For the second straight year, Boston University is ranked among the Top 25 film programs in the country by The Hollywood Reporter. BU placed 12th in the 2014 list, down one position from 2013 when it debuted at No. 11. Some of COM’s most successful film and television alumni were featured, among them Jennifer Getzinger… Read More
By Nicole Beale On Wednesday, May 7, BU students showcased their work in Washington D.C. in an effort to protect children in the family court system. Prof. Garland Waller’s Hothouse Productions, a class that operates as a client-driven, student-run production company, partnered with Eileen King of Child Justice and Dr. Joyanna Silberg of the Leadership… Read More
Advertising Jacob Groshek Assistant Professor, Mass Communication ThinkProgress, How Ad Companies Can Ruin Selfies For Everyone (4/8/14) Business T. Barton Carter Chair, Department of Mass Communication, Advertising & Public Relations Professor, Communication and Law The Boston Globe, Aereo’s $97m question for the Supreme Court (4/13/14) Caryl Rivers Professor, Journalism NPR, The New Realities Of The… Read More
The College of Communication’s undergraduate Twitter handle @comugrad won the award for “Social Media’s Best Barnes & Noble College” in the sixth annual Shorty Awards. This category honors universities across the country that use social media to drive campus engagement with students and faculty. Through @comugrad, the College of Communication keeps students up to date… Read More
Advertising Tobe Berkovitz Associate Professor of Advertising WBZ-AM, First Medical Marijuana Ad To Run On Comcast In Mass. (3/4/14) John Carroll Assistant Professor, Mass Communication WBUR’s “Cognoscenti,” Will Government Regulation Vaporize E-Cigarettes? (3/12/14) WBUR’s “Radio Boston,” Week In Review: Scott Brown, Marathon Security, Minimum Wage (3/15/14) WBUR’s “Here and Now,” Marketers Drill Into Customer Data… Read More
Colbert Report producer Nicole Savini (’99) returned to BU in March for the Cinematheque series, where she screened clips and shared stories with students. Savini got her first taste of producing in COM’s Hothouse Productions program before working as an NBC page after graduation. That opened the door to work as an assistant at Late… Read More
A COM alumna’s directorial debut offers unprecedented actress to Elaine Strich, an actress most recently known for her role as Alec Baldwin’s mother on NBC’s 30 Rock. Chiemi Karasawa, (COM ’90) met Stritch in while working as a script supervisor on the set of the John Turturro film Romance and Cigarettes. Their paths crossed again… Read More
A team’s film from COM’s acclaimed Hothouse program has been selected for this year’s Boston Student Film Festival. A four-student team of Brian Gallagher, Kellan Reck, Katie Wolosoff and Chris Roys wrote, directed, shot and produced “Pulse of the City: Kenmore Square.” The two minute film depicts a bustling Kenmore Square with Commonwealth Hotel, the… Read More
Candy Spelling, wife of late prolific producer Aaron Spelling, spoke in front of a crowd at last Friday’s opening of the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center exhibition Aaron Spelling: A Retrospective of Prime-Time Success. Spelling recalled the career of her late husband and the meaning behind his collection in the exhibit. She became emotional when… Read More
The Hollywood Reporter recently ranked Boston University No. 11 in its Best Film Schools list for 2013. BU vaulted its current spot as it was not ranked in 2012. From the article: Instead of making students choose between film and TV, now all of the undergrads are film, TV and new media students with equal… Read More