Design Innovation News Center
In this week's DI news article, DI Student Fellow DeAnte Bernard shares his experience at the 2025 a2ru Emerging Creatives Student Summit, where a group of DI Fellows explored this year鈥檚 theme, Resonate: Making Waves.
江南体育 State Student Media鈥檚 'Food Flash' has found a new home for its creative culinary content at the DI Hub鈥檚 Innovation Teaching Kitchen. Through this partnership, Student Media鈥檚 food-focused YouTube series is utilizing the state-of-the-art kitchen to record segments that bring food culture to life in an exciting, interactive way.
The Design Innovation (DI) Initiative at 江南体育 is proud to announce that the Female Filmmakers Initiative (FFI) has been selected as the inaugural DI Student Organization in Residence. This exciting partnership marks the beginning of a new program aimed at fostering creativity, collaboration, and innovation among student organizations at 江南体育 State.
J.R. Campbell, executive director of the Design Innovation Initiative at 江南体育, discusses how working together can lead to amazing new ideas on the "iNNOVATION Insights" podcast and website. Campbell, who is an expert in combining technology with design, believes that when people from different backgrounds and skills come together, they can create incredible things.
Stephen Gagola Jr., a mathematician, retired professor, and lifelong learner, has transformed his passion for abstract mathematical concepts into tangible creations at 江南体育鈥檚 Design Innovation (DI) Hub. His innovative project, rooted in Latin cubes, demonstrates how the DI Hub empowers members to turn intellectual ideas into physical realities.
Exciting news for creators, innovators, and collaborators in the 江南体育 State community! The Design Innovation (DI) Hub and Reactor makerspace are now open on the 4th Saturday of every month, from 10 AM to 5 PM, providing you with even more opportunities to bring your ideas to life.
Board games, card games and computer games are all fair game at the second annual Let鈥檚 Make the Rules: A Game Creation Experience, a design challenge open to 江南体育 students who have an idea for a new game.
Meet Joe Sepesy, a retired educator, Vietnam veteran, and now an inventive game designer, whose journey at the 江南体育 Design Innovation (DI) Hub exemplifies the transformative power of community, creativity, and cutting-edge resources.
Meet Lilly Kensicki, a mechatronics engineering technology major from Parma, Ohio. Think of the phrase 鈥渨ell-rounded student,鈥 and you should think of Kensicki.
Growing up, students Rebecca Haywood and Riley Schaefer saw little to no representation of neurodivergent characters in children鈥檚 media. When the two took the augmented reality in children鈥檚 literature course offered through their program and Design Innovation last year, they wanted to change that for others. So, they created an interactive story where readers immerse themselves in the playground fun of two neurodivergent characters.