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Merrill Abell Professor Sandy Banisky to Retire at End of Summer 2022
COLLEGE PARK – Sandy Banisky, the Abell Professor in Baltimore Journalism for the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism, will retire at the end of the summer.
Stewart Bainum Jr., Anuoluwapo A. Adefiwitan to Serve as Merrill's Spring 2022 Commencement Speakers
COLLEGE PARK – Stewart Bainum Jr., founder of The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, and graduating senior Anuoluwapo A. Adefiwitan will serve as the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism’s Spring 2022 commencement speakers, Dean Lucy Dalglish announced. Merrill College's commencement ceremony will be held May 19 at 10 a.m. at Ritchie Coliseum.
Merrill Ph.D. Candidate Carolina Velloso Wins 2021 Ray Hiebert History of Journalism Student Paper Award
COLLEGE PARK -- Ph.D. candidate Carolina Velloso has been awarded the 2021 Ray Hiebert History of Journalism Student Paper Award for the best work of journalism history presented at an academic conference by any student or faculty member at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism, the award committee announced. She will receive a $1,000 honorarium.