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October 15, 2026 Conferences Graduate student Amanda Vilchez, with Yael Silver and Professor Bruce Lewenstein, presented “Trust, Relational Learning, and Boundary-Work in Citizen Science across Knowledge Systems” at the PCST symposium Building...
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October 15, 2026 Conferences Graduate student Amanda Vilchez, with Yael Silver and Professor Bruce Lewenstein, presented “Trust, Relational Learning, and Boundary-Work in Citizen Science across Knowledge Systems” at the PCST symposium Building...
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September 24, 2026 Conferences Professor Lee Humphreys was a panel participant in the “Oral Histories of Mobile Communication” conference. How has the mobile phone impacted our lives? The Oral Histories of Mobile Communication project documents...
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September 9, 2026 Awards Graduate student Nishat Tasnim received a Media Scholarship award from the Islamic Scholarship Fund. The organization funds scholars studying and working in fields with the greatest impact on public opinion and policy...
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April 22, 2026 Awards Graduate Field Administrator Joanna Alario received the Casey Moore Impact Award from the Cornell Graduate School. This award is given to a member of the administrative community who contributes to the advancement of access...
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April 15, 2026 Conferences Graduate student Rosie Nguyen presented a talk titled “Imaginaries of Vietnam: Dominant Narratives and Marginal Voices” at the Trans-Asia Graduate Student Conference at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In her...
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April 8, 2026 Awards Graduate student Rosie Nguyen received the Diverse Knowledge East Asia Fellowship from the Einaudi Center for International Studies. The fellowship is part of the East Asia Program’s Area Studies Fellowships, which support...
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March 18, 2026 Events REMINDER: Join us for COMMColloquium Monday, March 23, 2026, 3:00 pm, in 102 Mann Library Building. Graduate student Bya Rodrigues will present “ Resisting Networked Misogyny: Platformized Activism, Care Infrastructures and...
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February 25, 2026 Awards Professor danah boyd was selected as a Sloan Research Fellow by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, an honor recognizing the most promising early-career scholars in the United States and Canada. Awarded annually to...
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February 11, 2026 Awards Professor danah boyd was selected as a Non-Resident Fellow by the Center for Democracy & Technology, an honor recognizing leading scholars who contribute expertise on technology policy, civil rights, and democratic...
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February 3, 2026 Announcements The Department of Communication is pleased to announce the Marshall Engaged Scholars Program. Thanks to the generous and visionary support of Cornell Alumni Terry and Ann Marshall, the program will support a...
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January 21, 2026 Awards & Grants Professor danah boyd has been awarded a Research Seed Grant on “The Political Economy of AI,” receiving $5,000 from Cornell Global Hubs. This grant supports a collaboration with researchers at the University of...
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December 10, 2025 Conferences & Lectures Graduate student Emma Cox presented her research titled “Expanding the Risk Convergence Model: Distinguishing Character-Driven and Plot-Driven Forms of Engagement as Explanations for Risk Perceptions” at...

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September 17, 2025 Awards Professor danah boyd received an Honorable Mention, Star-Nelkin Best Paper Award from the American Sociology Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section. The award is in recognition of her co-authored article “ The...

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September 12, 2025 Welcome back to COMM Updates, the newsletter of the Department of Communication. New Faculty We are pleased to welcome Dr. Iveta Imre to our department as Senior Lecturer. Iveta is a former broadcast reporter who worked for...
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The inaugural Award for the Advancement of Science Communication as a Professional Field from the International Network on Public Communication of Science & Technology recognizes outstanding contributions to the development of science...

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Awards Congratulations to Department of Communication undergraduate student award winners. Together, they received more than $17,000 in awards! Edward L. Bernays Primus Inter Pares Award: Tess Lehrman Kenneth J. Bissett Communication Award...
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Conference Presentations Graduate student Emma Cox presented “Effects of Cohesion with Teammates on Division-I Student-Athletes’ Mental Health: An Application of the Human Need to Belong and Transactional Stress Frameworks” at the National...
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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...