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ASU team to create augmented reality memorial to child victims

The country’s reckoning with social justice this year has put a spotlight on America’s memorials. Who gets to be remembered forever, and who tells that story? Big monuments are expensive and...

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Waylaid by pandemic, ASU film students' projects get help from Hollywood

When film students at Arizona State University were unable to shoot their capstone projects because of the pandemic, the New American Film School reached out to Hollywood for help. About two dozen...

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New American Film School graduate finds hope in the classroom

Editor's note: This story is part of a series of profiles of notable fall 2020 graduates . Accomplished students are frequently asked about their “aha moments,” when they discovered their path...

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ASU's Herberger Institute launches two new schools

Editor’s note: This story is being highlighted in ASU Now’s year in review. Read more top stories from 2020 . Earlier this year, the Arizona Board of Regents formally approved a plan to create two...

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ASU students with passion for film connect through student-led organizations

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to create changes in lifestyle, work and school, forcing individuals, as well as groups, to adapt and work together in ways they hadn’t previously planned. In the...

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Creativity required: How COVID-19 accelerated change in design and arts education

Liz Cohen wasn’t eager to teach online. The Guggenheim-winning associate photography professor, who considers herself a people person, didn’t think it was for her. When COVID-19 happened, Cohen threw...

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Film and television producer Scott Steindorff joins ASU

This semester a group of art students and a group of film students in Arizona State University's Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts will get the chance to learn from film and television...

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ASU film duo’s 'Red Pill' plague script selected for 2017 BloodList

Every Halloween season the BloodList unveils a list of the best 13 unproduced horror and suspense genre screenplays, and for the second year in a row, the list included a script by ASU faculty Chris...

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Film student started own company while still in school

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2019 commencement . At 19 years old, Krystina Owens started her own production studio while attending Arizona State University. Now the...

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Film student steps outside comfort zone to find success

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of profiles for spring 2018 commencement . Everyone thought Marylyn Aguilar would pursue a career in singing, but it took an essay and some tears for her to...

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ASU alum’s short film selected for Oaxaca FilmFest in Mexico

The Oaxaca FilmFest international film festival in Mexico has featured the work of Guillermo Del Toro , Spike Lee and Martin Scorsese . And now Martín González, who graduated with a degree in film...

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