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Tahira Benjamin BC'17 Launches Inclusive Paper Goods Brand
Comm Eagle Tahira Benjamin (BC'17) has recently launched "The Unwritten," an inclusive paper goods brand designed by creators of color to celebrate people of color. Working with Christi Erning, an Indonesian illustrator based in Paris, France, Tahira has produced collections in collaboration with designers of color to support communities of color historically facing underemployment. The Unwritten, which offers journals, greeting cards, and wrapping paper, promises to highlight people of all backgrounds and allow consumers to acknowledge and value the beauty of all backgrounds.
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Alexander Alvarado BC'17 Wins 2023-2024 Sports Emmy
Comm Eagle, Alexander Alvarado (BC '17), now a drone camera operator and technician at Beverly Hills Aerials in Los Angeles, California, won a 2023-2024 Sports Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Technical Team Event with CBS on his live coverage of Super Bowl LVIII.
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Gabrielle Bucci and Alexandra O'Neil awarded Top Paper distinctions at the Eastern States Communication Conference in March 2024 in Cambridge, Massachusetts
The Boston College Communication Department is honored to report that Senior Gabrielle Bucci and Junior Alexandra O'Neil were awarded the Top Paper distinctions at the Eastern States Communication James C. McCroskey & Virginia P. Richmond Undergraduate Scholars Conference in March 2024 for their respective research in crisis communication and qualitative research methods. This conference is a competitively judged event where communication students across the eastern states submit their research for review and potential acceptance for presentation. The Boston College Communication Department is proud to have had nine students accepted into the conference, with two students, Gabrielle Bucci & Alexandra O'Neil, taking home two of the four top honors presented at the conference.
Boston College Communication students present their competitive research at the Eastern States Communication Conference
Boston College Communication students (pictured top left to right: Charlotte Fleckenstein ‘24, Chloe Wu ‘25, Ryan Eysie ‘24, Riley Davis ‘25, Mary Collier ‘24, Alexandra O’Neil ‘25, Gabrielle Bucci ‘24, and Johhny Buck, ‘25 - not pictured is currently abroad student Isabel Mees Ransanz, ‘25) presented their research at the Eastern States Communication James C. McCroskey & Virginia P. Richmond Undergraduate Scholars Conference in March 2024 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This conference is a competitively judged event where communication students across the eastern states submit their research for review and potential acceptance for presentation. The Boston College Communication Department was honored to have nine students accepted into the conference, with two students, Gabrielle Bucci & Alexandra O'Neil, taking home two of the four top honors presented at the conference.
Associate Professor of Communication Michael Serazio weighs in on Elon Musk rebranding Twitter
Elon Musk is rebranding Twitter—but a new name doesn't change anything if the product is a problem, Associate Professor of Communication Michael Serazio tells the Washington Post.
Full ArticleNew Creative Communications Lab will launch in Fall 2023
The Communication Department is preparing to unveil its Creative Communications Lab in the 2023-2024 academic year, providing Boston College students interested in audio and video production with a new, state-of-the-art facility to help them develop skills and showcase their creativity.
BC Comm Alum, Alex Trautwig First Ever President of the PBPA
Comm Eagle, Alex Trautwig (BC ’12) will be serving as the first-ever President of the Professional Baseball Photographers' Association (PBPA).
The PBPA, established in January 2023, is focused on creating a community for those photographers whose work focuses mainly on baseball by providing them with the tools and resources they need to complete their jobs at the highest level. Furthermore, the PBPA will serve to recognize and honor the top stewards of the game of baseball via the medium of photography and assist in educating photographers on new technology, policy or procedures, and best practices.
Devianna Smith was awarded the Top Paper distinction in the Eastern States Communication Conference in April 2023 in Baltimore, Maryland.
Devianna Smith was awarded the Top Paper distinction in the Eastern States Communication James C. McCroskey & Virginia P. Richmond Undergraduate Scholars Conference in April 2023 in Baltimore, Maryland. She also received the Lambda Pi Eta Top Paper Award, both significant achievements in the field.