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Watch our Graduation Recognition Ceremony

May 4, 2022

Congratulations to our 2022 graduates! We are thrilled to celebrate with you and are proud to call each of you a Forever Buff. Our ceremony is available online, watch now!

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CMCI congratulates NEST Studio for the Arts on campuswide awards

May 2, 2022

NEST Studio for the Arts and NEST office manager Joanne Guillery received campuswide awards this month, celebrating the studio’s work on sustainability and Guillery’s achievements as a staff member.

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Class of 2022: Honors and Distinction Graduates

Congratulations!

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Celebrating a century of journalism at CU

April 18, 2022

One hundred years ago, the University of Colorado Board of Regents voted to form the Department of Journalism and create a four-year journalism degree program. Visit the Department of Journalism’s centennial celebration website to learn more about the history of journalism education at CU and to share your own story!

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CU's Program Council: Getting a taste of the music industry

March 28, 2022

Meet Strategic Communication student Taylor Cislo, director of Program Council.

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Millions are turning to TikTok for the latest on Ukraine, but can the platform be trusted?

March 22, 2022

As the crisis in Ukraine continues, TikTok has become a primary outlet for spreading information, causing some to refer to the conflict as TikTok's first war. Casey Fiesler, an assistant professor of information science, discusses the role TikTok is playing in the Ukraine crisis.

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Injustice in juvenile courts: Investigative series wins 2022 Al Nakkula Award

An investigative reporting series into the juvenile justice system in Rutherford County, Tennessee, won the 2022 Al Nakkula Award for Police Reporting. Produced by Nashville Public Radio’s Meribah Knight and ProPublica’s Ken Armstrong, the series revealed systemic injustice, sparked reform and demonstrated expert reporting on a secretive system.

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Funding awarded to top student female founders at women's prize night

March 17, 2022

Information Science student Priscilla Hopper won first place and was awarded $5,000 towards her venture, Notice.

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CMCI faculty member documents community rebuilding after 2021 King Soopers shooting

March 14, 2022

Professor Ross Taylor turns a lens toward healing as the Boulder community recovers from last spring’s tragedy.

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After 100 years, university recognized a pioneer

March 8, 2022

Women’s history snapshot: Lucile Berkeley Buchanan graduated in 1918 but wasn’t allowed to walk across the stage with other graduates because she was Black. History overlooked Lucile Berkeley Buchanan, the first African American woman to graduate from the University of Colorado. A dogged CU journalist brought her back to the fore. Tipped off by a newspaper story, Polly McLean, a CU Boulder associate professor of media studies, spent years exhuming Buchanan’s story and, finally, correcting history.

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