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Episode 3 of the Department of Communication podcast "Communication Breakdown" with host Christopher Byrne. The weekly production will feature faculty, alumni, and perhaps graduate and undergraduate students talking about their research and how it can benefit society with. It aims to be both informative and entertaining.

Episode 3: Jonathon Schuldt: Climate Change vs. Global Warming, Pope Francis and changing minds. Read more

Professors Sahara Byrne and Drew Margolin are 2 of the 15 faculty selected to be in the Institute for Social Sciences 2018-2019 cohort of Faculty Fellows. Read more

Episode 2 of the Department of Communication podcast "Communication Breakdown" with host Christopher Byrne. The weekly production will feature faculty, alumni, and perhaps graduate and undergraduate students talking about their research and how it can benefit society with. It aims to be both informative and entertaining.

Episode 2: Jessie Taft and Dominic DiFranzo of the Social Media Lab. Read more

Sue Fussell has been named a Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, effective February 1, 2018. This professorship, named in honor of the first CALS dean, is one of the most prestigious honors given by our college and the university.

Introducing the weekly Department of Communication podcast "Communication Breakdown" with host Christopher Byrne. The weekly production will feature faculty, alumni, and perhaps graduate and undergraduate students talking about their research and how it can benefit society with. It aims to be both informative and entertaining.
Episode 1: Sahara Byrne Read more

Wired named Brooke Duffy's book, (Not) Getting Paid to Do What You Love, one of the top tech books of 2017.  Read more

Katherine McComas was elected to serve as Society for Risk Analysis President-elect (2018-2019) and then SRA President (2019-2020). SRA is a multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, scholarly, international society with more than 1300 members who are interested in risk analysis, which includes risk assessment, characterization, communication, management, and policy.

Sahara Byrne was quoted in the Washington Post in an article analyzing the rhetorical devises of Bill Armistead, Roy Moore's campaign chairman. Read more

Jon Schuldt was appointed to the advisory board of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. Read more

Jon Schuldt was elected Vice Chair of the Environmental Communication division of the International Communication Association. He will assume the responsibilities of Vice Chair at the end of the 2018 annual meeting of ICA in Prague. He will hold the position for two years, and after that, he will step into the role of Chair for two years.