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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Karriem Riggins Brings His Fusion of Jazz and Hip-Hop to the Clive Davis Institute
Wednesday, Apr 16, 2025
Born in Detroit to a musical family and a keyboardist father, Riggins is the rare artist whose fluency straddles both classic and contemporary music.
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2025 Guggenheim Fellows
Wednesday, Apr 16, 2025
Congratulations to the 8 alumni who were named 2025 Guggenheim Fellows!
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The Nature of Code Exhibit Opens at The Clive Davis Gallery
Tuesday, Apr 15, 2025
Curated by Dan Shiffman (faculty), Gabe BC (faculty), and Lucy Kirakosyan (ITP ’25), the show presents a range of work created by students in The Nature of Code course taught by Dan Shiffman from 2006-2025.
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UGFTV Faculty and Alumni Awarded 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship
Thursday, Apr 17, 2025
Jessica Bardsley, an assistant professor of experimental film and media, has been awarded a 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship.
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Announcing the 2025 HEAR US Cohort!
Thursday, Mar 6, 2025
The Tisch Initiative for Creative Research proudly presents the 2025 cohort of HEAR US grantees.
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2025 Academy Award Winners
Monday, Mar 3, 2025
Congratulations to the Tisch alumni who won a 2025 Academy Award! This year, 6 alumni won 7 awards for their work across 4 projects.
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Announcing the Inaugural Tisch Creative Research Collaborative Impact Grantees
Friday, Feb 28, 2025
We are thrilled to announce the recipients of the first Tisch Creative Research Collaborative Impact Grant. This innovative program empowers faculty-student/alumni partnerships to drive groundbreaking, interdisciplinary creative research addressing critical global challenges.
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UGFTV alum wins 'No Drama' grant
Tuesday, Nov 5, 2024
Chandler Crump, UGFTV '23, has been selected to receive a $50,000 grant in the inaugural "No Drama" initiative from TIFF, Jordon Peele's Monkey Paw Productions, and Universal Entertainment.
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NYU Tisch Named Top Film School of 2024
Monday, Nov 4, 2024
Newspage of the Wrap article declaring NYU Tisch's Film School as the top film school of 2024
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UGFTV Alum Ward Kamel Wins Prestigious Nicholl Fellowship for Screenwriting
Wednesday, Oct 2, 2024
Selected from 5,500 scripts representing 80 countries, Ward Kamel was one of 5 recipients this year for his project If I Die in America. The fellowship will support the feature script development of his thesis short from UGFTV.
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Passion & Persistence of UGFTV Prof Dean Lennert
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
The inspiration for "Dear Anna Olson," goes back to 1987 when Prof Lennert found a note tied to a balloon caught up in a tree. The note said, “My name is Anna Olson” It included her mailing address of the nursing home where she was a resident and ended with “Please Write to me.”
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UGFTV Alum Karen Herwono accepted into LAIKA Studios Intership
Thursday, Apr 25, 2024
Karen Herwono (Class of '23) has been accepted into the LAIKA Studios ("Coraline" "Kubo and the Two Strings") Stop Motion Summer Internship Program, a highly competitive program.
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Presenting the 2024 HEAR US Cohort!
Friday, Apr 5, 2024
The Tisch Initiative for Creative Research proudly announces the 2024 cohort of HEAR US (Honoring, Elevating, and Recapitalizing Underrepresented Stories) grantees.
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