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Surviving Hurricane Katrina inspired award-winning student filmmaker
“I remember our house . . . collapsing. . . While we were trying to find food, the film crew from Feed the Kids found us. I remember watching the guy behind the camera and thinking, ‘That looks so cool, I wish I could do that.’”

Watch the Chamber Jazz 1 Ensemble perform on WBGO
Jazz radio station WBGO 88.3/Newark Public Radio invited several students to New York City to record selections that aired in April, as part of the station’s Jazz Appreciation Month celebration.

Two Art & Design professors named 2025 Guggenheim Fellows
Marc Handelman was recognized in the Fine Arts category, Miranda Lichtenstein in the Photography category. They are among 198 fellows selected this year from a pool of nearly 3,500 across 53 disciplines.

Art & Design alum’s rooftop installation at The Met features “acoustic sculptures”
Jennie C. Jones’s (MFA’96) sculptural installation “Ensemble” is on view in New York City as this year’s Roof Garden Commission at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Every day is Earth Day in Theater faculty’s upcycling class
Costume Director Denise Wagner’s class on fast fashion helps students understand the work that goes into making their clothes.