Over spring break, 13 COM seniors and grad students met with representatives from nine New York City PR agencies to chat with working professionals and gain career insights and connections. COM faculty Amy Shanler (far left) and Justin Joseph (far right) and the group, here at Edelman, one of the world’s top PR firms.
Subaru can promise a lot. Buy a new car, ads assure viewers, and get priceless family memories and muddy adventures in return. And the most tangible thing of all: a new Subaru in your driveway. United Way has a tougher sell: Exchange your hard-earned cash to “advance the common good.” Nothing will glisten in your… Read More
Alumna Sandra Frazier (COM’01), evaluates the public relations courses she took at BU and explains how they helped prepare her for her career. Frazier is CEO of Tandem Public Relations in Louisville, Kentucky.
Haley King (COM’16): Red Sox gig scores her a World Series ring With the crack of a bat, former Red Sox outfielder Daniel Nava sent a line drive screaming down the Fenway Park right field line. While the grounds crew ducked for cover, Haley King instinctively extended her arm and snagged the ball in her… Read More
This spring, Brianna Vieira (COM’16), recent graduate and former president of operations for PRLab, was honored for her work in communications and public relations by receiving multiple awards, including the William M. Cavanaugh Student Grant at the Publicity Club of New England’s Bell Ringer Awards, and recognition from The Scarlet Key Honor Society and the… Read More
Taryana Gilbeau (’14), a senior public relations major, was selected from 56 entries to deliver the student Commencement address in front of an estimated 20,000 guests at Boston University’s 141st Commencement on May 18, 2014. The first in her family to attend college, Gilbeau told the audience, “I wasn’t supposed to be here.” Thanks to… 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
Advertising Edward Boches Professor of the practice, Advertising Time, Selling Schadenfreude: Inside the World of ‘Prankvertising’ (2/20/14) Time, Charity’s Freezing Child Ad Is Profoundly Touching (2/22/14) John Carroll Assistant Professor, Mass Communication NPR’s “Here and Now,” The Super Bowl was a bust, but what about the ads?” (2/3/14) Business T. Barton Carter Chair, Department of… Read More