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Breaking further ground in a historic season, Mobolade Ajomale of Richmond Hill, Ontario, became Academy of Art University’s first Olympic athlete after the Canadian Olympic Committee and Athletics Canada officially named him to the men’s 4x100-meter relay team in July. But the real glory was ahead in Brazil.

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.

Capping the summer of 2019, eight photography students in the course assembled and put on exhibit their best photos of the Marin Headlands.

Pratik Parulekar, an MFA student in Academy of Art University's School of Photography, has extended his interest in still life camera work into building props that he includes in his images. The results are being recognized with global awards and experiences alongside professional shooters.

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.”