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April 2024

Apr 30, 2024 | 0 Comments

Urban Arts held a Spring Break Game Design Lab for 46 high school students who explored gaming through an educational lens and designed their own games. In addition, more public school students were reached through two master classes held at Facing History High School and one master class held at George Westinghouse High School.

March 2024

Mar 30, 2024 | 0 Comments

CCNY hosted Gaming Pathway’s second annual Unreleased Games Arcade, supporting 52 local designers to showcase 21 digital and analog games, all playtested by over 100 high school students. Urban Arts ran three masterclasses at the Harlem School of the Arts in conjunction with the Harlem Gallery of Science’s exhibit: Video Games: The Great Connector; 87 high school students participated, enhancing their understanding of the gaming industry while furthering their game design skills.

February 2024

Feb 26, 2024 | 0 Comments

21 game design students from Urban Arts’ Gaming Pathways clubs got a sneak-preview of Video Games: The Great Connector exhibit to explore, play and share their feedback before it officially opened. Additionally, student and alumni designers from Urban Arts’ Mastery program displayed digital game prototypes at the exhibit. Nearly 50 Urban Arts students visited the exhibit on a field trip.

January 2024

Jan 1, 2024 | 0 Comments

CCNY Game Design Professor Nick Fortugno spoke at the CUNY Games Conference about the importance of public education and how to foreground its latent potential within NYC’s Gaming Industry.

December 2023

Dec 1, 2023 | 0 Comments

42 high school students involved in the Gaming Pathways program visited Microsoft Offices to learn from Xbox NYC staff about careers in gaming. Potential jobs covered by the Xbox team included social impact, digital marketing, software engineering, cloud gaming, content design and more.

November 2023

Nov 1, 2023 | 0 Comments

Fourteen Gaming Pathways high school students visited CCNY to playtest games in development by two game design courses. College students studying game design at both CCNY and HOSTOS were invited to the Microsoft Experience Center for an event featuring ID@Xbox’s lectures (with special address from Mayor Eric Adams).

October 2023

Oct 1, 2023 | 0 Comments

Five new high schools launched Gaming Pathways after school programs; a college recruitment session was held at Urban Arts for City College’s digital gaming track; the CCNY Open House attracted ~70 students (plus families and teachers) to the Harlem campus, offering insights into degree programs and campus life.

August 2023

Aug 1, 2023 | 0 Comments

70 high school students spent a day at the CCNY campus dedicated to creating street games; at the first WYWYH (“What You Wished You Had”), a half-dozen NYC indie game developers mentored and playtested 60 students at Urban Arts; CCNY held the first CUNY Esports Competition; Gaming Pathways exhibits at PLAY NYC (featuring Urban Arts, HOSTOS, and CCNY)

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