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MSU Students Collaborate with Industry on Freaky Deaky Flashback Mobile Games
May 8th, 2013
In conjunction with the Made In Michigan film, “Freaky Deaky”, a companion mobile app called “Freaky Deaky Flashback” is now available on the Apple App Store and Google Play...more
TISM Faculty to give talk at MSU IT Conference
May 2nd, 2013
Dr. Emilee Rader, Dr. Rick Wash, and Dr. Kami Vanea will give a talk at the 2013 MSU IT Conference on June 12. The purpose of the event is "to build a community of IT at MSU and to challenge...more
MSU Media Sandbox and Spartasoft’s Friday Studio Talk: Iron Galaxy Event Highlights!
April 29th, 2013
  On Friday, Jon Moore, a graphics engineer from Iron Galaxy Studios, came to give a technical talk related to lighting techniques in 3D game engines. Iron Galaxy is a mid-sized game company...more
The 2013 TISM Awards
April 28th, 2013
The fourth annual TISM Awards took place Tuesday evening, April 23, 2013, and honored both scholarship award winners and outstanding graduate students. Students and their families celebrated in style...more
MSU Students Produce and Premiere Short Independent Film
April 24th, 2013
EAST LANSING, Mich. – An elite group of students have been given a challenge: Create a half-hour fiction film together over the course of two semesters using professional equipment and a $2000...more
MSU Media Sandbox and Spartasoft’s Friday Studio Talk: Stardock Event Highlights!
April 22nd, 2013
With the help of MSU’s Media Sandbox, the student-run game development group Spartasoft continued their “Friday Studio Talk” speaker series with a presentation from the Michigan-...more
World premiere of “DOWNRIVER” movie by Michigan Creative Film Alliance debuts on April 25th
April 19th, 2013
DETROIT, Mich. – April 18, 2013 – The Michigan Creative Film Alliance (MiCFA) will premiere its eagerly awaited new movie Downriver on April 25th. Doors will open at 6 p.m. at the Detroit...more
MSU Media Sandbox and Spartasoft’s Friday Studio Talk: Event Highlights from Guest Speakers Nick Timmerman and Vinh Chu of Pixo Entertainment!
April 16th, 2013
As part of the spring semester “Friday Studio Talk” speaker series, Spartasoft has invited a different game development studio to talk with Spartasoft members, faculty, and MSU students...more
MSU Media Sandbox and Spartasoft's Friday Studio Talk: Event Highlights from Guest Speaker, Than McClure of Scientifically Proven!
April 12th, 2013
This spring, Michigan State University's student-run game development club "Spartasoft", has produced a speaker series and invited a different game development studio to talk with...more
Brian Winn appointed to Michigan Film Office Advisory Council
March 18th, 2013
LANSING, Mich. – Gov. Rick Snyder today announced the appointments of Bill Ludwig, Joe Voss and Brian Winn to the Michigan Film Office Advisory Council. The 14-member board advises the...more
TISM Game Design program named in the Top Ten Undergrad Game Schools by Princeton Review
March 12th, 2013
NEW YORK, March 12, 2013 — The Princeton Review (www.princetonreview.com) -- one of the nation's best-known education services companies -- today issued its fourth annual report naming the...more
CAS Students Take Home 53 ADDY Awards
February 26th, 2013
Thursday night was the 2013 Mid-Michigan ADDY Awards Ceremony, hosted by the American Advertising Federation (AAF) at the MSU Union. The ADDY Awards are the advertising and marketing industry’s...more
Professor Gary Hsieh awarded Prestigious NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER)
February 8th, 2013
Dr. Gary Hsieh has been awarded the Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) from the National Science Foundation in the area of human-centered computing.  The CAREER Award is the “...more
Johannes Bauer to receive 2013 Distinguished Faculty Award
February 6th, 2013
Johannes Bauer is one of the world’s leading scholars in the area of telecommunications policy, with a remarkable record of global engagement, sustained productivity and grant funding. Bauer...more
Games for Entertainment and Learning (GEL) Lab releases free game!
February 5th, 2013
Feather Feud is a set of party games for casual gamers who are looking to stir up friendly competition. Up to four players can play on the same device. Feather Feud utilizes simple flick and tap...more
UURAF Registration Open for Undergrad Students
January 16th, 2013
Registration is open for UURAF, the University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum. UURAF is an opportunity for students to showcase their scholarship and creative activity to the University...more
Steven Wildman Appointed As Chief Economist for the FCC
January 5th, 2013
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced today the appointment of Steven Wildman to the position of FCC Chief Economist. Professor Wildman, an expert on communications and media issues, will...more
MSU business-IT students help area companies on new tech projects
January 5th, 2013
East Lansing, Michigan – January 5, 2013 – More than 20 teams of Michigan State University (MSU) undergraduates are ready and waiting to help Mid-Michigan businesses and nonprofits solve...more
Professors Wietske Van Osch and Constantinos K. Cousaris Receive Best Paper Award at the 2012 International Conference on Information Systems!
December 18th, 2012
Professors Wietske Van Osch and Constantinos K. Cousaris Receive Best Paper Award at the 2012 International Conference on Information Systems!  The International Conference on Information...more
MSU Space Balloon First Trial Launch
November 30th, 2012
TISM instructor Troy Hale, with the help of CAS students, launched a weather balloon containing five HD cameras and a GPS unit into "space." Hale launched the balloon from the Detroit/...more
TISM Alum Debuts Urban Wellness TV Series
November 28th, 2012
Telecommunication alum and president of OurHealth Media Network, Lillian Preston has created the first weekly health and wellness television series aimed at urban communities, titled “OurHealth...more
TISM Faculty Finalist for Prestigious Research Award
November 13th, 2012
TISM Assistant Professor Wietske van Osch has been nominated as one of three finalists for the for the Association of Information Systems and Association for Computing Machinery’s annual...more
TISM Faculty Wins National Science Foundation Grant
November 8th, 2012
TISM faculty member and AT&T Scholar Emilee Rader, won a $486,000 grant with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the effects of automated information selection. This is her...more
Michigan Releases Mercury Safety PSAs
November 1st, 2012
LANSING – College of Communication Arts & Sciences Senior Producer Amol Pavangadkar worked with the Michigan Departments of Community Health (MDCH) and Environmental Quality (DEQ), to...more
Professor Joe Walther Awarded Fulbright Scholar
October 26th, 2012
Dr. Joe Walther, Professor in Communication and in Telecommunication, Information Studies & Media, has been awarded Fulbright Scholar award and will be a visiting professor next spring at the...more
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