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SDCT's Top 10: Year in Review

Relive standout events, inspiring student work, and key milestones from the 2024–2025 academic year.

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Design Assistant Professor of Practice Julie Schell Weighs in on How to Make the Most of an AI Tutor

September 23, 2025

Julie Schell shares insights on how students can maximize learning when using AI tutors.

The UT Austin Tower at night lit with a projection mapping display of a retro-style video game, featuring blocks, ladders, and characters.

10 Iconic Tower Lightings Include AET Projection Project

September 19, 2025

UT highlights AET’s projection project among 10 iconic Tower lightings.

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KVUE Features Arts and Entertainment Technologies Student Leading in the Longhorn Band

September 4, 2025

AET student Hailey Hickerson shares how she balances her love for game design with her role as drum major for The University of Texas Longhorn Band.

Interior view of Verdant Gallery showing landscape and cloudscape paintings by AET faculty member Karen Maness. The room features cream-colored walls, wood floors, and exposed ceiling beams with track lighting.

New Austin Contemporary Art Space Showcases Work by AET’s Karen Maness

September 2, 2025

AET faculty member Karen Maness is among the featured artists at Verdant, Austin’s newest contemporary art gallery.

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Assistant Dean Doreen Lorenzo Writes for Fast Company on Airline Innovation

August 18, 2025

Assistant Dean Doreen Lorenzo interviews Alaska Airlines’ innovation lead on design’s power to transform the travel experience.

Book cover for “People and Spaces: Experience, Ethics, and Intent,” edited by Tamie Glass and Lindsay T. Graham, featuring a teal-toned hallway with a silhouetted figure and bold yellow title text.

Design Associate Professor Tamie Glass receives Joel Polsky Prize for recent book

August 4, 2025

Tamie Glass earns the Joel Polsky Prize for “People and Space,” a book examining how design shapes human behavior and experience.

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SDCT Students Bring UT to Life with Coloring Pages for National Coloring Book Day

August 1, 2025

Celebrate National Coloring Book Day with campus-inspired pages designed by UT students, including AET and Design seniors.

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Design Professor Julie Schell Discusses New Standards for Using AI in the Classroom

July 26, 2025

UT Austin is shaping the future of AI in higher ed with new draft guidelines focused on responsible, learning-driven adoption.

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From UT Austin to KERV Interactive: How Xandria Hernandez (BS ’22) Brings Brands to Life

July 3, 2025

Xandria Hernandez is a 2022 Advertising BS graduate from The University of Texas at Austin.

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Design Assistant Professor Jiabao Li’s “EchoVision” showcased at CURRENTS Arts and Technology Festival

June 8, 2025

Jiabao Li’s “EchoVision” invites audiences to navigate like bats using echolocation—now featured at CURRENTS New Media Festival.