News: Critical Media Practices

For about 35 years, the Colorado Scale Model Solar System has delighted campus visitors by shrinking Earth's cosmic neighborhood down to a short walk. Now the exhibit is getting a new update and an interactive smartphone app.

Seven science-inspired, larger-than-life artworks are welcoming students, staff and faculty back to campus this fall. Take and share photos of them through Oct. 10 for a chance to win a $50 gift card at the CU Boulder Bookstore.

Featuring Erin Espelie (Critical Media Practices) and Joanne Marras Tate (Communication PhD student)

For her honor's thesis, media production major Taylor Passios turned her apartment into an immersive exhibit to illuminate the role of online information overload in COVID-related hypochondria.

Tickets are now available to the public and CU Boulder community for the second-annual Mimesis Documentary Festival, to be held Aug. 4-10 in Boulder, Colorado. The festival is hosted by the College of Media, Communication and Information’s Center for Documentary and Ethnographic Media.

A curated list of CMCI research and creative work for your reading, watching and listening pleasure from this past spring. Dig in!

Read our latest digital issue, full of fresh-picked stories to read, watch and explore!⁠

CMCI students who have completed at least 12 credit hours of CU Boulder course work for a letter grade in any single semester and achieve a term grade point average of 3.75 or better are included on the Dean’s List. They receive a notation on their transcript and a letter from CMCI Founding Dean Lori Bergen. Congratulations to all honorees!

After leaving her hometown of Glenwood Springs to pursue her education in Boulder, senior Cera Kocher quickly realized that, while it takes courage to try something new, there’s power in the ability to feel comfortable as a beginner. After college, she’ll continue to fuel her entrepreneurial spirit by joining Boulder Media House, a production company launched by fellow CMCI and CU Boulder alumni. With majors in Media Production and Strategic Communication, as well as a minor in Creative Technology and Design, Kocher is the Department of Critical Media Practices’ William W. White Outstanding Senior.

CMCI's Department of Critical Media Practices warmly invites you to view their senior capstone showcase gallery for spring 2021. On May 5, meet the artists during a virtual Q&A.