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The first game night of the semester is happening on Tuesday, October 29 featuring a new board game by lab member Max Wilde, followed by play time of student game projects and the recently released Silent Hill 2 remake. This game night coincides with the Art in the Open event, and will be one small part of the festivities that night. Come check out our games, enjoy some cookies, and see Art in the Open, all in a convenient one stop shop evening!

The University at Buffalo is proud to announce that UB Presidential Fellow and Teaching Fellow, András Blazsek, a doctoral student in the Department of Media Study, is part of a project team that has been awarded a 2024 ACLS Digital Justice Seed Grant. Project team members also include City University of New York (CUNY) professors Emily Verla Bovino (Project Lead, Performing and Fine Arts, CUNY York College) and Dawn Roberts-Semple (Co-Investigator, Earth and Physical Sciences, CUNY York College) as well as esteemed community organizer and environmental educator Barbara Brown (Chairperson, Eastern Queens Alliance, Inc.). The project will include community participation through Eastern Queens Alliance, Inc. (EQA), a federation of civic associations advocating for a sustainable Southeast Queens. EQA operates the Idlewild Environmental Center located at 222-02 149th Avenue in Springfield Gardens, Queens. The creation of the center and the restoration of Idlewild Park Preserve are its major initiatives.

Thursday October 10 – Thursday October 17 @ FITZ

With Christina Jauernik, Johann Lurf, Laura Kraning, Lei Lei, Rhayne Vermette, Richard Tuohy, Dianna Barrie, Malena Szlam

Cody's article, "Burning Closets and Nights in the Woods," is on queer pastorals, anti-pastorals, and ecological alliances in video games. It uses anti-pastorals and Rust Belt environments in games to challenge the tendency to romanticize and idealize “nature,” and questions what we lose and what violences we do when we assume that nonhuman beings want anything to do with us.

Professor Christine Marie will be presenting at the   20 International Convention of the Magic Lantern Society of the United States and Canada held at the historic, art deco, Queen Mary ship in Long Beach, California. Professor Marie will be presenting “A Medium of Intimacy: Inverting Ziegfeld's Follies-Scope Creating a Post-Male-Gaze 3D Spectacle” discussing her past works created with 3D shadow grams and her reinvention of the 19 century stereoscope bridging historical techniques with modern innovation. https://www.magiclanternsociety.org/2024-convention/

There are number of DMS community members featured! This includes current and former students and faculty. Congratulations!