Telecom News & Events

Ph.D. student Lelia Chilarescu was awarded a Kinsey Institute Student Research Grant for 2010. She is one of the 6 grant recipients chosen from 50 applications across the country. She plans to conduct a study that will investigate the cognitive and affective mechanisms involved in processing erotic stimuli.

Spring 2010 400-level advanced production class applications are on-line. The deadline for applying to a 400-level production class has been extended to Wednesday, October 21.

Joey Mattucci and other Telecommunications majors formed an independent student film club to pursue their dreams in movie-making. The group is advised by professor Steve Krahnke. (more)

Faculty News

Lee Sheldon is writing a new book for Cengage Learning: "Practical Game Design: A Toolkit for Educators, Researchers and Corporations." Publication is scheduled for August.

Professor Mark Deuze and graduate student Brian Steward and will be presenting their paper "New Culture(s) of Management and Workstyles in the Media" at The New New Economy NCA Preconference of November 11th in Chicago.

In this year’s Intensive Freshman Seminar (IFS), professor Robert Potter gave incoming IU students the opportunity to apply advanced psychological research methods to see how their brains react to media messages. (more)

Student Profiles

Undergraduate Amanda Ricks is a co-chair of this year’s annual Multivisions Communications Conference.(more)