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Creativity for Good

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This month, University Advancement did a story about Daryl Choa (20) as a recipient of the Creative Good Fund, the scholarship created for ETC students who are looking to gain experience with real-world non-profit projects while making a positive impact on the world around us. Below are excerpts from the story by Sarah Burke Supporters… Read more »

Hammer in the Global Women in Games Hall of Fame

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Jessica Hammer was named to the Global Women in Games Hall of Fame last week. Jessica holds a joint appointment with The Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University and the ETC. The Women in Games Global Games Awards program was held virtually and live-streamed to attendees on Saturday, September 12, 2020.   Jessica was one… Read more »

Signature Course: Building Virtual Worlds

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This article by Caroline Sheedy was originally featured on CMU’s news stories sight. See the news site for the original story. In just two weeks, Carnegie Mellon University students create a brand new world.  In Building Virtual Worlds (BVW), one of four core classes in the Master’s in Entertainment Technology (MET) program from CMU’s Entertainment Technology Center (ETC), students… Read more »

ETC class of 2020

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On Sunday, May 17, the Carnegie Mellon University community came together around the globe to celebrate the success of the class of 2020. While not the normal commencement ceremony, the Virtual Conferral of Degrees contained some of the events as the in-person ceremony, like the CMU Pipe and Drum Band processional, undergraduate and graduate student… Read more »

CMU’s hub for Computer Generated Imagery and Animation

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ETC faculty member Moshe Mahler along with members from Carnegie Mellon Universality’s The School of Art, IDeATe, and The Carnegie Mellon Graphics Lab have created The Dopesheet, a website containing updates, tutorials, rigs, featured students studying animation at CMU. ETC recent grad, Muhammad Mir (20) is featured in the Animators Spotlight: “I’m now an Associate Technical… Read more »

Confronting racism in the ETC Community – We Can Do Better Together

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Confronting Racism and Promoting Equity and Inclusion, message to the CMU community from Farnam JahanianCarnegie Mellon University President, Henry L. Hillman President’s Chair Dear ETC Community –  We continue to live through unprecedented times together. While the world is still working to solve the COVID-19 pandemic, our nation is struggling with the systemic racism and… Read more »

ETC Virtual Celebration

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On Sunday May 17 at 10:00 am, Carnegie Mellon University will hold it’s first Virtual Conferral of Degrees. President Jahanian, the CMU deans and a host of VIPs have planned a unique and memorable event to mark the occasion of CMU class of 2020’s graduation. Viewing access to the Conferral of Degrees will be made… Read more »

ALT.CTRL.GDC Showcase: The Unfathomed Voyager

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Gamasutra spoke with second year ETC student Matthew Bofenkamp about the submission of The Unfathomed Voyager in this years ALT.CTRL.GDC Showcase. Alt.Ctrl.GDC is dedicated to games that use alternative control schemes and interactions. Built during the fall 2018 semester for the Building Virtual Worlds class by ETC students Matthew Bofenkamp – programmer, Boyi Liu and Ruoxi… Read more »

Hammer Earns NSF CAREER Award

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Assistant Professor Jessica Hammer, a joint appointment with both the ETC and HCII, has received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, the organization’s most prestigious award for young faculty members. The award will support her work on creating learning-supportive game-streaming interfaces. Jess’s proposed project will apply her research interests in games and… Read more »

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