Audio Arts & Acoustics launches its new DiGiCo SD8 digital desk
Audio Arts & Acoustics students, alumni, faculty, and industry colleagues enjoyed two engaging demonstrations of the department’s new DiGiCo SD8 mixing console and its state-of-the art audio technology.  The demo was provided by Matt Larson, Group One, Ltd’s National Sales Manager...

Audio science and practice experts “meet” at Audio Arts & Acoustics
Two back-to-back presentations in September by music engineer and producer, Eddie Kramer, and audio scientist and researcher, Bill Hartmann, highlighted what the Audio Arts and Acoustics Department is all about: the intellectual intersection of audio as art, science, and practice.

Alumni Run Smash Hit
Two Audio Arts & Acoustics alumni, Aaron Patkin and Joe Perona currently working with Gand Concert Sound, ran front-of-house and monitor mixes for a recent Smash Mouth concert at the Barrington (Illinois) High School football field.

Audio Arts & Acoustics Student Plays White House Halloween Event
Audio Arts & Acoustics student Ehsan Ghoreishi and Columbia alum Doug Abram (BA '98) are members of the Black Bear Combo. The group performed with Redmoon Theatre at the 2009 White House Halloween Party & Trick o' Treat in Washington, D.C...

Audio Arts & Acoustics Students Win Seven 2009 NSCA Scholarships
Audio Arts & Acoustics students won seven of twelve scholarships granted in 2009 by the National Systems Contractors Association's (NSCA) Education Foundation and Bosch Scholarship Fund. And the winners are...

AA&A Dept Tenure-Track Position Opens
A new tenure-track position for Live Sound Reinforcement has been posted and is officially open for submissions...

They might be giants ... but they need our help
The band They Might Be Giants built their live sessions for their upcoming US tour using our Department's brand new DiGiCo SD-8 digital desk...

Alum Recognized in Consulting-Specifying Engineer Magazine
Andrew Gorton, a 2000 alum of the Acoustics Program at the Department of Audio Arts & Acoustics was named in the “40 under 40” list of outstanding professionals...

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Media Production Center Slideshow
As progress continues on the Media Production Center, Columbia's first ever new construction building, the excitement grows within the community.

I’m the Boss Applesauce
Director/Writer/Producer Jason Reitman talked to students and took lots of questions when he visited Columbia College on November 3, 2009...

Editor Show Down
Current F&V faculty members Sharon Zurek and Jeff Nolan get nods for best editing as well as alum Graham Metzger (B.A. ‘00)...

Elvis Sighting in the Windy City
"The Windy City", a comedy series created by F&V students for the web, documents the day-to-day life of delusional dimwit Elvis Kunesh...

Nolan on the cover of Screen
F&V adjunct faculty member Jeff Nolan’s company Nolan on the cover of Screen Magazine’s November 4, 2009 issue...

Ben Hicks has 65 days to raise $5,000 for his feature film
Ben Hicks first feature film is being shot in Japan, Taiwan and Germany...

Texans Love The Booby Trap’s Southwest Interior Production Design
The Booby Trap wins Best Student Film at the Rockport Film Festival...

John Mossman returns from the Emerald Isle
F&V faculty member John Mossman conducted a Meisner for Film Workshop at Screen Training Ireland in Dublin...

And the Emmy goes to...
F&V adjunct faculty member Danny Kravitz  wins an Emmy for writing the State of Illinois "Click it or Ticket" advertising campaign...

Facebook Chat Flirtation
F&V student Eddie O’Keefe’s sketch group’s short video in competition for Second City’s 50th Anniversary online viral video contest...

The Return of Navajo Boy
F&V faculty member Jeff Spitz’s The Return of Navajo Boy was featured in an article by In These Times and it kicked off the 7th Annual World Indigenous Uranium Forum in Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico...

Hannah Free is up for Five Nominations Voting ends Friday, November 20!
F&V post production faculty member Sharon Zurek's indie feature Hannah Free is up for Five nominations...

Alumni Snags This Year's Chicago Award
2009 F&V graduate Brad Bischoff is this year's recipient of the Chicago Award from the Chicago International Film Festival...

Film Quarterly article by Jonathan Rosenbaum features Peter Thompson’s Docs
Photography and F&V faculty member Peter Thompson’s documentary films are the subjects of a lead article in the fall issue of FILM QUARTERLY...

Newsstands, Alumni and Kitchen Chairs
F&V adjunct faculty member Larry Lundy is keeping busy production designing around town...

November Opera in Cinema: Don Giovanni and Cosi Fan Tutti
Join us in November for the screenings of Don Giovanni and Cosi Fan Tutti at Film Row Cinema. Please follow the link for ticketing information and a full schedule...

Game Time Dine
F&V adjunct faculty member and executive producer of Orange Chair Productions Ltd., John Otterbacher, is producing a TV show, Game Time Dine, that features different Chicago area restaurants and Chicago Bears football players.

Call for Entries / Upcoming Festival Opportunities
Have a film that you want to get out there?  Take a look at these upcoming opportunities!

Left Field Continues to Make the Rounds on the Festival Circuit
F&V adjunct faculty member Ben Steger’s documentary, Left Field, a feature length documentary chronicling Chicago’s own Humboldt Park adult kickball league, will be screening at several film festivals in the upcoming months.

My Friend Flickr
F&V adjunct faculty member Terry Miller took some photos of a burning Ford Mustang in Kentucky and posted them on Flickr...

Sean Jourdan wins CINE Golden Eagle and Advances in Sundance Lab
Sean Jourdan, alum of the F&V MFA Program, wins a CINE Golden Eagle Award for his thesis film, The Beekeeper. Sean’s feature script of The Beekeeper has advanced to the next round for the Sundance Screenwriters Lab.

2009 MFA Thesis Screenings
Friday, November 20 at 5:30pm
Friday, December 4 at 5:30pm
Join us for two evenings of MFA Thesis films at Film Row Cinema...

November Opera in Cinema: Cosi Fan Tutti
Tuesday, November 17, 7 pm | Sunday, November 22, 2 pm
Cosi Van Tutti screening at Film Row Cinema
Follow this link for ticketing information...

Lecture: The Derge Parkhang and Tibetan Cultural Revival
Saturday, November 21
Panel Discussion: 3:30 pm
The Center for Book and Paper Arts, 1104 S. Wabash, 2nd Floor
History, Printing and People:The Derge Parkhang and Tibetan Cultural Revival with panelists Patrick Dowdey, Wesleyan University; Clifton Meador, Columbia College; Yudru Tsomo, Lawrence University; James Canary, Indiana University.

Printers' Ball a Smashing Success
The Printers’ Ball at Columbia was a wildly successful event. We know because we were there - and so were almost 2,000 other folks...

Center for Book and Paper Arts Featured in PRINT Magazine
The Center for Book and Paper Arts has been featured in the April 2009 issue of Print Magazine. The article, Art School Confidential - A guide to 34 of the most interesting design programs around the world, by Monica Racic, highlights the top art and design schools in the world in various categories. The Center for Book and Paper Arts is featured prominently at the top in the first category, Craft...

Lecture: The Derge Parkhang and Tibetan Cultural Revival
Saturday, November 21
Panel Discussion: 3:30 pm
The Center for Book and Paper Arts, 1104 S. Wabash, 2nd Floor
History, Printing and People:The Derge Parkhang and Tibetan Cultural Revival with panelists Patrick Dowdey, Wesleyan University; Clifton Meador, Columbia College; Yudru Tsomo, Lawrence University; James Canary, Indiana University.

New City Review: Pearl of the Snowlands
New City recommends the Pearl of the Snowlands Exhibit...

Exhibition: Pearl of the Snowlands
Pearl of the Snowlands: Buddhist Printing at the Derge Parkhang
Exhibition dates: September 11 - December 5, 2009 
Opening reception: Sept. 11  5-8pm
Please read on for more information...

Printers' Ball a Smashing Success
The Printers’ Ball at Columbia was a wildly successful event. We know because we were there - and so were almost 2,000 other folks...

Center for Book and Paper Arts Featured in PRINT Magazine
The Center for Book and Paper Arts has been featured in the April 2009 issue of Print Magazine. The article, Art School Confidential - A guide to 34 of the most interesting design programs around the world, by Monica Racic, highlights the top art and design schools in the world in various categories. The Center for Book and Paper Arts is featured prominently at the top in the first category, Craft...

ATTENTION JOURNALISM STUDENTS!
Application Deadline: Monday, Nov. 23 at 4pm
Columbia Journalism Students are encouraged to apply for special Academic "Stimulus" Grants for the Spring 2010 and J-Term semesters.

Broadcast Journalism Students and Alums Recognized for Excellence
The work of several recent broadcast journalism graduates and current students from Columbia won awards from the Chicago/Midwest chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), the organization that awards the Emmy®...

Columbia Journalism Faculty Awarded Grants to Develop New Media Projects
Columbia College Chicago has received a $45,000 grant from The Chicago Community Trust to develop a web site for and by the residents of the Westside Chicago neighborhood of Austin...

The Columbia Chronicle and Student Journalists Win National Recognition
The Columbia Chronicle has received a Pacemaker Award from the Associated Collegiate Press. Also, several student journalists working for The Chronicle have won national awards for their work...

Two Broadcast Journalism Students Pick Up Prestigious Media Scholarships
Broadcast Journalism students, Junior Wendy Tricia Osborne  and Senior Rosanna LaPorta, have been awarded significant scholarships...

Journalism Professor Coaches Citizen Journalists - In Thailand
Suzanne McBride, associate chair of Columbia's journalism department and co-founder of the award-winning community media site ChicagoTalks.org, was invited by the U.S. Embassy’s Public Affairs speaker program to speak in Thailand about the emerging field of citizen journalism...

Journalism Prof's 'Eye-Opening' Web Course Helps Students Launch Own Sites
A new, innovative course taught by Journalism Professor Dan Sinker is designed to teach students skills needed to compete in 21st century entrepreneurial journalism...

Columbia’s Marketing Communication Students Wrap-up Award Winning Year
More than 26 awards confirm Columbia’s Marketing Communication students have the right stuff...

Marketing Communication Students Win Regional Competition
For the second consecutive year, students at Columbia College Chicago earned first place honors for their integrated marketing communication campaign. This year’s entry, called “Less than Four,” addresses binge drinking on college campuses...

Manifest - A Case Study for Mobile Texting Company
New Opt-in Text Program Will Steer Crowds of Thousands of Festival-Goers To What's "Hot" at Columbia College Chicago's Upcoming Urban Arts Festival - Manifest...

WCRX takes home two National Awards in the CBI 2009 Awards.
WCRX made another strong showing in the 2009 Collegiate Broadcaster's National Student Production Awards

Radio Students to Provide Voices for Animated Film
Congratulations are in order for Radio voiceover students Wes Adams, Nick Myers, Kevin Czarnecki, Anthony Krol and Annie Castellano...

Adjunct Faculty Member Dave Berner Announces New Audio Projects
Following the success of his first memoir Accidental Lessons, Dave Berner, Assistant Professor, Radio Department has several new projects he is currently working on...

Radio Department Instructor Wins Audio Director Award
Radio Department Adjunct Faculty member Jeff Lupetin was awarded a 2009 Audie® Award - bestowed for outstanding audiobooks by AudioFile...

Radio Graduate Named #1 Radio Personality by North Carolina Publication
Ashley Davis, a 2005 Radio graduate, has been named the #1 Local Radio Personality in Ashville, North Carolina by Mountain Xpress in their Best of Western North Carolina issue...

Radio Student Wes Adams Interning with WGN Radio in Chicago
Senior Radio Major Wes Adams is spending his fall semester interning in the news department for nationally recognized news-talk station WGN 720 AM...

Students Interview High School and College Athletes on Sports Show
Radio students Gary Craig and Nick Montecalvo aim to bring a fresh perspective to the local and national sports scene as they host Sports After Dark - heard every Tuesday evening from 7-9 PM on WCRX, 88.1 FM...

Radio Department J-Term Sessions Announced
We are very excited about our J-term offerings, both old favorites and new courses...

WCRX Awarded Gold World Medal for Best Student Radio Station
The prestigious New York Festivals 2009 Radio Programming & Promotion Awards committee has selected WCRX 88.1 FM...

WCRX 88.1 FM Wins Big at 2009 Communicator Awards
The Radio Department is pleased to announce that WCRX won seven 2009 Communicator Awards.

WCRX takes home two National Awards in the CBI 2009 Awards.
WCRX made another strong showing in the 2009 Collegiate Broadcaster's National Student Production Awards

WCRX 88.1 FM Wins Big at 2009 Communicator Awards
The Radio Department is pleased to announce that WCRX won seven 2009 Communicator Awards.

Columbia College Students win EMMY!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Columbia College Students win EMMY!!

Television Faculty Present at IDMAa Conference
Television Faculty will present at The 2009 iDMAa “@ the Digital Edge” conference held at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, November 5-7.

Congratulations- TV Students receive Emmy Nomination!
Congratulations - Students receive an Emmy Nomination...

TVAS - The Television Arts Society
The Television Arts Society presents The Box Lunch Series and more...

Congratulations to Dr. Beau Beaudoin!
Congratulations to Dr. Beau Beaudoin on receiving Chicago's Distinguished College Teacher Award...

WCRX takes home two National Awards in the CBI 2009 Awards.
WCRX made another strong showing in the 2009 Collegiate Broadcaster's National Student Production Awards

Lecture: The Derge Parkhang and Tibetan Cultural Revival
Saturday, November 21
Panel Discussion: 3:30 pm
The Center for Book and Paper Arts, 1104 S. Wabash, 2nd Floor
History, Printing and People:The Derge Parkhang and Tibetan Cultural Revival with panelists Patrick Dowdey, Wesleyan University; Clifton Meador, Columbia College; Yudru Tsomo, Lawrence University; James Canary, Indiana University.

Audio Arts & Acoustics Student Plays White House Halloween Event
Audio Arts & Acoustics student Ehsan Ghoreishi and Columbia alum Doug Abram (BA '98) are members of the Black Bear Combo. The group performed with Redmoon Theatre at the 2009 White House Halloween Party & Trick o' Treat in Washington, D.C...

November Opera in Cinema: Cosi Fan Tutti
Tuesday, November 17, 7 pm | Sunday, November 22, 2 pm
Cosi Van Tutti screening at Film Row Cinema
Follow this link for ticketing information...

Columbia Journalism Faculty Awarded Grants to Develop New Media Projects
Columbia College Chicago has received a $45,000 grant from The Chicago Community Trust to develop a web site for and by the residents of the Westside Chicago neighborhood of Austin...

Alumni Snags This Year's Chicago Award
2009 F&V graduate Brad Bischoff is this year's recipient of the Chicago Award from the Chicago International Film Festival...

Audio Arts & Acoustics Students Win Seven 2009 NSCA Scholarships
Audio Arts & Acoustics students won seven of twelve scholarships granted in 2009 by the National Systems Contractors Association's (NSCA) Education Foundation and Bosch Scholarship Fund. And the winners are...

Journalism Prof's 'Eye-Opening' Web Course Helps Students Launch Own Sites
A new, innovative course taught by Journalism Professor Dan Sinker is designed to teach students skills needed to compete in 21st century entrepreneurial journalism...