2 February, 2021 at 8:21 AM
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We lost a beloved colleague and friend this week in the passing of Dr. Christopher Cakebread. Here at COM, Chris was a master lecturer who was most recently teaching Introduction to Advertising and Advertising Management, as well as coordinating ad internships. But those words simply do not do justice to the outsize positive impact he… Read More
COM students brought home 11 Young Ones Student Awards last week in one of the world’s top student advertising competitions — all but one of them for advertising briefs, placing Boston University fourth in the category among schools in the world. COM’s Yue (Yvonne) Wang and Rujie (Mia) Lin earned a “Gold Pencil,” the top… Read More
Nineteen seniors were named winners of this year’s Blue Chip Awards, the most prestigious undergraduate student honor conferred by Boston University’s College of Communication. “These seniors have proven to be leaders at Boston University and COM. They have demonstrated academic achievement. They have participated in internships and other professional activities. They are active in the… Read More
A half dozen students from Boston University’s College of Communication offered their take on the “future of talent” during a keynote presentation at a gathering last month in Boston of top creative and advertising talent for the annual In House Agency Forum conference under the theme “Future Proof.” “The whole topic was the future of… Read More
COM students took home 19 of the 26 student awards given out at the 59th Annual Hatch Awards for Creative Excellence last night at the House of Blues. COM students snagged one gold, six silver, five bronze and seven merits awards. Thirty different students, both graduate and undergraduate, from portfolio classes taught by Edward Boches,… Read More
Recent grad Emma Johnson (’19) had one goal when she entered COM as a freshman: to pay for her college tuition through her accessories line, Em John. Four-years later and she did it – with some help from Oprah. Read Emma’s first-person story on Refinery29.
Thirteen COM students, comprising seven teams, had eight creative advertising campaigns accepted into The One Show’s Young Ones’ category this year. The 13 graduate and undergraduate students, in advertising portfolio classes taught by Professors Edward Boches, Doug Gould, and Pegeen Ryan, won either merits or gold, silver, or bronze pencils, which will be announced at… Read More
A professor of advertising at the College of Communication, Professor Doug Gould is one of the most influential names in the business today. He’s won pretty much all the major advertising awards, earned two Emmy nominations, and his Super Bowl spots (1, 2) have made it to two separate All-Time Top 5 Super Bowl Commercials lists…. Read More
Boston University College of Communication students took home 13 of the 16 student awards given out at the 58th Annual Hatch Awards for Creative Excellence at the House of Blues on October 25th. COM students snagged five gold (most ever won by any college entrant), three silver, three bronze and two merits. Twenty different students,… Read More
Sadie Devane and Jackie Wu—master’s in advertising students from Edward Boches’ portfolio development class, won a Silver Pencil for their campaign, “Same Day” at the 2018 One Show. All student nominees representing Boston University submitted work to The Young Ones Social Brief, the only competition category to focus primarily on social causes. This year’s topic addressed opioid overdose awareness and prevention…. Read More