John Daly is a renowned professor in the Moody College of Communication at

Thanks to a $3 million gift, the Moody College of Communication is now home to the Michael and Tami Lang Stuttering Institute, the only specialized research center in the nation to provide treatment services free of charge to children and adults who stutter.

After 11 years as dean of The University of Texas at Austin Moody College of Communication, Dean Roderick P. Hart announced he will step down effective Aug. 31, 2015.

Anne Helen Petersen knows gossip. An alumna of the media studies program in the Moody College of Communication, she earned a Ph.D. in 2011 researching the subject extensively and has built a career as a respected media critic since departing the Department of Radio-Television-Film.

Scientists often struggle to explain subjects they’ve studied intensely, often resorting to jargon and concepts that are difficult to understand.