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![Dance Student earned standing ovation for “America’s Got Talent” performance in honor of his mother](https://www.masongross.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/1697744029693-1-1-384x253.jpg)
Dance Student earned standing ovation for “America’s Got Talent” performance in honor of his mother
Donovyn Diaz recently struck a nerve with America’s Got Talent viewers – and judges – with his heartfelt performance of a dance he choreographed in honor of his mother, who is battling cancer.
![Why I Made This: MFA Student Natalie Romero](https://www.masongross.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Natalie-Romero-Cover-Image-Resized-384x253.jpg)
Why I Made This: MFA Student Natalie Romero
Filmmaker, media, and performance artist Natalie Romero’s photo series Transitions I, II, and III, made in collaboration with CUNY theater and performance PhD student Melissa Flower-Gladney, explores the connection between humans and the natural world. Photos are arranged on a wall above a semicircle of fresh soil. The images depict fallen trees and free-flowing hair; subjects stand with their feet in the sand or in a bathtub. One photo was taken in the wake of the devastation that Hurricane Maria wrought upon Puerto Rico; another was taken moments after the birth of Flower-Gladney’s child.
![Alum Marissa Paternoster makes Rolling Stone’s list of greatest guitarists of all time](https://www.masongross.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Marissa_Paternoster_RS-384x253.png)
Alum Marissa Paternoster makes Rolling Stone’s list of greatest guitarists of all time
Art & Design alum Marissa Paternoster has been named one of the 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time by Rolling Stone. Paternoster is the co-founder of the rock band Screaming Females, which was formed in New Brunswick in 2005 while Paternoster was a student....
![Music alum Courtney Bryan named 2023 MacArthur Fellow](https://www.masongross.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Courtney_Bryan-384x253.png)
Music alum Courtney Bryan named 2023 MacArthur Fellow
Composer and pianist Courtney Bryan, who earned a master’s degree in music from Mason Gross School of the Arts, was named today as member of the 2023 Class of MacArthur Fellows. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has administered the prestigious awards,...
![Student artwork featured at Mexico’s first consulate in New Jersey](https://www.masongross.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/News_image_Escobar-384x253.png)
Student artwork featured at Mexico’s first consulate in New Jersey
Artwork by five Mason Gross Art & Design BFA students is featured in an exhibition at the new home to the Mexican Consulate in New Brunswick–its first headquarters in New Jersey.