News and Events Category

Student Presentation at Games, Learning and Society Conference

Thursday, June 21st, 2012

Interactive Media Studies students Robert Smayda, Mohammed Al-Mulla, and Drew Ritcher created a board game to help people talk about the challenges of being in high school.  This work, which was created in IMS212 The Design of Play was accepted at the Games, Learning and Society conference at the University of Wisconsin.  Robert and Mohammed, [...]

Oxford Kinetics Festival, 2012

Monday, April 30th, 2012

The 2012 Oxford Kinetics Festival: April Fools’ Day filled with Rube Goldberg machines, monster bicycles, kinetic art, water bottle rockets, lots of chicken dance, a nine foot teeter totter on wheels, Happen Inc’s ToyLab, weather balloon rides for toys, prizes and more! With your help we’ll be even bigger and better in April 2013!
http://www.OxfordKineticsFestival.org

 
 

Oxford Kinetics Festival, Apr 1, 2012

Monday, March 19th, 2012

Co-organized by AIMS & Art Professor Jacob Tonski, the 2012 Oxford Kinetics Festival takes place April 1, 12-3pm at Millett Hall on Miami University’s campus in Oxford, Ohio. The festival is a celebration of creativity in motion, from kinetic sculpture to robotics to monster bicycles!
Find out more: http://www.oxfordKineticsFestival.org

The Power of Networks

Monday, December 5th, 2011

A few weeks ago the Altman Fellows and Scholars—an interdisciplinary group of faculty at Miami—held their Fall symposium entitled “Networks and Power.” It was a successful, day-long event where students, faculty and visiting lecturers discussed a wide array of topics—from the politics of drone warfare to how networks allow us to imagine new forms of [...]

Starcom MediaVest

Monday, September 26th, 2011

[ November 7, 2011 10:00 am to November 8, 2011 6:00 pm. ] Starcom Worldwide, the media division of Publicis, will be on campus for presentations and an information session on November 7th and 8th.

We will be presenting a Media 101 presentation to relevant classes and organizations. This will include an overview of the media profession, and the function of a media expert. The media 101 presentation is [...]

AIMS Digital Innovation Campus in San Francisco Opens!

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

We are proud to announce the AIMS Digital Innovation Campus will open in January of 2012. This campus, modeled after Miami University’s Luxembourg Campus, will offer a semester-long immersive experience for Miami students in the Bay Area. AIMS plans to bring a cohort of students (initially 20-30, but ultimately more) to live, work, study, play, [...]

Now Taking Applications for AIMS Bay Area Digital Innovation Center

Tuesday, August 9th, 2011

[Also see the new micro-site: AIMS Digital Innovation Center]

This has been a long time coming, indeed. In many ways, AIMS has been moving towards the creation of this Center for nearly a decade. I remember, about ten years ago, sitting with our Advisory Board and noting that half of them were from the Bay Area. [...]

AIMS Hosts Web Viewing Party for Health Datapalooza

Thursday, May 26th, 2011

Miami University’s Armstrong Institute for Interactive Media Studies invites all to join the “watch pit” for the plenary session of 2011′s Health Datapalooza on June 9th from 8am – 12:00pm EST. Join us in Room 2040 of the Farmer School of Business for coffee, snacks, and all the data awesomeness you can stand. This event [...]

Graphic Design Senior Exhibition – April 28-May 6, 2011

Monday, April 4th, 2011

[ April 28, 2011 to May 6, 2011. ] Graphic Design Senior Exhibition
Hiestand Hall North Gallery
April 28-May 6, 2011
Closing Reception: May 6, 4:00-6:00pm

The Games of Miami’s 2011 Global Game Jam

Friday, February 4th, 2011

A few days ago the 2011 Global Game Jam ended, and Miami University wrapped up its second successful year of participation. Since then I have had the pleasure of checking out these excellent games…