Tisch News
Every day someone from Tisch School of the Arts makes news. Here's where we share with you the incredible achievements of our students, alumni, faculty and friends.
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2026 Emmy Nominations
Thursday, Jul 16, 2026
Congratulations to the Tisch alumni, former students, faculty, and friends nominated for a 2026 Primetime Emmy Award! This year, 63 alumni and former students received 78 nominations.
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Grad Film alumni and faculty invited to join The Academy
Monday, Jun 29, 2026
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have invited four Grad Film alumni and faculty to join as members of the organization.
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Honoring the Life and Legacy of Clive Davis
Monday, Jun 22, 2026
A distinguished NYU alumnus and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Clive Davis profoundly shaped the landscape of modern music by creatively reimagining the role of record producer.
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Claire Nichols Wins The John Lennon Award
Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026
The John Lennon Award is an annual competition open to student songwriters and composers of contemporary musical genres including alternative, pop, rock, indie, electronica, R&B, and experimental. Established in 1997 by Yoko Ono in conjunction with the BMI Foundation, this scholarship program honors the memory of one of the preeminent songwriters of the 20th century. Congrats to our own Claire Nichols (Class of 2027) for winning 1st Place. Claire whose artist name is ickypop, wrote and produced “pomegranate.red” It was mixed by Toby Masick (Class of 2025) p/k/a mTwenty and Mastered by CDI Faculty, Alan Silverman
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DPI Alumni Spotlight: Brendan Rains releases 'Thank God You're Here'
Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026
DPI Alum, Brendan Rains, has had his first book published by Thayer Press.
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Grad Film Alum Natalie Remplakowski selected as Sundance 2026 Producers Lab Fellow
Thursday, Jul 16, 2026
Grad Film alum Natalie Remplakowski was selected for the 2026 Sundance Producers Lab as the producer for the feature film Sweetwater.
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Thank You Maggie Rogers
Thursday, Jul 16, 2026
The Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music would like to thank Maggie Rogers (Class of 2016) for her generosity and gift of scholarship. Maggie recently launched The Maggie Rogers Foundation as a philanthropic platform, debuting The Maggie Rogers Endowed Scholarship Fund at NYU as its first initiative. The scholarship will offer financial aid to students.
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DPI Alumni Spotlight: Maia Twombly finds extensive archive of negatives
Wednesday, Jul 15, 2026
The extensive archive of negatives, which spans from 1948 into the 2000s, was discovered by the artist's granddaughter, Maia Twombly ('23).
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Ilana Khanin Directs What a World! What a World! at The Tank
Wednesday, Jul 15, 2026
The play runs through August 2, 2026.
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Grad Film at 2026 Locarno Filmmakers Academy
Tuesday, Jul 14, 2026
Grad Film MFA candidate Anooya Swamy and Alumni Joecar Hanna and Oliver McGoldrick were selected as part of the 2026 Locarno Filmakers Academy.
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"Norheimsund" by Grad Film MFA candidate Ana A. Alpizar receives award at Sony Future Filmmaker Awards 2026
Friday, Jul 10, 2026
"Norheimsund", written and directed by Grad Film MFA candidate Ana A. Alpizar, produced by MFA candidate Madeline Finkel, and cinematography by MFA candidate Yuqian Zhang, won the Student Category at the 2026 Sony Future Filmmaker Awards.
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Lukas Woodyard Produces New Cabaret, America 250
Friday, Jul 10, 2026
Set against the United States’ 250th anniversary, America 250 explores the American Dream through Emi Grate’s 15-year journey as a queer migrant artist.
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AJ Falk's Development Internship with Captivate Entertainment
Thursday, Jul 9, 2026
AJ Falk is a student in the MA Media Producing Program. This summer AJ is continuing his development internship with Captivate Entertainment
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