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December 3, 2025 Awards Assistant Professor Monica Cornejo et al., received the Top Paper Award in the Interpersonal Communication Division from the National Communication Association. Their paper, titled “Exploring the Effects and Content of...

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Awards Graduate student Ria Gualano received a Mellon/American Council of Learned Societies Dissertation Innovation Fellowship. The program supports 45 doctoral students in the humanities and social sciences pursuing innovative approaches to...

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Conferences Graduate student Julia Goolsby et al. presented “Cross-Park RAD Project: Insights for Responding to Ecological Transformation in the National Park Service” at the National Park Service North Coast & Cascades Science Days. This...
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Awards The annual Woodford Persuasive Speech Contest took place on November 20, 2024. The contest is the culmination of the undergraduate course Oral Communication, taught by Senior Lecturer Michelle LaVigne. The event features students...
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Briefings, Conference Presentations & Workshops Leaders of the Citizens and Technology Lab (CAT Lab) held a briefing in Albany, NY, for state agency and legislative staff on the subject of “Independent Evaluation of Technology Policy.”...
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Media Coverage Research Associate Sarah Gilbert was quoted in the Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research podcast “ Research Ethics across Domains.” The podcast explored the intersection of research ethics, online communities, and...
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Events Join us for COMMColloquium Friday, February 9, at 1:00 pm in 102 Mann Library Building. Postdoctoral Associate Miki Matsumuro will present “Cognitive Modeling in Human-Computer, Human-Machine, and Human-Agent Interaction.” The colloquium...
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Awards Grad student Rebekah Wicke received the Amanda L. Kundrat Thesis of the Year Award from the Health Communication division of the International Communication Association and National Communication Association. Conferences & Invited...