Congratulations to 2017 Media & Information alumna Zina Fattah, who illustrated the cover and designed the interior layout for Why the Birds Fly Back, a children's book by Akosua Harvey!

This year, Dr. Ryan Thompson will present at the MSU Esports Research Network Conference hosted by Seth Jenny, Amanda Cote, and Jonathan Eaton -- his talk is entitled, "How to Get Somebody Jumpin': Music, Community, and Canon in Modern Esports Titles."

MediaInfo MA student Jesse Sanderson won a Silver Medal in the Serious Games by Students category from the Serious Play Conference! The award-winning game, Braille Bistro, is a matching game designed to build empathy among sighted people for persons with disabilities.
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The 25th Gamedev Anniversary Celebration was a hit! The event kicked off on Friday with two alumni panels (Gamedev and Gamedev-adjacent), tours, student games, and more. Saturday, we enjoyed a tailgate with faculty, staff, students, and alumni, as we ate treats and played Plunder Panic!

The 25th Anniversary Celebration of our Game Design programs takes place this week, on September 12 and 13! Visit gamedev.msu.edu/25yearannive... for the Friday afternoon tours and Saturday tailgate schedule.

We're seeking to hire an in-person, full-time Professor of Practice in Games & Interactive Media. We envision an experienced game developer/programmer with a compelling portfolio and vision of the contributions creative work can make. bit.ly/MediaInfoJob...
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Our department welcomed incoming freshmen as part of a day of fun and informative events! Here, Department Chairperson Dr. Michael Stern and Advisor Chris Roberts explain a bit about the department and its faculty.

Today, join us in supporting Caitlin Geier as she defends her dissertation: Creating Space for Women and Queer Folk in Video Game Communities: Culture Circles as a Participatory Methodology for Community Empowerment
2:00PM EST msu.zoom.us/my/geierac

Join us for the spring 2025 Game Design Showcase! Thursday, May 1, 5:30-7:30pm in rooms 147 and 154 of ComArtSci. Watch game trailers and play the games our students worked on during the semester! #gamedesign

Students from the Transforming Tools Together team won first place from the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Office at Michigan State University at the 2025 University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF)! Professors Celeste Campos-Castillo and Susan Bonner oversaw the team.

Jesse Sanderson, MediaInfo MA student, is one of the developers showing off video games for learning Japanese! Join them Friday, March 21, from 3-5:30PM in the Green Room (4th floor west) of the MSU Library.

Congratulations to grad students Jisun Lee, Youngjun Lee, Pei-Chi Lin, Ting Luo, & Professor Susan Bonner! MoodMiles: A Gamified Exercise Application for Mental and Physical Well-being in Young Adults with All Abilities, was accepted to the Human-Computer Interaction International (HCII) conference!

Fantastic turnout at the Fall GameDev Showcase last night! Students prepared 30-second trailers for their games, delighting the audience with humor and creativity. Attendees were then able to play the games and provide feedback to the creators.
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Thursday, December 12 from 4-6pm, be sure to stop by rooms 147 and 154 to attend the MSU GameDev Showcase! Watch game trailers and play the games our students worked on during the semester!

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The Department of Media + Information (MI) at Michigan State University invites applicants for one Advanced Assistant, Associate or Full Professor to complement & expand our dynamic and interdisciplinary faculty through the use of computational and/or quantitative approaches.
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