This year, CMCI participants will hold a roundtable discussion on action figures, a presentation on race and gender in the film Black Panther, a “dueling club” debate on the Harry Potter franchise and more.

Former Denver Post editorial page editor Chuck Plunkett will join the University of Colorado Boulder this fall as director of CU News Corps, a program of the College of Media, Communication and Information.

We sat down with graduate Joy Barber from Centennial, Colorado, for her reflections on her college experience. Barber is graduating summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in English.

Students have completed an honors project and/or earned a 3.75 GPA (or higher) over at least 60 hours of coursework.

Congratulations to the spring 2018 Department of Communication award winners!

Associate Professor McLean has spent more than a decade uncovering Buchanan’s story, and will symbolically accept Buchanan’s degree, onstage, at commencement on May 10. Senators and others recently gave an official state recognition of the historical importance of Buchanan.

CMCI ambassadors are students that serve as liaisons between the college to prospective students, parents and the university.

From pitching a campaign to Ocean Spray to digging up historic artifacts, working with a local startup and leading the Golden Buffalo Marching Band, graduating senior Leo Borasio made the most of his time at CU. He's this year's recipient of CMCI's William W. White Outstanding Graduate Award.

Join the TEDxCU event April 21 on campus in a celebration of new and game-changing ideas, shared by nine speakers, that will leave you inspired to take action. Get tickets and details.

Serene Singh, a CU Boulder junior majoring in political science and journalism and minoring in leadership studies, has won a prestigious Truman Scholarship. Singh, who is from Colorado Springs, is CU Boulder’s 11th recipient of the scholarship and first since 2014.