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Communication

Dr. Leah Waks Wins Outstanding Academic Program Leadership Award

Congratulations to Dr. Waks!

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May 30, 2025 Communication

Faith Otchere Awarded 2025 ACLS Leading Edge Fellowship

Congratulations to Dr. Otchere, May 2025 COMM PhD graduate!

May 12, 2025 Communication

COMM Department 2025 Award Winners

Congratulations to this year's departmental award winners!

May 08, 2025 Communication

Dept. of Communication's Graduate Program wins Award for Graduate Student Mentorship

We are very proud of our Graduate Program!
April 21, 2025 Communication

Dr. Kang Namkoong wins Graduate Faculty Mentor of the Year Award for 2025

Congratulations to Dr. Kang Namkoong!
April 16, 2025 Communication

You've Got i-Mail: Olivia Click

Feature on Olivia Click for "You've Got i-Mail!"
April 02, 2025 Communication

Dr. Catherine Knight Steele wins 2025 Maryland Research Excellence Award

Congratulations to Dr. Catherine Knight Steele!

March 12, 2025 Communication

17th Annual Grunig Lecture

Dr. Krishnamurthy Sriramesh presents "Culture and Public Relations: A Global Program of Research"

March 06, 2025 Communication

COMM members win Faculty-Student Research Awards (FSRA)!

Congratulations to Drs. Sahar Khamis and Nana Kwame Osei Fordjour, and Ph.D. Students Felicity Dogbatse and Anani Yao Kuwornu!
February 12, 2025 Communication

"Technoskepticism" book featuring Drs. Catherine Knight Steele and Rianna Walcott now published

Check out the new publication from the DISCO Network!

Washington Post January 29, 2021

Time to Double or Upgrade Masks as Coronavirus Variants Emerge, Experts Say

Better face coverings are needed to curb more-transmissible strains as vaccine rollout is underway, they say.
Politico January 30, 2020

Donald Trump Is Not a Doctor. But He Plays One on Twitter.

And that’s a prescription for public health confusion.
Maryland Today March 04, 2019

Celebration Honors Scholarship, Research Excellence

Inaugural campus event recognizes high-impact achievements.

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COMM Majors Named as 2021 Academic All-Big Ten Honorees

December 14, 2021 Communication

Ten COMM majors earn all-conference honors for academic performance.

COMM Major Named a 2021 Senior Marshal

December 12, 2021 Communication

COMM senior major Dylan Fitch one of two ARHU majors named a senior marshal for the 2021 UM Commencement.

COMM's Lindsey Anderson Receives FSRA Award

December 09, 2021 Communication

Associate Professor Lindsey Anderson receives Faculty-Student Research Award from the UMD Graduate School

UGA and UMD Researchers Partner to Explore Strategies for Combatting Misinformation During Health Crises

December 06, 2021 Communication

Yan Jin and Brooke Fisher Liu lead FDA sponsored research to gather evidence to guide future messaging.

COMM Major is a 2021 Philip Merrill Presidential Scholar

December 02, 2021 Communication

COMM Major Daisy Yu Named a 2021 Merrill Presidential Scholar!

COMM Professor Presents Prestigious Jefferson Science Fellowship Lecture

November 09, 2021 Communication

Erich Sommerfeldt delivers the 2021 Jefferson Science Fellowship Lecture.

Communication for Social Change

October 27, 2021 Communication

Veteran and first-generation college student Natacia Wright ’22 plans to use her degree to communicate issues that impact minorities and marginalized communities.

COMM@Maryland, NCA 2021

October 23, 2021 Communication

Terps Win Awards and Present Research at NCA, 2021.

COMM's Catherine Knight Steele Authors New Book

October 08, 2021 Communication

Book traces the longstanding relationship between technology and Black feminist thought.

2021–22 New Faculty Appointments

September 19, 2021 College of Arts and Humanities, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, Communication, American Studies, History, Art

The college welcomes a new faculty cohort.