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Communication Studies

The Social Media Lab is offering summer research positions for undergrads

The Social Media Lab is seeking enthusiastic students with interests in social media and communication technology to assist with building systems for studying messaging, social media and online collaboration.
The lab engages in research on how social media – defined broadly as technologies that facilitate social behavior among people – are used for work and play. [...]

Creative Arts Festival: May 20th, 2013 6:30 p.m. McCormick

Hey, who is ready for Northwestern’s only multidisciplinary arts event?  The Creative Arts Festival features amazing work from across our campus – everything from musicians and visual artists to student films and even an automatic meditation trainer!  The event is on Monday, May 20th at 6:30 in the Norris McCormick Auditorium.  There will be a [...]

Be a consultant at The Writing Place

Are you a good writer?reader?listener?
Want a job that uses your brain and talents?

Be a consultant at The Writing Place
The Writing Place is a peer tutoring center, offering consultations and advice about writing to Northwestern students and others in the Northwestern community. Our undergraduate writing consultants work with students at all stages of the writing process.  [...]

Inspire Media Symposium is this Saturday!

 
Come meet the crews of Living on One Dollar, 
a group of young (and very charming-looking) documentary filmmakers who lived on one dollar per day in developing countries.
(www.livingonone.org)
It will be a chance to get a perspective on documentary filmmaking from people closer to our age group!
Also importantly,
The Open Media and documentary grantees are premiering their year-long work this day. Come support your peer’s [...]

Medill Journalism Electives Offered to Non-Majors Fall 2013

JOUR 340-0: “Innovation in Journalism & Technology”
 Instructor: Prof. Jeremy Gilbert
Day/Time TBD
 Students interested in journalism or computer science will work in interdisciplinary project teams building the new kinds of tools and technology to create, distribute and consume news and information. All students will learn about the other discipline as they participate in conceiving, designing and creating [...]