Academy of Art University alum Michaelangelo Moran grew up with ojeks darting in and out of the gridlocked traffic of Jakarta, Indonesia. Ojeks are freelance motorcycle cabs; they’re now the focus of a business helmed by the former student and his partner. Their goal: revolutionize transport in Jakarta and bring prosperity to the two-wheeled entrepreneurs.
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What exactly is the intersection of conservation, recycling and fashion? A recent San Francisco Chronicle and Monterey Bay Aquarium competition posed this question to the Academy of Art University’s Schools of Fashion and Industrial Design. With great resourcefulness, a group of talented, dexterous students created a striking array of dresses, watchbands and other inventive reimaginings… Full Story »

Educating the public to promote conservation is one of the San Francisco Zoo’s most important missions. The effort is getting an added boost through a partnership with the Academy of Art University’s School of Fine Art — Sculpture, as revealed in a new film available online. From rainbow-dappled caves to celebratory cakes for hungry goats,… Full Story »

The Academy of Art University has joined San Francisco Citizens Initiative for Technology & Innovation, sf.citi, a consortium to support Mayor Ed Lee’s goals of job creation and growth in the technology sector. Noted Silicon Valley investor Ron Conway has teamed up with approximately 80 technology-oriented organizations, including Zynga, Twitter and Salesforce.com, to address public policy-making.
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Heather Clendenin, director of the Academy of Art University’s new School of Landscape Architecture, recently shared her educational vision — including coming innovations in online instruction — in an interview in Landscape Architecture Magazine. In it she reveals personal motivations as well: Her mission includes re-establishing landscape architects as indispensable specialists planning society’s future.
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