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- Author of Award-Winning Handbook of Family Communication Shares What She's Learned Over the Years
- Rather Calls For Stronger Journalists, Media Shifts
- American Marketing Association Foundation Creates Mentorship Award in Honor of Advertising Professor
- Avatars Can Surreptitiously and Negatively Affect User in Video Games, Virtual Worlds, Research Shows
- Professor's Film, "Tattooed Under Fire," Premieres Nationwide on Public Television
- Six Receive Robert C. Jeffery Award for Contributions to College of Communication
- Professor Featured in National Audio Forum on Increasing Diversity
- Digital Media: Exploration of Social Networking and New Media
- Annette Strauss Institute Receives Grant to Foster Student Interest and Participation in the Election Process
- Three Music Notables to Receive Awards from The University of Texas Project on Conflict Resolution
- Book on Family Communication, Edited by Professor, Wins Distinguished Book Award
- Advertising student uses viral marketing, stomach to promote local contest
- Language can tell us a lot about political candidates, according to professor
- College of Communication Grad to Receive Distinguished Alumnus Award
- Advertising Professor Chairs Assessment Panel to Evaluate 2010 Census Campaign
- Professor's Book on Political Communication Named Best of Decade
- RTF Faculty Members Recognized by Board of Regents for Outstanding Teaching
- Journalism Professor Honored for Achievement in Diversity Research
- Society of Professional Journalists Student Chapter Honored for Excellence
- PR Professionals are Good Ethical Thinkers, Study Finds
- Communication Studies Ph.D. Candidate Commits to Keep Austin Beautiful
- College of Communication faculty and staff share insight on making the most of a new semester
- UK Newspaper Cites Professor on Apocalyptic Themes in Forthcoming Hollywood Films
- Professor Elected Vice-President of International Association of Relationship Research
- Researcher Wins $1.4 Million Grant to Help Students Improve Motivation for Academic Achievement
- A Tribute to Texan Staffer Walter Cronkite
- University of Texas Student Magazine Honored for General Excellence
- Peer Behavior, Not Communication Overload, Determines Mobile Device Use in Meetings, Study Shows
- Pulitzer Prize Winning Cartoonist and Alumnus Delivers College Commencement Address
- Texas High School Students Offer Solutions to Community Problems at Civics Fair
- Two Graduate Students Win Witherspoon Award for Original Research
- Four Seniors Win Awards to Intern in Fields of Public Policy, Service, Government and Politics
- Alumna Film Named Best Student Short in Cannes
- Professor's Documentary Film, "Tattooed Under Fire," Goes Beneath the Surface to Uncover the human and cultural cost of war
- Career Services Director Matt Berndt Shares 10 Tips for Landing a Job Today
- Three Student Essays on College Life Published in The New York Times
- Speed, Use of Social Media Outlets Are Keys to Crisis Communication, Study Shows
- Sowing the Seeds of Scholarship
- Do Ads Make Kids Fat?
- Current Affairs
- I, Journalist
- Centers and Institutes
- Surfing All Channels
- My So-Called Research Life
- Gaming - The Performance Gap
- A Conversation with Dean Hart
- Professional Networking Tool Gives Advertising and PR Students Job Search Edge
- Ideas Flow from RTF Graduate Students
- Is the American Newspaper Industry in as much trouble as it seems?
- Students Win Seven Awards at Advertising Competition
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College of Communication
Erin Geisler, APR
(512) 475-8071
UT Austin Media Contacts
Don Hale, Vice President for Public Affairs, (512) 471-3151
Robin Gerrow, Director for Public Affairs, (512) 232-2145
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