Entrepreneurship workshop slated for November 20th!
Calling all entrepreneurs of tomorrow! Do you want to be your own boss? Do you want to make your ideas come to life? Are you an innovator? Cogswell Polytechnical College is holding its first...
View ArticleGuests from Massive Black and EA to speak tomorrow
Tomorrow night, Cogswell is hosting a special event. We are pleased to have two representatives from the companies Massive Black and Electronic Arts come out and talk about their experiences in the...
View ArticleThe insiders tell all… a mini-series of blogs
Cogswell students are an exceptional bunch. Each one coming from a unique background and collecting at this institution of art, engineering, and innovation. I have chosen to give these movers and...
View ArticleReady for Fusion?
Although it is taking place next semester, now is the time for Cogswellians to prepare for the annual student-produced FUSION AWARDS! This isn’t just any award show. This is a chance for students to...
View ArticleFirst installment of Cogswell Insiders
The first blog of the new series of Cogswell student interviews begins, today. The first student featured is Andrew Severns. He’s quite the mover and shaker here on campus. I don’t think there’s...
View ArticleCogswell hosting an Open House, December 11!
It’s that time again! Cogswell College is having an Open House on December 11, from 11:00am to 3:00pm. If you are looking to have a career in the digital arts, engineering, or entrepreneurship, come...
View ArticleTwo Cogswell graduates have officially checked out.
Two recent Cogswell graduates have officially left the Sunnyvale campus to join some other graduates in Los Angeles. To be more specific, they are joining fellow Alumni Andrew Jennings, Ryan Rogers,...
View ArticleWelcome back from the president of the Game Development Club!
The first week of school is always one simple thing: Crazy! No matter if you are a freshmen nervous about starting new classes and meeting people, thinking that your lack of skill will turn people away...
View ArticleCogswell student hones in on psychology and games.
Here is a guest blog from a Cogswell Digital Art and Animation student, Davain. Hey everyone. First post of my blogging career. Kind of important isn’t it? Well I hope that I can deliver great topics...
View ArticlePsychology and Video Games, part deux
Hey everyone, time to get back to our talk about psychology in video games. Let’s dive right back into our previous discussion about conditioned and unconditioned responses. Just a quick reminder so we...
View ArticlePDI Dreamworks Shutting Down
January the 22nd marked a bleak day for the animation industry, as it was officially announced that Dreamworks would be closing its PDI studio in Redwood City. I think it was pretty apparent that some...
View ArticleWomen in Animation and Women in Games International
The animation and games industries are two places where you rarely find women working, until recently. Even Cogswell has been a heavily male-dominated school until a few years ago. What’s exciting is...
View ArticleCogswell College Students Develop and Create 3D Animatable Rigs for 12 Unique...
This article was originally featured on the Creative Planet Network website, it was published on 2-23-2015, and is credited to Cogswell College. Sunnyvale, CA, February 23, 2015 Cogswell College, a...
View ArticleBlue Sky presentation at San Jose State
The Shrunkenheadman Animation Club at San Jose State is a pretty remarkable group. Many people at Cogswell might not be aware that Jeff Jackson, Cogswell’s storyboarding and drawing animation teacher,...
View ArticleExperience at the Game Developer’s Conference
I went to my first Game Developer’s Conference (GDC) this year, thanks to Cogswell’s ASB. From March 4th-6th, I was on a mission to do as much networking and have as many portfolio reviews as possible....
View ArticleCogswell College welcomes Wajid Raza, a Lighting Technical Director at ILM
COGSWELL COLLEGE TO HOST WAJID RAZA, A LIGHTING TECHNICAL DIRECTOR AT INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC, FOR SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE MARCH 25TH Sunnyvale, CA, March 16, 2015 — Cogswell College, a leading...
View ArticleThe Leviathan
The Leviathan is a short which has been making the rounds on the internet lately. Made as a proof-of-concept by Irish director Ruairí Robinson, the short features stunning visuals and fantastic...
View ArticlePixar’s Renderman now available for free!
For those not already aware of it, Pixar’s Renderman is now available for free for non-commercial use! What is Renderman, you ask? Renderman is a rendering plug-in that Pixar developed for use with 3D...
View ArticleGoodbye to Cogswell
It passed by in a flash, just like I’d expected it to when I first arrived here. To be honest, some days did drag on especially long—mostly during finals week when I was running on empty and animating...
View ArticlePatrick Osborne to Deliver Cogswell Commencement Address
Sunnyvale, CA — Cogswell College, a 600-student educational institution offering a unique curriculum fusing Digital Art, Engineering and Entrepreneurship, will host Academy Award-winning animation...
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