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“We’re not really like any master’s degree you’ve ever seen.” — ETC co-founder Randy Pausch
Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center is the premiere professional graduate program for interactive entertainment. Learn
Students at the ETC are taught in a cross-cultural, inquiry-based, inventive, team-oriented environment rooted in communication & cooperation through applied resea
06/02/2026
The spring semester may be over, but we're still not done celebrating the achievements of our students, faculty, and staff!
🥏 Assistant Teaching Professor Vivian Shen played in Pittsburgh's first-ever professional women's ultimate frisbee team, and ETC community members Jonathan Walton, Cayla Kennedy, José Mireles Macario, Charlie Forster, and Devika Santosh showed up to cheer her on.
🇫🇷 Team TACIT — represented by Ming-Fen Chung, Winnie Tsai, Chih-I Chou, and Michael Wong — showcased their work at Laval Virtual in Paris.
🧠 Samantha Lai received a CS+X grant from The Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry for research on attention states in interactive experiences that will be on display this summer in SIGGRAPH Conferences's Immersive Pavillion.
🎓 José also presented his work on the CAVERN at Carnegie Mellon University's Scholar to Scholar Graduate Program Showcase.
➡ Learn more about this semester's awards and research: https://etc.cmu.edu/about/news-events/community-achievements-spring-2026
“You have a whole career in front of you to find your voice, find your passion. Meet other excited, passionate people and make something really cool for the world to experience.”
Naughty Dog Studio Head & Head of Creative and 2005 ETC graduate Neil Druckmann — AKA creator of “The Last of Us” — has a message for this year’s graduates.
04/25/2026
Our crowdfunding campaign, ETC@25: Press Play on the Future is halfway through!
Keeping the momentum going matters right now. Naughty Dog Studio Head and Head of Creative Neil Druckmann (ETC ’05) has committed to a $25,000 matching gift. This means that only when we reach $25,000 will his full match unlock, doubling the impact for ETC students.
Every gift – no matter how small — gets us a little closer to the goal.
Many employers will match your contribution too, meaning your gift can go even further if you ask.
The campaign ends May 1st, and now is the moment to contribute and help us ensure the future of the ETC.
➡️ Give now: https://givenow.cmu.edu/etc-25-press-play-on-the-future
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