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Mason Gross faculty awarded grants in collaboration with the School of Public Health
In the spring, faculty from Mason Gross and the School of Public Health were brought together to share research ideas as part of a "speed networking" session. Through funding provided by both schools, $10,000 MGSA-SPH Collaborative Seed Grants were awarded to to each...
New to MGSA: Meet a member of the class of 2030
While applying for colleges last fall, Hana Zemlicka faced two seemingly divergent paths of study: visual arts or astrophysics. At Rutgers, she plans to pursue both.
Alum runs art-making space for artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities
As a nonprofit communal art-making space, Studio Route 29, co-founded in Frenchtown, NJ, by Art & Design alum Hop Peternell (MFA’19), aims to cultivate an environment for artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities to create self-directed work and to share it with the public.
Two Theater alumni nominated for 2026 Emmy Awards
Tom Pelphrey (BFA’04) is nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Season 1 of HBO’s “Task”; Larry W. Brown (MFA’98) is nominated for Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Series for HBO’s “The Gilded Age.”
Fall 2026: Meet our new faculty
This year we welcome to our full-time faculty new arrivals in Art & Design, Music, and Theater. Get to know the newest members of our teaching community.
Alum and current student receive award as part of nation’s 250th
Art & Design alum Hannah Finkelshteyn and Filmmaking student Aakef Khan will be honored at the Washington National Cathedral on July 3 as part of the nation’s 250th-anniversary celebration.