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Ebertfest receives Hollywood Foreign Press Association grant

The 18th Annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival has received a 2016 grant from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The festival, also known as “Ebertfest,” received the grant during a star-studded HFPA grants dinner banquet at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Aug. 13. Festival Host and Executive Producer Chaz Ebert and Festival Director Nate Kohn accepted the grant on behalf of the festival. 

21 Aug
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A Minute With Professor Christopher Benson

A boy's murder that sparked a movement.

 

17 Aug
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Illini Ag Communicators of Tomorrow sweep Ag Media Summit awards

Members of the Illini Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow (ACT), the flagship student organization of the Agricultural Communications Program, were named National ACT Chapter of the Year during the 17th Ag Media Summit held in Scottsdale, Arizona on July 25-29, 2015. The annual Summit is the largest meeting of the agriculture industry’s top writers, editors, photographers, publishers and ag communication specialists in the United States.

14 Aug
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Ciffone '10 ADV, honored at Cannes

Nick Ciffone

Nick Ciffone '10 ADV, was part of the team from TBWA Chiat Day that produced two Cannes Lion award-winning ads. 

As the copywriter, Ciffone and his partner Dave Estrada, Art Director, came up with the ideas and took them from script through production. 

Made in NY for Gatorade received:

  • Gold in the Film Division - TV& Cinema Film, non-alcoholic drinks
  • Silver in the Cyber Division – Craft, Storytelling 

Sweat it to Get It for Gatorade received:

10 Jul
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Educator award to AG COMM program leader

Professor Lulu Rodriguez, director of the Agricultural Communications Program at the University of Illinois, earned international recognition recently for her teaching skills and contributions. The North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture organization presented the 2015 NACTA Educator Award to her during a June conference at the University of Georgia, Athens.

02 Jul
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