Recent News

PhD. candidate and Instructor Kalpana Subramanian has been invited to curate for the New York Immigration Coalition, co-presented with Squeaky Wheel Film and Media Art Center.

DMS instructors Joan Nobile, Famous Clark, and Cody Mejeur  will be offering some community game design classes at Albright-Knox Northland in December! There are two sections for youth ages 12-14 and 15-17. If you have or know youth who might be interested, please share this information with them! 

Daeil Kim, a 2020 graduate from the Media Study undergraduate program, has been accepted to the University of Southern California MFA Film Production Program. Daeil is a writer/director/DP and co-owner of a production company, Xylograph Films. The USC School of Cinematic Arts is one of the top ranked film production graduate programs in the nation. We are proud of Daeil for continuing his exciting filmmaking career at USC! 

This Thursday, October 28, 2021 from 5-9PM at the Center for the Arts, work of artists from the UB College of Arts and Sciences will be showcased, with screenings, installations, performances, and other activities curated and produced by UB students, faculty and staff from the Departments of Media Study, Art, Arts Management, UB Art Galleries, Music, Theatre and Dance and the Arts Collaboratory. It's a free event! Come meet students and faculty and check out the wealth of creativity happening in our spaces!

When the award winners of the 2021 Buffalo International Film Festival were announced, UB's Department of Media Study was well-represented.

DMS Assistant Professor Dr. Cody Mejeur is featured in this article from Ethos Magazine, entitled "Escapism in the Digital World."

Congratulations to Professor Margaret Rhee on being named Cornell College’s 2021-2022 Distinguished Visiting Writer for the college’s Center for the Literary Arts.