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University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Journalism & Mass Communication

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The School of Journalism & Mass Communication (or "J-School") is the journalism school of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Located in Vilas Communication Hall, the School offers two undergraduate programs (BA Journalism and BS Journalism, both with reporting and strategic communication tracks), two Master of Arts programs in Journalism (Research and Professional), and a doctoral program (PhD Mass Communications) jointly administered with the Department of Life Sciences Communication. The School is a pioneer in journalism education and a consistently top-ranked communication institution. It is one of the first to grant a doctoral degree in mass communication, and its PhD program has the reputation for producing leading scholars in the field, including Guido Stempel, Donald Shaw, Richard Perloff, Pamela Shoemaker, and Dietram Scheufele. Some notable alumni who won Pulitzer Prizes include Louis P. Lochner, photographer Neal Ulevich, Deborah Blum, Paul Ingrassia, and Anthony Shadid. At present, the School offers more than 50 courses to nearly 500 undergraduate majors and about 100 graduate students. Administratively, it is under the College of Letters and Science. The School houses the world-renowned Mass Communication Research Center, as well as the Center for Journalism Ethics and the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism.

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University Square Madison is a 1,100,000-square-foot (100,000 m2) urban infill development in the City of Madison, Wisconsin.The planning for the University Square Project was started in 1999 by Greg Rice, owner of Executive Management, Inc. Greg chose Potter Lawson, Inc., in 1999 as the architect for the project. After years of planning, construction began on June 2, 2006 and was completed in August, 2008. The developer and majority owner of the project is Executive Management, Inc, a Madison based development firm, with Steve Brown Apartments and the University of Wisconsin as part owners.University Square consists of three main parts: a 2-story retail mall owned by Executive Management, Inc; a 10-story apartment tower, Lucky, owned by Steve Brown Apartments; and a 9-story office tower owned by the University of Wisconsin–Madison. It is located off of Johnson Street and University Avenue, and is within a block from Witte Hall and Sellery Hall. The USquare Food Court previously occupied a large portion of the 2nd floor of University Square and held the National Food Court Eating Championship and the Wisconsin Collegiate Eating Championship on February 6, 2010. The USquare Food Court closed the following summer. A Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant moved from its State St. location into the USquare and opened on August 15, 2011. The University tower portion of the project contains a new Student Activities Center for University student groups, a new home for University Health Services, as well as the Bursar's Office, Registrar's Office, Office of Student Financial Aid, student radio station WSUM, a DoIT Tech Store (where students, faculty, and staff can buy computers, tablets, accessories, and receive service for any university-related technology questions) and other university functions.