The University of Texas System Board of Regents has selected three Moody College of Communication faculty members to receive its Outstanding Teaching Award.

Radio-Television-Film alumna Patti C. Smith (B.S. ’75), in her role as president and general manager of KVUE-TV, led the KVUE news team that recently won a Peabody Award for an investigative story on the treatment of the mentally ill in Texas.

The Moody College of Communication commencement ceremony takes place Friday, May 22 and features a commencement address by

AUSTIN, Texas – Despite alcohol advertising facing increasing regulatory pressure in the U.S. and abroad, new research from The University of Texas at Austin shows that advertising has little if any effect on overall alcohol consumption.

Jay M. Bernhardt has been named interim dean (effective September 1, 2015) of the Moody College of Communication at The University of Texas at Austin, Executive Vice-President and Provost Gregory Fenves announced today.

Department of Communication Studies Associate Professor Joshua Gunn was recently awarded the “Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award” for 2015, which honors one faculty member across campus for excellence in mentoring graduate students each year.

Lisa Falkenberg (B.J. ’00) and Robert Cohen (B.J. ’87), alumni of the School of Journalism, have won 2015 Pulitzer Prizes for their outstanding reporting.