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UCSB’s College of Creative Studies leads 2026 Commencement ceremonies

Seventy-four of UC Santa Barbara’s finest undergraduates are now its newest alumni, after crossing the stage at Campbell Hall on Sunday, June 7, 2026 in UCSB’s first commencement ceremony of 2026.
TV Technology

Gravity Media Expands Into Creative Services With New Agency

LONDON–-Gravity Media, a global production, content, media services and facilities provider, has announced that it is partnering with The Good Work Quickly, a creative production company, to launch ...
CNN

A new source of social anxiety for high school seniors: The rise of incoming class Instagram pages

Mary Frances Ruskell is a freshman at Dartmouth College who has written about teen tech use and other topics for CNN. Her friends used pseudonyms in interviews to protect their privacy. After years of ...
The Conversation

Hampshire College’s demise is yet another blow to creative, outside‑the‑box options in higher education

Hampshire College, a private college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, announced on April 14, 2026, that it was joining the list of small, experimental liberal arts colleges that have closed their ...
The New York Times

Looking for a College Scholarship on Social Media Sites? Buyer, Beware.

Students say they trust their peers’ advice more than financial advisers’, a new survey found. But experts say students need to do their own research. By Ann Carrns This is the time of year when ...
Inside Higher Ed

For AI Help, More College Students Ask Social Media First

College students are using artificial intelligence–powered tools more than ever, but many prefer getting guidance on how to use them from informal sources—such as YouTube tutorials, according to a ...
Forbes

Why Generative AI Threatens Creative Roles In Media And Entertainment

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover digital trends in travel, media and entertainment. New York - World of AI·magination is Artechouse Studio's venture into ...
Detroit Free Press

Ceramics exhibit to showcase work of former CCS students

“Echoes: CCS Alumni Voices in Clay” will be on display March 20-April 18 at Detroit's Charach Family Galleries. The exhibit coincides with the annual conference of the National Council on Education ...
SheKnows

What’s Social Media Doing to College Students? ‘An Academic Community Is Weakened by Technology,’ Warns Jonathan Haidt

My daughter will head off to college next year. And while I’m mostly some complicated mix of excited for her and sad for me, I am also very worried by a haunting image in my head: her in bed in her ...
Variety

A+E Global Media Launches Storyground, a New Studio to Help Advertisers Create Content

A+E Global Media wants to ramp up the work it does to help advertisers create bespoke content for its media properties. The company, jointly controlled by Disney and Hearst, is launching Storyground, ...
TheWrap

A+E Global Media Launches Brand Creative Studio Storyground

A+E Global Media has launched Storyground, a new creative studio that will collaborate with brands, partners and creators on multi-platform storytelling across linear, digital and social media. The ...