Institute - Communication - The University of Utah

What We Do

The Edna Anderson-Taylor Communication Institute, housed in the Department of Communication at the University of Utah, serves as a crossroads to bring together scholars, practitioners, and students from across campus, our local community, and well beyond. Together, we think about the role that communication plays in some of society’s most pressing problems—and how we can best work to address them.

Learn about Our Mission

Educating the Next Generation

The Board of Trustees permanently established the Communication Institute in 1997. In 2022, in recognition of Edna Anderson-Taylor, a trailblazer in Utah broadcasting and alumna of the University of Utah, the Institute was renamed the Edna Anderson-Taylor Communication Institute. The Institute is now a vibrant channel through which scholarship, teaching, and service are shared across campus, our local community, and well beyond.

The Institute offers state-of-the-art workshops, lectures, and symposia focusing on a wide range of communication and journalism practices, in domains such as culture, technology, health, science, and politics. Each year, the Institute hosts a series of campus and public events focusing on issues of public concern, as well as fellowships and awards that support groundbreaking communication research.

Department of Communication Graduate Student Colloquium

Join us to hear four of the Department of Communication's outstanding graduate students present their research.
Communities, Health, & Democracy: Research Symposium

How does communication contribute to, and detract from, building healthier communities and a healthier democracy? Join twelve researchers and practitioners from across the U.S. to engage this pressing question during a full-day symposium.
Education to Action: A Humanities Blueprint for Remaking Democracy

In this moderated Q&A, two former professors who left academe to work on behalf of voting rights in the U.S. share insights into what students and educators can do to benefit democracy.

Events

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Edna Anderson-Taylor Communication Institute

Department of Communication

Department of Communication Graduate Student Colloquium

Communities, Health, & Democracy: Research Symposium

Education to Action: A Humanities Blueprint for Remaking Democracy

Oct 23

Communities, Health & Democracy Research Symposium

Oct 30

Graduate Student Colloquium

Nov 26

Thanksgiving

Nov 27

Day After Thanksgiving

Dec 25

Christmas Day

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