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ASU, Pasadena City College reinstate transfer partnership

Students at Pasadena City College (PCC) in California will have a streamlined path to a four-year degree at one of the Southwest’s most prestigious universities, thanks to a reinstated partnership...

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Film and business grad to use both passions in the animation industry

Editor's note: This story is part of a series of profiles of notable spring 2022 graduates . Valeria Valdes Cosillion’s first recollection of falling in love with the arts was at age 3 when she...

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Award-winning director Mary Matheson joins ASU in new LA-based program

Mary Matheson, an award-winning British director, is joining Arizona State University as professor of practice in the new program for Narrative and Emerging Media in Los Angeles. Matheson is known...

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Immersive journalism pioneer receives coveted Peabody Award

Immersive journalism pioneer Nonny de la Peña has received a Peabody Field Builder Award, one in a new category of awards from the organization whose stamp of approval signals excellence in media....

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ASU film alum, Disney’s 'Encanto' production assistant hopes for an Oscar win

“We don’t talk about Bruno” — but we humbly brag about our alumni, especially those who work on Academy Award-nominated films. By now, you’ve likely heard about Disney's animated feature film...

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In the MIX: ASU looks to the future with new emerging technologies building, faculty, programs

Arizona State University is assembling a dream team to train the creative workforce of the future and building facilities that will allow graduates to take advantage of open positions in emerging...

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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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