News: Department of Communication Studies

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Campus News |

Nine free public lectures are planned on campus to evoke conversation and facilitate understanding about the election process and related issues.

commencement ceremony
Campus News |

UNLV has a commencement tradition for the president to honor a few exceptional students who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the graduating class.

Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy
People |

Communication studies professor Jacob Thompson on campaign history and how UNLV's selection as a debate site will leave a lasting mark on campus. Plus: Details on community watch events.

Aeriel Halstead speaks at a podium
Campus News |

Standout student Aeriel Halstead's message to her fellow new graduates is simple: Take a minute to appreciate all that you've accomplished.

Dallisa Hocking and Lauren Peña
People |

Two UNLV grads take different approaches to a perennial problem: Finding a mate.

Lauren Peña
People |

While online dating has its place, Law School graduate Lauren Peña offers an alternative. Learn how she turned her knack for matching up couples into a new business.

Erika Engstrom
Campus News |

Professor Erika Engstrom on how aspects of religion and cultural values have become folded into the long-running, horror-based fictional TV program "Supernatural."

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People |

Making a career switch seems to have been the right choice for the new Honors College faculty-in-residence. After years as a television news journalist, she has discovered that teaching is what she loves.

General Manager Frank Mueller on air
Arts and Culture |

Five years after the station returns to campus, its audience keeps expanding and its DJs are landing stellar jobs.

A photo collage of a book titled "Mad Men and Working Woman" on the left and a woman on the right
Arts and Culture |

Betty, Peggy, and Joan — which Mad Men character is closest to your heart? UNLV professor Erika Engstrom analyzes why these ’60s-era characters resonate with modern viewers.

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Research |

UNLV communication studies professor Erika Engstrom dissects the images and messages about weddings created by the media and how they affect our perceptions of what “the big day” should look like.

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Campus News |

UNLV’s top-ranked Sanford I. Berman Debate Team hosts intensive training camp for high school debaters July 15 to 27.