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UB Student Platform Certified To Fly High

  • August 9, 2016
Mon 29 Aug 2016 — The Space Monkey designed by SASD industrial design students and UB engineering students is set to soar at the end of August 2016. Two SASD industrial design students got scholarships to further develop their design for a remote robotic sensor set that will let young Earth-bound students engage with it from the edge of space.…
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Connecticut Art Directors Club Awards SASD Seniors; Griffith Wins Five

  • June 29, 2016
Thu 23 Jun 2016 — The 41st CADC Annual Awards Show brought together work by graphic designers from all over Connecticut to compete for awards from the Connecticut Art Directors Club. One of those designers was SASD’s own Terrell Griffith, graduating senior in graphic design. Terrell swept the categories with his senior thesis work, “Practice Makes Better” book and website,…
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Congratulations to Our Graduating Class of 2016

Sat 07 May 2016 — A lovely May day brought family and friends to see over 1200 UB students graduating. Here are SASD's very own: It will be great to see everyone at next year's Alumni gathering to catch up and to check out the next graduating class of SASD design students. Best of fortune and fame to you all!
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Tenth Annual SASD Design Alumni Event

  • April 25, 2016
Sat 30 Apr 2016 — SAVE THE DATE for the Event! Hosted by Art Landi ’74 ID & UB Trustee Please join us for an afternoon celebrating the accomplishments of David Kaiser ’76 ID, President Spark Design LLC. www.sparkdesignllc.com The reception will also include a viewing of the 2016 Senior Design Exhibition featuring work from graduating SASD students. Enjoy complimentary…
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Soares Wins Again at CT Intercollegiate Business Plan Competition

  • April 24, 2016
Thu 22 Apr 2016 — Design Management student, Giovana Soares, won second place and overall best executive summary in the Connecticut Intercollegiate Business Plan Competition held on April 22 in New Haven! Her app, Rise n Prize rewards users for waking up on time. Giovana’s App idea was born after her co-worker, who always comes in late to work, told…
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MPS-DM Grad Student Soares wins Top Prize in UBusiness Plan Competition

  • April 17, 2016
Thu 14 Apr 2016 — Design Management graduate student, Giovana Soares, won the first prize of $500 in the UBusiness Plan Competition held on Thursday April 14th in the Schelfhaudt Gallery in the Arnold Bernhard Center (ABC), home of the Shintaro Akatsu School of Design (SASD) at UB. In a 3 minute presentation, she explained the business plan for her…
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2016 Annual IDSA Merit Awards

  • April 15, 2016
Tues 12 Apr 2016 — The annual IDSA (Industrial Designers Society of America) awards for outstanding work by senior industrial design students were presented on Tuesday evening in ABC. Presentations of student work were made by students and faculty in the Schelfhaudt Gallery, followed by discussions by the jury to award the best work. Judges from the NYC and CT…
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Fifth Annual Alumni Art Show

  • March 12, 2016
Thu 24 Mar 2016 — Alumni, friends, family, and guests are invited to join us for the Opening Reception of the 5th Annual Alumni Art Show! This event is free to attend but kindly RSVP by Monday, March 21 by email to alumni@bridgeport.edu or Lindsey Christiani or call 203-576-4151 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, Thursday 24 March 2016 Schelfhaudt Gallery…
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Dual Exhibitions: Parts is Parts / Remnants of Haiti

  • February 10, 2016
“Parts is Parts: Assemblage & Collage“ and “Remnants of Haiti” Opening Reception: 5:30-7:30pm Thursday Feb 11 2016 Closing date: March 19th “Parts is Parts: Assemblage & Collage” features great examples of combination and amalgamation. The work of these seven artists uses found images in their work. Camille Eskell, Robin Gilmore, D. Dominick Lombardi, Jane Lubin, Suprina, Susan Tabachnick, Lubomir Tomaszewski…
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Return to Classes 2016!

  • January 18, 2016
Tue 19 Jan 2016 — Welcome back to all SASD students! Remember that we start with our Tuesday schedules for a short first week of classes. Check your myUB email for program meetings with faculty or organizations.
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