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COMM Updates

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COMM Updates - 5/7/2025
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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COMM Updates - 4/23/2025
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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COMM Updates - 4/16/2025
Conferences & Symposia Assistant Professor M. Cornejo will be participating in a panel entitled “ Margins and Mobilization: Migrant Worker Precarity and Power in the Trump-era Economy.” Bringing together scholars and activists, the panel will...
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COMM Updates - 4/9/2025
Awards Graduate student Amanda Vilchez was awarded a Summer 2025 Rare and Distinctive (RAD) Language Fellowship from the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies. The RAD fellowship provides students the opportunity to achieve proficiency...
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COMM Updates - 3/26/2025
Conferences & Symposia Associate Professor Brooke Duffy delivered a lecture entitled “The Creator Economy's Labor Revolution” at SXSW 2025 in Austin, Texas. Despite the astonishing growth of the creator economy, social media creators remain...

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Lewenstein wins science communication prize

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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Research at risk: Keeping Navy divers safe with robot partners

Cornell researchers are working to understand how robots can assist humans in dangerous and physically challenging environments, but the project, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, has been halted by a stop-work order.

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Cornell Center for Social Sciences awards grants, invites new proposals

The Cornell Center for Social Sciences has awarded spring Seed Grants and the inaugural Grant Preparation Funds to support impactful social science research. Faculty can now apply for up to $115,000 in funding, with the next deadline approaching...

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Those most willing to address health disparities tend to be overlooked

Cornell researchers found that by prioritizing the perspectives of white Americans instead of those from underrepresented groups, studies of pandemic disparities likely missed important insights from those most affected by COVID-19.

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Lauren Chuhta ’26: Fostering connection at the forefront of global change
Meet Lauren Chuhta ’26, a double major in Global Development and Communication at Cornell CALS. Before coming to Cornell, Lauren explored local and global food security challenges through experiences with FFA and the World Food Prize Foundation...
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The Department of Communication newsletter, COMMconnect, publishes department events, as well as faculty, staff, student, and advisory board accomplishments. To subscribe to the newsletter, send your email address to Kelli Carr, kac345@cornell.edu.

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History of the Department of Communication

The History of the Department of Communication, compiled by William B. Ward, details the department's history from 1874, when Cornell offered the first university-level journalism course, to 2000, with faculty and staff who are still part of the department today. The book is up for digital download (links to the right), and there are physical copies available in the department.