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Fast Company recently selected the Aga Khan Foundation's Schools2030 initiative as an Innovation by Design honoree for most innovative educational design. Congratulations to their incredible team, including Design Professor Gray Garmon.

Associate Professor of Practice Michael Baker has been named chair of the Department of Arts and Entertainment Technologies in the School of Design and Creative Technologies at The University of Texas at Austin.

"Design will be a crucial aspect of how I approach care for my patients and challenge the current healthcare system. Its values – empathy, respect, and dignity – are all qualities I hope to embody as a future physician-designer.⁠"

By Stephanie Morgan

Reposted from UT School of Design and Creative Technologies 2019 Journal

By Adam Zeiner

Reposted from UT School of Design and Creative Technologies 2019 Journal

By Virginia Waldrop, Katherine Spitz, Taylor Smyth, Dainon Miles, Woody Green, Rachel Fresques, Jacquelyn Callahan, Anatoli Berezovsky, Francisco Barrios

Reposted from UT School of Design and Creative Technologies 2019 Journal

The Design Institute for Health's 2020 cohort of doctor designers, the "Three Medsketeers," graduate from Dell Medical School this month. While the world shut down, these students dove in to keep momentum on design that makes a difference in people’s lives.

Jessica Murray graduated with an M.A. in Design focused on Health. This 10-month Master's program offered in collaboration between Dell Medical School and the College of Fine Arts at The University of Texas at Austin inspires change-makers to reimagine health care through the lens of design.

It's been an eventful few months for Associate Professor of Design Kate Catterall. 

A forthcoming LACMA exhibition, Better Living Through Science: The Home of the Future, 1920–1984, recently received grant funding from the Getty Foundation's Pacific Standard Time 2024 initiative which will help support research and curatorial work on the project over the next few years.