The 2018 Hopwood Graduate and Undergraduate Awards will be announced and celebrated by Hopwood director Michael Byers. After the presentation of these awards, Janet Leahy will offer a lecture.
Janet Leahy was a graduate of UCLA’s school of film and television. She started her career as a secretary on the situation comedy, Newhart and went on to become a freelance writer for the series. From there she spent eighteen years as a comedy writer, producing, writing and executive producing for series such as Cheers, The Cosby Show, Roseanne, and Grace Under Fire, among others. Her work continued in the one hour arena as Consulting Producer on Gilmore Girls, followed by Executive Producer of Boston Legal, Life Unexpected, and Mad Men. Janet has received several Emmy nominations and awards, as well as the Writers’ Guild and Peabody awards for her work.
This event is free and open to the public.
Janet Leahy was a graduate of UCLA’s school of film and television. She started her career as a secretary on the situation comedy, Newhart and went on to become a freelance writer for the series. From there she spent eighteen years as a comedy writer, producing, writing and executive producing for series such as Cheers, The Cosby Show, Roseanne, and Grace Under Fire, among others. Her work continued in the one hour arena as Consulting Producer on Gilmore Girls, followed by Executive Producer of Boston Legal, Life Unexpected, and Mad Men. Janet has received several Emmy nominations and awards, as well as the Writers’ Guild and Peabody awards for her work.
This event is free and open to the public.
| Building: | Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) |
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| Event Type: | Ceremony / Service |
| Tags: | Art, Books, Film, Free, Graduate, Graduate Students, Lecture, Literature, Poetry, Talk, Theater, Undergraduate, Undergraduate Students, Writing |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Hopwood Awards Program, University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program |
