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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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The Washington Post

E-Mail Brings A Blue Streak Of Hate-Filled Profanity

August 19, 2011 Communication

UMD's Shawn Parry-Giles, department of communication, weighs-in on the rise of profanity directed towards the news.

Umd Offers Brand New Workshops In Fast Growing Field Of Translation And Interpreting

August 05, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, Communication

Fall 2011 will usher in three innovative workshops in translation and interpretation.
The Washington Post

Miss D.C., Maryland And Virginia Vie For Miss America Crown - And Big Scholarship Money

July 17, 2011 Communication

ARHU's Ashley Boalch, communication student, win's Miss District of Columbia and moves on to the Miss America pageant.

Umd Students Win Summer Research Fellowships

June 03, 2011 American Studies, Art History and Archaeology, Communication, English, History, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, German Studies, Spanish and Portuguese

14 ARHU students awarded Summer Research Fellowships for 2011 from the UMD Graduate School.
Arab Media & Society

Cyberactivism In The Egyptian Revolution: How Civic Engagement And Citizen Journalism Tilted The Balance

June 01, 2011 Communication

OPINION: UMD's Dr. Sahar Khamis weighs-in on the use of social media in Egypt's revolution.By Dr. Sahar Khamis and Katherine Vaughn, Arab Media & Society

Professors Emeriti James & Lauri Grunig Win Presidential Award

April 28, 2011 Communication

UMD’s James and Lauri Grunig win prestigious 2010 Presidential Award for “outstanding contribution to better world understanding.”
Gazette

University Of Maryland, College Park Students Hold Crime Town Hall Meeting

April 14, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, Communication

UMD communication students organized a campus town hall meeting about crime and safety for students, police and university officials.
Diamondback

New Commander Reaches Out To Students

April 07, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, Communication

UMD's civic communication class sponsored an event working to strengthen ties between students and local police.

Helping Hearts In America

February 17, 2011 Communication

Miss Teen International and UMD Communication major Juliana McKee weighs in on American Heart Month.By Katelin Wangberg 
Minnesota Public Radio

State Of The Union Analysis And Reaction

January 26, 2011 Communication

Radio: UMD's Trevor Parry-Giles, professor in the department of communication, weighs in on the State of the Union.