Associate Professor of Computational Arts at AMPD, Shital Desai, has been awarded the 2025 President’s Emerging Research Leadership Award in Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts.
Two alumni from York University’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD) Digital Media program have won top prizes in the highly competitive Ubisoft Toronto NEXT Challenge, a major competition that helps launch Ontario’s next wave of game developers.
AMPD Professor Mark-David Hosale is leading a bold interdisciplinary project that’s turning air pollution into something we can see. As principal investigator of 'SensingChange', he’s collaborating with engineers, scientists, and artists across York to develop wearable tech that lights up in response to black carbon emissions.
Developed by Computational Arts Professor Shital Desai, 'Life-centred Futures: Sustainability, Interaction Design and AI' brings together students from digital media, theatre, economics and design to tackle complex global challenges. By integrating diverse perspectives, the course fosters innovative and regenerative solutions.
A class run by Shital Desai, a professor the Department of Computational Art in the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design and York Research Chair in Accessible Interaction Design at York University, empowers students to create electronic devices with potential real-world impact.
This summer, York University’s Las Nubes EcoCampus in Costa Rica hosted its first-ever Global Eco-Arts Residency, a 10-day intensive course offered by the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD). Led by Professors Brandon Vickerd and Laura Levin, the residency immersed 25 students in the region’s vibrant cultural and ecological landscape, focusing on […]
Anne Sullivan, who will be joining the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD) as an assistant professor in January 2025, has been named a 2024 Higher Education Video Game Alliance (HEVGA) Fellow. Established in 2017, the HEVGA Fellows Program recognizes senior scholars in the gaming domain for their contributions to the fields […]
A $100,000 donation from the Justice Fund will provide financial support for 14 Black and Indigenous students to attend York University's School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design
A team of researchers from York University and Queensland University of Technology (QUT) are working together to help families stay connected through innovative technologies like mixed reality.
Prospective students worldwide can now experience AMPD 24/7, 365. The School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD) has unveiled a new virtual tour resource to showcase its 300,000-square-feet worth of facilities, share student stories and highlight experiential education opportunities. The AMPD Virtual Tour allows visitors to view state-of-the-art facilities associated with different departments […]