April 15, 2025 Students from the College of Media are participating in the annual University of Illinois Undergraduate Research Week, held April 20-26. The Undergraduate Research Symposium, the signature event held on Thursday, April 24, at the Illini Union, features presentations, posters, and performances from students across campus. Below is a list of Media student presentations as well […]
Get to know some of our College of Media students! Emily Wojcik is a Class of 2025 advertising major. What made you choose to major in advertising at the University of Illinois?My decision to attend Illinois was deeply influenced by my dad, an alumnus I’ve always admired. Hearing his stories about his time on this […]
Get to know some of our College of Media students! Lauren Barjami is a Class of 2026 advertising major. What interests led you to choose advertising at the University of Illinois?Prior to coming to Illinois, I knew I wanted to pursue something in business that would also allow me to incorporate creativity. In high school, […]
Get to know some of our College of Media students! Emily Campos is a Class of 2026 advertising major. What inspired you to choose advertising as your major, and how did you decide that College of Media was the right fit for you?When I was about 12, I started exploring entrepreneurship by launching my own […]
April 9, 2025 Marisa Peacock, senior lecturer of advertising, won both a Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and a Student Success Impact Award. Campus Awards for Excellence in Instruction, sponsored by the Office of the Provost, are given for sustained excellence and innovation in undergraduate and graduate teaching, undergraduate and graduate advising and […]
April 7, 2025 Congratulations to all the College of Media faculty and teaching assistants who were ranked as excellent by their students! This list is based on Instructor and Course Evaluation System questionnaire forms completed by students during the Fall 2024 semester and Winter 2024-25. Only those instructors who distributed ICES forms at least once during […]
March 21, 2025 Advertising faculty and graduate students in the MS advertising and ICR doctoral programs, as well as several alumni, participated in the 2025 annual conference of the American Academy of Advertising, held March 6-9 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Faculty and graduate students participated in eight paper presentations and three panels, discussing research and ideas […]
March 19, 2025 Helen Katz (MS ’86, advertising; PhD ’88, ICR), EVP of Research at Publicis Media, has been named the recipient of the prestigious 2025 Erwin Ephron Demystification Award. This lifetime achievement award honors industry leaders who are exceptional communicators and excel in making complex subjects accessible, embodying the spirit of legendary advertising research guru Erwin Ephron. […]
March 19, 2025 Armando Sanchez-Monsivais (BS ’19, advertising), integrated marketing manager at Discord, received the American Advertising Federation’s Most Promising Rising Star Award for 2025. The Most Promising Rising Star Award recognizes alumni who have made notable contributions to the advertising industry within five to eight years of graduating from the Most Promising program. This accolade […]
March 14, 2025 | The News-Gazette Slowly but surely, streaming is becoming the preferred method of watching television and increasingly there is little content that is not available on streaming. Slowly but surely, the trend is that all content is migrating to become available on streaming, and on occasion exclusively so. Harsh Taneja, Associate Professor […]