Canisius University Department of Communication

Senior JRN & COM double major, Hannah Wiley, presented her research, Playing the Algorithm: A Content Analysis of Men’s and Women’s Professional Soccer Teams on Social Media, at the Eastern Communication Association Conference in Pittsburgh, PA! Hannah plans to pursue a career in sports communication, which prompted her to analyze existing teams’ social media. Hannah began this project in COM206: Intro to Research Methods. Congrats, Hannah! We are all so proud of you!

Calling all Seniors 🎓and Lambda Pi Eta 🏅inductees! RSVP by 4/10 to our annual end of year celebration to honor your achievements! The ceremony is Tuesday April 28, 5-7pm in Regis. Family and friends are welcome —We can’t wait to celebrate you all! RSVP: https://forms.gle/r2Nmuouk9NdAzDq16

This week, U.S. Diplomat Ambassador Earl Miller shared his experience with Journalism students in Dr. Arif’s classes!

Kick off your week by listening to Dr. Snyder talk about the real world applications of what she yaps about in class everyday! Listen to the newest episode of the Cultivate Talk Podcast now: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7BGJxj25ryxWeKkrQJnZFW?si=Ts2BkqGZQ4eoYw_zuWuVLw

Natalie Faas, C’23, visited Dr. Arif’s classes today to speak about her experiences in local journalism. Be sure to catch her on WGRZ Channel 2 every morning!

Friday afternoon fun: Prof O’Neil’s CEEP students are making avatars of themselves! Prof O’Neil captured the moment that Justin saw himself for the first time!

Join Prof. Fortunato & Dr. Snyder tomorrow for the Agency Tour!!

We will meet outside of The Martin Group around 2:15!

Let either one of us know if you need a ride, but reminder that you can use your Canisius ID for FREE NFTA access!

Will we see you there? 👀

We had so much fun honoring our newest Professor Emeritus, Ben Dunkle, at tonight’s reception!

We miss Ben’s steady presence in the department, but we are so excited to see what’s next for him.

Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate tonight!

Don’t forget to join us this Saturday from 6-7 in the Grupp Fireside Lounge!

Current & former students join us on 9/27!

Dr. Arif (Journalism), Prof. O’Neil (DMA), & Dr. Snyder (COM) attended the Mass of the Holy Spirit this morning to celebrate the Jesuit traditions of Canisius!

Jason Kellam-Lewis (Digital Media Arts ’26) and DQ Johnson-Myers (Journalism ’27) are collaborating with Zak Kashindi (Marketing ’26) on a promotional video for TREND UP on Allen St. (photo by Jamie O’Neil, Professor, School of Communication, Marketing and Media)