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As the season winds down to a close, Urban Knights athletes continued to dominate in their respective sports, earning awards and setting records.

View the collection from the 2023 Graduation Fashion Show. Learn how Academy of Art Fashion School is supporting students’ fashion career development.

Simon Ungless the professor is Simon Ungless the fashion designer. As a renowned professional in the industry and director of the Academy’s fashion school, Simon’s legacy is two-fold.

Elham Sepehrjou left far away from home to pursue her animation degree at Academy of Art University. For her, it was worth it.

The School of Advertising takes Academy of Art University’s “real-world” approach to education seriously. The school’s One Club initiative offers students an opportunity to work on real-world challenges, advised by advertising executives and instructors with extensive agency experience. Boot Camp, a competition organized by The One Club, is one way students learn to address actual client issues. Over four days in October, more than 50 Advertising students organized in 11 teams participated in the sixth annual Boot Camp competition. The students’ challenge was to create a values-based campaign for Blue Shield of California. Employees of Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners (BSSP), an agency for Blue Shield of California, offered guidance and judged student solutions.

In Ariel Jeong’s world, walking robotic cars don’t just exist in movies. Jeong is a BFA graduate of Academy of Art University’s School of Industrial Design. She’s also the sole industrial designer for Hyundai’s Center for Robotic-Augmented Design in Living Experiences—CRADLE for short. Jeong and the team at CRADLE create real, working vehicles that can change the future, on and off the road.

Ryan Roche has come back to the New York Fashion Show Week after a brief hiatus, and it looked quite the “comeback.”

Academy of Art Works! In our programs, students are encouraged and guided toward realizing their dreams and career goals as they test the boundaries of their imagination. Meet Mario Delgado, BFA 2012, a School of Illustration graduate and the owner of the Moth & Dagger tattoo studio in San Francisco.

Sculpture artist and Academy of Art University graduate Angella Holguin can turn steel, wood, brass and copper into water. The Mexico City-born sculptor’s large abstract pieces take their forms from the sea. Nature’s perpetual change and evolution inspire her. And they encourage Holguin to see herself in a similar way.

Sergio Mishchenko, a 2018 graduate of Academy of Art University School of Animation & Visual Effects, is already attracting global attention for his talent. Since earning his animation degree, Mishchenko has been awarded in numerous festivals and competitions. His most recent accolade is a Clio Award for his advertisement titled “Spare One,” intended for the technology company SanDisk.