Events

2021 UT Social Media Week

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The College of Communication and Information will host the 10th annual UT Social Media Week virtually Feb. 23-25. This year’s event features eight sessions exploring communication topics in social media from women in sports journalism to the use of the platforms by both social justice and extremism movements. Adam Brown (AD, ’94), executive strategist at…
2020 CCI Diversity & Inclusion Week

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The 11th annual CCI Diversity and Inclusion Week is targeted at all members of the CCI community with specific focus on our 1,280 undergraduate majors. The four-day event offers participants an opportunity to gain diversity skills and knowledge along with a chance to dialogue about diversity and inclusion issues and to share best practices by…
Dolly Parton to Read Bedtime Stories, UT Film Premiere Rescheduled

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As the COVID-19 lockdown has millions staying at home, country music legend Dolly Parton will help kids get ready to sleep by reading them a children’s book online at bedtime. The series, Goodnight with Dolly, will air once a week beginning April 2. The project is a response to the delayed premiere of The Library…
2020 CCI Research Symposium

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The College of Communication & Information held its 42nd annual Research Symposium on March 2 in Patrick Auditorium and Scripps Lab Theater, highlighting research work from CCI graduate and undergraduate students and faculty. This year’s symposium included research posters and presentations by graduate students, undergraduate seniors, faculty, and college researchers. This year’s event included a…
Scientific American’s Robin Lloyd to Give 28th Annual Hill Lecture

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[highlight color=”gray2″] Event Canceled Please note this event and all campus events are canceled March 16 to April 5. To find the most updated campus information, please see utk.edu/coronavirus. [/highlight] Robin Lloyd, a writer and editor for Scientific American and adjunct professor of science writing at New York University, will talk about “The End of…
2020 Social Media Week: Q&A with Sookie Park (AD ’13)

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The 2020 UT Social Media Week was held Feb. 18-20 and featured social media and news professionals from near and far, including four CCI graduates. Sookie Park (AD ’13) is the Director of Partnership Activation at Complexity Gaming, one of America’s premier esports organizations now headquartered in Frisco, Texas. During UT Social Media Week, she…
2020 Social Media Week: Q&A with Andy Bowers (CS ’17)

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The 2020 UT Social Media Week was held Feb. 18-20 and featured social media and news professionals from near and far, including four CCI graduates. Andy Bowers (CS ’17) is the social media manager for the Philadelphia 76ers and shared his team’s approach to branding, content, and appealing to a mass audience in the session…
2020 UT Social Media Week

Hillary Tune

The College of Communication and Information hosted the ninth annual UT Social Media Week, February 18-20 in the Communications Building. Sessions ranged from disinformation and misinformation on social media – an important news topic leading up to the 2020 election – to social media marketing and branding for teams, companies, and community organizations. More than…
Robert Booker Named 2020 CCI Diversity Award Winner

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The University of Tennessee College of Communication and Information presented civil rights activist, author, and historian Robert Booker with the 2020 CCI Diversity Award at the 12th annual CCI Experience Diversity Banquet, which was held Feb. 21 at Bearden Banquet Hall. “The Power of Connecting” was the theme of this year’s banquet that featured dramatizations…
RSVP for the CCI 50th Anniversary

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Update Your UT Alumni Contact Information Celebrate the past, present, and future of the University of Tennessee College of Communication and Information at the CCI 50th Anniversary Gala, Friday, Oct. 11, at the Knoxville Convention Center. The event is open and free to all CCI alumni plus one guest. The gala begins at 5:30 p.m.…