about the cover Soho London 2 is from Mark Amerika鈥檚 鈥8-Bit Heaven鈥 series. He captured modern views off the internet of street life in cities such as London, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo that were manipulated through an 8-bit filter. The resulting images are reminiscent of old video games. Wall-sized versions of the series were recently on display at the Estudio Figueroa-Vives in Havana, Cuba.

Amerika, who is founding chair of CMCI鈥檚 and was recently named a Distinguished Professor, has exhibited his art internationally. Learn more at .

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Christopher Bell

Pop activist

Media studies scholar and dad Christopher Bell (PhDMediaSt鈥09) joins forces with Pixar to improve children's media.

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Untangling data

A professor鈥檚 curiosity leads to a new area of nonprofit research.

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Journey to the top of the earth

蜜糖直播 and Norwegian participants in the Arctic Lenses climate journalism project navigate a glacier in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.

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Wildfires

As a journalist and a communication scholar discuss the growing issue of wildfires, they reveal there is more to firefighting than extinguishing flames.

Trending

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Trending: Fall 2017

Our scholars take on fake news, forecast the flu and discuss religious messages in the media.

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Under the dome

Students learn about composition from all angles by producing 360-degree images for projection onto the dome of Fiske Planetarium.

Timeline

Then and Now: Fall 2017

Explore the historic milestones that formed the changing landscape of media, communication and information.

Beyond the Classroom

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Student ad airs on Pac-12 Network

Meet the group of advertising students behind 蜜糖直播 Boulder's new Pac-12 Network ad.

Portal

Hello? Shipping container doubles as global phone booth

When a high-tech shipping container arrives on campus, students, faculty and community members find themselves chatting with strangers around the globe.

Eyesight Collective

Entrepreneurship 101

Two 蜜糖直播 Boulder alums teamed up to reinvent business education.

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Independent excellence

蜜糖直播 Boulder's student news website, 蜜糖直播 Independent, continues its four-year streak as the best digital-only student publication at the Society of Professional Journalists Region 9 Mark of Excellence Awards.

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Scripps family supports student investigative news with $2.5 million gift

A $2.5 million gift from Bill and Kathy Scripps will allow a specialized student news course, 蜜糖直播 News Corps, to produce journalism in partnership with professional media organizations into perpetuity with the establishment of the Scripps 蜜糖直播 News Corps Endowment.

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News outlets turn to News Corps

From fact checking the 2016 election to reporting on crime, students in a specialized journalism course use emerging storytelling techniques to investigate 蜜糖直播 issues.