Articles from February 2026

Exterior of the Adler Journalism Building (AJB)

Cinematic Arts faculty projects are changing the way we see and hear the world through the Arts and Humanities Initiative

Friday, February 20, 2026
Faculty members Constantine Bakopoulos, Laura Conway, Laura Gede, Kate Hinshaw, and Kaia Olsen will advance their creative works through funding from the Arts and Humanities Initiative (AHI).
Danny Willis posing for a picture

Dewey Stuit Fund Student Award

Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Congratulations to screenwriting student Danny Willis for being awarded from the Dewey Stuit Fund for Undergraduate Research to support her ongoing work on a script called NORTHSIDE!
Black-and-white image with partial view of a man facing three people sitting on a couch in a long hallway. The person on the left side of the couch is wearing a suit, the person in the middle is wearing a suit but has the head of a duck, and the person on the right side of the couch is mummified. To the right of the couch is an arm extending from the floor.

New publication in ARTFORUM from Professor Michael Cowan

Professor Michael Cowan has a new publication in ARTFORUM outlining the rich history of avant-garde filmmakers working in advertising, from the 1920s to more recent advertising work by the likes of Jean-Luc Godard and David Lynch. The article accompanies a major retrospective of avant-garde advertisements currently playing at Anthology Film Archives in New York.