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Coronavirus/COVID-19 Updates

Northwestern Updates School of Communication Resources

The Northwestern University School of Communication is committed to elevating the art and science of communication. Bridging theory and practice, our curriculum and research opportunities propel students to excellence in:

  • performing and media arts, including dramatic and comedic writing, film and television production and direction, and acting for both screen and stage
  • design for interactive and digital media
  • dance and choreography
  • media analysis and communication
  • sound design and studies 
  • theatrical design, directing, and history 
  • speech-language pathology, audiology, and the study of learning disabilities
  • policy analysis and public culture

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Thursday, February 18
6:30 – 8 p.m. (CST)

Dialogue with the Dean:
E. Patrick Johnson and Professor Ruha Benjamin from Princeton University.
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Dialogue with the Dean and Ruha Benjamin: Technology’s Race Problem

Dean E. Patrick Johnson was joined on February 18 by Ruha Benjamin, professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, for the second installment of his “Dialogue with the Dean” speaker series. The ongoing series spotlights communication professionals advancing the futures of their fields, challenging paradigms, and promoting social justice. Benjamin’s work examines the social dimensions of science, technology, and medicine—in particular, who pays the cost of tech’s big promise.

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February 19, 2021

MFA Design Students Chosen for Winning Special Virtual PQ Studio Contest

Northwestern MFA Stage Design students were among the winners of a special virtual studio version of the Prague Quadrennial, a showcase of the best theatre design from around the world. Third-year students Meeka Postman (costume design) and Joe Johnson (set design) competed in the showcase’s PQ Studio contest alongside entries from around the world, all focused on the staging of 1937 play The White Plague by Czech playwright Karel Čapek. The eerily prescient play tells the story of a pandemic that sends a panic through an unnamed country as it kills citizens older than 45. The government in the play is run by a dictator who uses the pandemic as an opportunity to go to war, rather than to find a cure.

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February 11, 2021

“Hamilton” Chicago Director Shares Insight During New Speaker Series

Director and School of Communication alumna Jess McLeod knows well the struggles endured by actors of color. And for more than an hour on Zoom on January 29, as the second featured guest in the new Kelsey Pharr Jr. Speaker Series, she detailed to attendees her artistic mission to correct the errors of flawed institutions.

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February 3, 2021

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