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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.

Students in Tyler Coleman's AET Physical Games course playing their original board game "Merchants of Hexaria"

Yes, Playtesting Your Original Game is Required Learning

April 15, 2022

In Tyler Coleman’s Physical Games course, a new AET offering for Spring 2022, students receive grades for creating, playing, and testing their own games. And like any board game worth the effort of learning the rules, the goal of the class is to stimulate thinking and inspire social interaction while exposing students to the intricacies of game design.

photo of the Tower of London taken by sophomore Design student Luisa Matzner

An Overexcited Design Student’s Guide to London Public Transportation

April 11, 2022

This post was contributed by Luisa Matzner, a Global Ambassador for Spring 2022. Luisa is a second-year design major studying abroad in London, England.

Summer Camp Director Jessie Contour helping a high school student work on their original video game

Meet UT Summer Design Camp Director Jessie Contour

April 6, 2022

Jessie Contour, Assistant Professor of Arts and Entertainment Technologies at UT, is the Summer Design Camp Director and she spends the month of June helping high school students interested in gaming and animation learn new skills and technology, build a portfolio piece for college admission applications, and have a lot of fun.

Arts and Entertainment Technologies Senior Zane Giordano at MIT Reality Hack 2022, where he and his team were awarded Overall Gold for Best Project and Winner: Best Use of Microsoft Reality Toolkit (MRTK).

AET Student Zane Giordano Wins Gold at MIT Reality Hack 2022

April 1, 2022

At the MIT Reality Hack 2022, Zane Giordano, a University of Texas at Austin student from the School of Design and Creative Technologies, and his team were awarded Overall Gold for Best Project and Winner: Best Use of Microsoft Reality Toolkit (MRTK).

image of Yuliya Lanina handmade sculpture of a squirrel-like animal in a dress holding the Ukrainian flag

Professor Yuliya Lanina’s Upcoming Art Show to Support Ukrainian Refugees

March 25, 2022

In an upcoming exhibition and art fair at Bale Creek Allen Gallery in Fort Worth, Texas, AET Professor Yuliya Lanina will showcase a number of works from paintings to multi-media sculptures and animation with 50 percent of Lanina's sales going directly to Misto Dobra, a Ukrainian charity hosting displaced families.

Arts and Entertainment Technologies professor Matt Smith and AET student Jayden Chavez smile at the camera while programming lighting at the 2022 Bee Cave BuzzFest

AET Students Help Bring Bee Cave BuzzFest to Life

March 17, 2022

Students from two Arts and Entertainment Technologies classes put theory into practice at the 2022 Bee Cave BuzzFest, a 3-day immersive music, tech, and art festival in Bee Cave, Texas.

SDCT faculty Julie Schell and Tamie Glass speaking on a panel at South by Southwest 2019 conference

SDCT at SXSW 2022: Event Roundup

March 11, 2022

A roundup of events featuring speakers from SDCT at South by Southwest 2022 including Doreen Lorenzo, Julie Schell, Cheryl D. Miller, Jiabao Li, and more.

Drawing the Ring of Steel poster image

Design Professor Kate Catterall To Present "Drawing the Ring of Steel" at Belfast Festival of Ideas and Politics

March 9, 2022

To mark 50 years since the security cordon known as the "Ring of Steel" was built around Belfast city center, Kabosh in collaboration with Professor Kate Catterall from The University of Texas at Austin will present "Drawing the Ring of Steel" on Thursday, March 24, 2022 as part of this year's Belfast Festival of Ideas and Politics.

close up of Yuliya Lanina acrylic painting of a woman's face surrounded by floating eyes on red, green, and black circles.

2022 Exhibitions from Arts and Entertainment Technologies Professor Yuliya Lanina

January 3, 2022

View Arts and Entertainment Technologies professor Yuliya Lanina's current and upcoming exhibitions across the globe in 2022.

Friendly photo of all the first, second, and third place winners from the McCombs Case Competition at UT Austin.

Design in Health takes 1st and 2nd place in McCombs Healthcare Case Competition

November 22, 2021

Two teams from the Design Institute for Health placed 1st and 2nd in the McCombs Annual Health Innovation Case Competition, hosted by McCombs Health Innovation Fellows and the MBA Healthcare Association.