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Adobe entered into an agreement with the Academy of Art University on August 26, 2011, that permitted Academy of Art University to distribute Adobe Creative Suite (CS) software to students, faculty and staff.

I am writing to let you know that beginning Wednesday, March 11th, Academy of Art University is temporarily moving all our onsite classes online...

Video games are made to be fun and challenging, but few are made to be therapeutic. Now there’s Adventure Bay, an augmented reality game designed for children with cerebral palsy, that students from Academy of Art University's School of Game Development spent their summer creating.

School of Advertising alumni Hsiu Chi (Sam) Kuo and Wei (Will) Wang recently proved their ability to master conceptual messaging by placing second overall in the student bracket of the global Young Glory advertising competition.

San Francisco’s firefighters and Academy of Art University have long had a close relationship—one that’s especially in evidence during the firefighters’ Toys For Tots drive. As part of the campus-wide “Week of Giving,” Academy students join in the holiday spirit to assist the firefighters. Since 2011, those volunteers have included representatives from the university’s Athletics Department.

Fall 2015 collections by 14 Academy Fashion M.F.A. students will be showcased at New York Fashion Week; watch the live stream.

A decade ago, David Hauslein’s story for Buck Run was just an idea. Today, it is an actual film, complete with screening credentials at the recently held 2019 Palm Springs Film Festival secured under its belt.

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.

Students in Academy of Art's web design school will now be able to gain real-world experience in creating UX solutions. The new Special Topics class, Advanced User Experience (WNM 499) lets students to take on start-up companies in San Francisco as clients.

Erica Eng from Academy of Art's online animation school won the prestigious web comic award, the Eisner Award, for her comic story, Fried Rice.