On November 5, PRLab hosted a guest panel featuring public relations practitioners who are also PRLab alumni. The guest panel provided an insider’s take on the various aspects of the public relations and communications industry. PRLab is the nation’s longest-operating student-run public relations agency. It is an award-winning agency that…
On October 25, Dr. Donald Wright, a public relations professor at Boston University’s College of Communication, shared his findings in a presentation entitled “Social Media Research, Measurement, and Evaluation in the Public Relations Industry.” Wright specializes in corporate communication, and has published many books on public relations, in addition to…
To say that Jonathan Plazonja is a rebel in the advertising world is an understatement. After founding Courage, an advertising agency that he describes as his “solution-agnostic collaborative of A-List multi-disciplinary talent (read grownups),” he rewrote the rules of advertising to best fit his creativity. On October 22, Plazonja laid…
On October 19, a chilly Friday afternoon, students and their families–joined by advisors, professors, and COM Ambassadors–piled into the College of Communication for a light reception featuring hors d’oeuvres, refreshments, and enlightening presentations on the classes and majors offered. The COM Friends & Family Reception was just one of several…
On September 27, 2018, Dr. Lindsey Decker, a Film & Television professor at Boston University’s College of Communication, presented her dissertation, Hybrid Horrors: Transnationalism, Film Culture, and British Horror Cinema of the 2000s, to the school’s faculty and students. Decker was a BU Film & Television graduate student herself, with a passion…
On Tuesday, October 2, Dr. Don Wright invited his friend Bill Nielsen, former corporate vice president of public affairs for Johnson & Johnson, to his public relations lecture at Boston University’s College of Communication. Nielsen specializes in communication, public relations, public affairs, corporate coaching, and organizational vision and values, and…
