Professor San Fratello is the recipient of the 2025 National Design Award for Digital
Design. The National Design Awards is a Cooper Hewitt initiative launched in 2000
as an official project of the White House Millennium Council. The awards and its associated
public programs seek to increase national awareness of the impact of design in our
everyday life.
Professor Marjan Khatibi will present "Virtual Empathy: Transforming Design and Social
Change through VR," at the College Art Association (CAA) 113th Annual Conference in
February 2025 in New York and her artwork is being published in the upcoming book
"Technocreep and the Politics of Things Not Seen," published by Duke University Press.
"Plastic Landscape - The Reversible World"
Graphic Design Professor Yoon Chung Han exhibited her work "Plastic Landscape - The
Reversible World" as part of the cultural event for the UN Plastic Treaty Intergovernmental
Negotiation Committee (INC-5), which was held at the Busan Cinema Center from November
22, 2024 to December 3, 2024. The multi-channel video installation was screened across
various locations at the Busan Cinema Center, including the Big Roof, Small Roof,
Media Facade, and Outdoor Theater.
Lecturer Leslie Caroll Roberts traveled with the US State Department under the University
of Iowa International Writing Program to three cities in India -- Mumbai, Pune, Goa,
where she appeared at literary festivals, gave interviews to the media, readings,
and lectured at several local universities.
SJSU Interior Design students will be participating in a runway show at Haworth this
spring as part of the 5V fashion show. Students fabricated wearables based on iconic
buildings.