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ETC Spin-off One of 16 Alumni Startups Receive Investment From Carnegie Mellon’s Open Field Entrepreneurs Fund

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From a CMU press release we learned that ETC spin-off company, Digital Dream Labs will receive an investment along with personalized mentoring from CMU faculty and alumni Carnegie Mellon University’s Open Field Entrepreneurs Fund (OFEF), administered by the Carnegie Mellon University Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.  Read the full press release on Carnegie Mellon’s news…. Read more »

ETC Alum speaking at INTETAIN

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On July 10th  a recent ETC graduate Arseniy Klishin gave a presentation at the 6th International Conference on Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment INTETAIN 2014, as a producer of a project Speak with Purpose by a team Kotodama Fruit Juice!  Arseniy also gave a short presentation about the project and conducted live demos at the section of the conference… Read more »

ETC welcomes new alumni

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On May 19, 2014 the ETC welcomed 93 new alumni with the department’s diploma ceremony held at Heinz Field.  Following a dinner with the graduates, faculty, the graduate’s guests and staff, each graduate received their diploma in recognition of the completion of the course of study for a Master of Entertainment Technology (MET). The ETC… Read more »

ETC at Games for Change

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ETC student Lisa Elkin sent this article on team URSA’s experience at Games for Change, thanks Lisa! Games for Change challenged team Ursa from the ETC to create a large outdoor game to be played in Washington Square Park as part of the Games for Change Festival in April 2014. The team decided to tackle… Read more »

Shipbreakers at the 11th Green Film Festival in Seoul, Korea

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“Shipbreakers” a film by Paul Goodman, ETC assistant teaching professor Ralph Vituccio and Tom Clancey was recently screened at the 11th edition of the Green Film Festival.  The festival in Seoul has been the one and only environmental film festival in Korea and the biggest one in Asia and dedicated to introduce and promote environmentally… Read more »

Student game now used to help teach social skills

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The game Way, made in the fall  2010 semester by Chris Bell, Cynthia (Zhixin) Jiang. Hugo Shih, Katherine Rubenstein, Walt Destler and Paulwei Wang is now being used to teach social skills. “Way is an interesting experimental game that makes collaboration and communication crucial to success. In the game, pairs of students guide watch other… Read more »

Drew Davidson to give opening keynote at the Game+Learning+Society Conference

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Drew Davidson is giving the opening keynote at the 10th annual Games+Learning+Society Conference  in Madison, WI.     It’s an interesting time to look back to see what has been done with games and education and the impact we’ve had in society, but even more, it’s important to look forward and challenge ourselves on what we… Read more »

EA Fellowship winners announced!

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The ETC Faculty have selected Goksu Ugur and Etaba Assigana as the recipients of the E.A. ETC Fellowship for the 2014-2015 academic year. Recipients of the fellowship receive a stipend for the academic year to help support their graduate studies. The E.A. ETC Fellowship was established in 2005 by Electronic Arts to encourage diversity in the… Read more »

Heather Kelley joins ETC Faculty

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We’re excited to announce that Heather Kelley is joining the ETC faculty as an Assistant Teaching Professor. She is an internationally renowned veteran game designer, digital artist, and media curator, who brings a wealth of diverse creative expertise in experimental game design, artistic interactive installations and playful aesthetic experiences. In 2013, Inc. magazine named Heather… Read more »

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