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Recent News
- Nancy Yunhwa Rao: Honorary member of American Musicological Society
- Research Spotlight: Robinson McClellan
- Jazz student to be inducted into national first-generation honor society
- Student documentary on Mexican American health care educators to premiere Nov. 7
- Scary Movie: Filmmaking course focuses on horror
Filmmaking program continues to grow, seeking national recognition
The film program at Mason Gross evolved from a certificate program to a full-fledged degree, that trains students in the many facets of filmmaking: research and treatments, cinematography, lighting, field production, directing, script writing and story boarding, editing, and postproduction.
Senior co-founds Rutgers Rainbow Symphony, university’s first collective of all queer musicians and allies
Mal Malone knew she was a musician long before she knew she was a trans woman. Nearly a decade after picking up the recorder in elementary school, the Mason Gross School of the Arts bass trombone player embraced her full identity as a queer musician last year. After...
Alumna Creates Award-Winning Web Resource for Reproductive Rights
Website designer and Art & Design alum Heather Pinheiro won the 2022 365: AIGA Year in Design award for Power + Voice, a website that serves as a resource for those seeking reproductive rights access and provides...
Park McArthur Named a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow
Park McArthur, a conceptual artist and the Tepper Family Endowed Chair in Visual Arts, has been named a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow in the field of fine arts. McArthur will use her Guggenheim fellowship to complete projects opening in spring 2025 in Austria and Germany....
“He ceaselessly challenged us to think.” – Tributes to alum and artist Pope.L
Alum Pope.L (William Pope), a conceptual and performance artist who explored themes of race and class, passed away December 23, 2023, at age 68. He earned his MFA in visual arts at Mason Gross in 1981 and was renowned for work that directly connects to the criticality...
R. Michael Miller, former head of scenic design, taught the craft with a meticulous work ethic and legendary sense of humor
R. Michael Miller, former head of scenic design in the Theater Department who taught at Rutgers for nearly three decades until his retirement in 2019, died February 2, 2024, at age 70. Miller’s work was seen on Broadway (Souvenir, Eminent Domain, The Boys in...