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Dushanbe Teahouse

Brushing up their skills

A beloved Boulder landmark is getting a refresh thanks to students who are touching up the complex paint job under the guidance of an artist from Boulder’s Tajikistan sister city.

Beyond the Classroom

Alex Roller at her internship

Good taste

CMCI students benefit from connected faculty and alumni to secure internships. Four recent graduates share their experiences.

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Student Work Gallery: Fall 2024

Since CMCI's founding, we have regularly showcased the impressive creative work of our students.

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What drives van lifers?

Matt Solari earned a Student Emmy nomination for a film documenting van life in Boulder. He’s continuing to explore documentary storytelling as a senior.

On Air sign

Tuned to creativity

In the digital age, how do you get more students to listen to the radio? Ask the leaders behind Radio 1190’s rise.

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Spilling the tea

Why are young Londoners changing their cuppas for coffee? Thirteen advertising students crossed the pond to learn why—and to better understand the nuances in international advertising.

In the Field

Kordell Stewart with CMCI staff

An incompletion—but one 'Slash' was able to fix

Kordell Stewart entered the NFL Draft one class shy of finishing his communication degree from CU Boulder. Of all the incompletions in his career, that one perhaps stung most.

Trending

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#ThinkDifferent

A creator and scholar says a much-hated Apple ad is standing in for a larger conversation about how tech companies build and deploy A.I.

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#Chatterbots

Chatbots are showing up everywhere, and bringing all the shortcomings of generative A.I. to places an expert says it doesn’t belong.

Features

Bryan Semaan

The race to make tech more equal

A new center at CMCI is organizing faculty thought leadership to answer big, systemic questions about technology’s role in issues of social justice.

Shamika Klassen outside the CASE building on the CU campus.

Making the digital less discriminatory

A PhD graduate’s ethical takes on tech have landed her at Google, where she hopes to shape conversations about shaping the digital world for users.

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From peaks to front lines

To get to the front lines of Ukraine, Jordan Campbell (Comm'91) took the road less traveled—from corporate communications to the mountains of Nepal—before stepping foot on the streets of Kyiv.

In Conversation

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Poll-arized

Where do we go from here? CMCI experts share their perspectives on journalism, advertising, data science, communication and more in an era of democratic backsliding.

Support CMCI

Heidi Wagner stands in front of the Capitol building in Washington.

Paying it forward

An internship in D.C. changed Heidi Wagner’s life. Now, she wants to recreate that experience for current students.

Dean Bergen at Dushanbe Tea House

If you build it...

When I wrote the introductory note in the first edition of CMCI Now , I opened with a well-known quote from Heraclitus: “The only constant is change.” It feels like I was writing that note just yesterday. In reality, this fall marks the beginning of CMCI’s 10th year at CU...