Free pizza and a media studies T-shirt for the first 100 attendees for this community-building event intended for media studies students and faculty.

Alumnus Paula Froke, AP Stylebook editor for The Associated Press, will present the annual Oweida Lecture in Journalism Ethics. The event is free and open to the public.

Annual showcase of student films coordinated by Student Film Organization. Free student admission.

The Bellisario College welcomes Elizabeth Ellcessor for a lunchtime conversation with graduate students. Ellcessor is an associate professor of media studies at the University of Virginia, Senior Faculty Fellow at the Miller Center, and the co-editor of JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies. Her research focuses on questions of access and equity in contemporary media, particularly with respect to disability and embodied difference. Her new book, "In Case of Emergency: How Technologies Mediate Criss and Normalize Inequality" (2022), considers how 9-1-1, sirens, social media,and other technologies create and shape the concept of “emergency” for diverse publics. Limited copies of Ellcessor’s book are available as well. Attendance is capped at 12. Graduate students may sign up using the following link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zgntsn4eiIFXj_UhjiKTQTyBg5nvhbaoZBMZUjcqy08/edit?usp=sharing

Sunday, April 7

• 1 p.m., Board Meeting (Bellisario Media Center)
• 5 p.m., Board-Student Networking Event (Hyatt Place)
• 7 p.m., Reception (Hyatt Lounge)

Monday, April 8

• 9-11:25 a.m. and 1:35-5:15 p.m., Classroom Visits
• 11:45 a.m., Alumni Awards Luncheon (The Graduate Hotel)
• 6 p.m., Alumni Panel (Carnegie Cinema)

Assistant Professor Martin Marinos will give a brief talk and then take questions. His book, "Free to Hate" (University of Illinois Press), reveals where structural changes in media intersect with right-wing populism.

Free public session featuring Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin. The lecture and related events are organized by the College of the Liberal Arts and sponsored by numerous units at the University. More details and RSVP info HERE.

Register here.

The eighth annual Page Center Awards will recognize Ursula Burns, chairwoman of Teneo Holdings LLC and former chief executive officer of the Xerox Corporation; Dr. Sanjay Gupta, chief medical correspondent for CNN; and Kelly McGinnis, chief communications officer of Levi Strauss & Co. The event is free, online and open to the public. Recording available immediately after the program.