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Banner image: A mural at a memorial site for George Floyd. Photo by munshots on Unsplash.

One year later: How George Floyd’s death changed us

May 24, 2021

From Boulder Today: Researchers (including Sandra Ristovska, assistant professor of media studies), share their expertise, examining four areas in which the U.S. has––and hasn’t––changed this past year, and what it could mean for the future of social and political movements, education, policing and justice in America.

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CMCI Now: Spring 2021

May 24, 2021

Read our latest digital issue, full of fresh-picked stories to read, watch and explore!⁠

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Announcing the Spring 2021 Dean's List

May 18, 2021

CMCI students who have completed at least 12 credit hours of Boulder course work for a letter grade in any single semester and achieve a term grade point average of 3.75 or better are included on the Dean’s List. They receive a notation on their transcript and a letter from CMCI Founding Dean Lori Bergen. Congratulations to all honorees!

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Class of 2021: Megan Cunninghame

May 3, 2021

Senior Megan Cunninghame spent her time at Boulder exploring the ways media shape culture, politics and social structures. Highlights included working as a political marketing intern while studying abroad in the Czech Republic and overcoming her longtime fear of public speaking. Her experiences have taught her to collaborate more effectively, overcome cultural barriers and think critically about the way she interacts with information and people online. With a major in Media Studies, a minor in Political Science and a certificate in International Media, Cunninghame is the Department of Media Studies’ William W. White Outstanding Senior.

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Through the Lens of the Law

April 21, 2021

With the award of a $108,000 Mellon/American Council of Learned Societies Scholars and Society Fellowship, Assistant Professor Sandra Ristovska is undertaking the first rigorous publicly engaged research project to address the intricacies of “seeing” in court. Working in partnership with the American Bar Association’s Scientific Evidence Committee, her project will systematically examine the use of video as evidence in state and federal court trials (1990-2020) in criminal, immigration and American Indian law.

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Celebrating Graduate Student Appreciation Week

April 7, 2021

Happy Graduate Student Appreciation Week from CMCI and Boulder!

Colorado Public Radio “The life of Lucile Berkeley Buchanan Jones”

April 2, 2021

Featuring Polly E. Bugros McLean (Media Studies)

Cheddar: “The Unintended Consequences Of the Facebook Like Button - The Lightbulb Moment”

April 2, 2021

Featuring Samira Rajabi (Media Studies)

CMCI Summer Bootcamp

Register for Summer Session! Scholarships Available

March 16, 2021

Taking courses this summer? CMCI has 20 summer scholarships ($500 each) available for undergraduate students.

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Getting to the bottom of the internet’s carbon footprint

Feb. 9, 2021

Media Studies scholar’s project aims to green the internet’s undersea infrastructure

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