Media was the right fit for you?When I was about 12, I started exploring entrepreneurship by launching my own […]
April 9, 2025 Marisa Peacock, senior lecturer of advertising, won both a Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and a Student Success Impact Award. Campus Awards for Excellence in Instruction, sponsored by the Office of the Provost, are given for sustained excellence and innovation in undergraduate and graduate teaching, undergraduate and graduate advising and […]
April 7, 2025 Congratulations to all 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 questionnaire forms completed by students during the Fall 2024 semester and Winter 2024-25. Only those instructors who distributed ICES forms at least once during […]