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To aid students as they navigate the Academy’s urban campus, Academy grad Jeff Yen has combined cutting-edge web and mobile technology. His Campus Shuttle Service project is attracting attention, says Yen, MFA09, and has just been recognized as a Webpick by the highly respected design publication Communication Arts.
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The 79 Gallery in San Francisco will be buzzing in coming days with the 2nd Annual Fine Art Photography Faculty + Alumni Auction. A preview party Thursday, March 11, at 5 p.m. will provide an advance glimpse of the works. The live auction will take place Saturday March 13 at 2 p.m.
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More than 500 volunteers and community partners, including the Academy, will be recognized March 6th for the 10th anniversary of San Francisco’s Community Clean Team. In the past decade, thousands of volunteers — including Academy faculty and students — have worked to plant trees, eradicate graffiti and generally “clean and green” the city.
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“How was it possible,” wondered The New York Times, “that clothes from six selected students with global origins … could seem more inventive and creative than established New York brands?” The occasion being described was the big Bryant Park show for New York Fashion Week, and all six students referenced are Academy MFA candidates.
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FASHION FOR HAITI is the American fashion industry’s response to the Jan. 12 earthquake, and the Academy’s 79 Montgomery Retail Store in San Francisco is joining retailers and designers nationwide to offer the FASHION FOR HAITI T-shirt, benefiting the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. The Academy is the only educational institution participating in the effort.
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