First-of-its-kind Indigenous immersive incubator gathers on MIT campus [Over the course of four days, Indigenous delegates collaborated on immersive technology with MIT community members.]

“To experience VR art in real-time is to grapple with ways of being that can seem familiar and unfamiliar all at once,” says Srushti Kamat, producer at Co-Creation Studio and MIT co-lead on the incubator. “Made possible by a team of incredible students and staff, the lounge itself became a social space adept with conversation, comfort, and ultimately, community … a direction that the new media industry should seriously consider for a gentler and more human move into technological adaptation.”

Using game engines and “twins” to co-create stories of climate futures [Inaugural WORLDING workshops matched world-class climate story teams with relevant labs and researchers across MIT.]

“While our workshop design was focused on developing and researching these incredible, interdisciplinary projects, we also hope that WORLDING can set an example for similar initiatives across global sectors where distances and varied expertise are not limitations but opportunities to learn from one another,” says Srushti Kamat, WORLDING producer and MIT creative media studies/writing grad.]

Telling stories of the pacific northwest, at home and abroad [“I saw this project through from inception to completion, from when it was a seed of an idea to when it was executed. As a producer, that’s a dream come true.”  — Srushti Kamat]

ICSP-ers explore human rights issues at Oxford University [ICSP students Iago Bojczuk from Brazil, Srushti Kamat from Singapore/ India and ICSP alumna from Israel, Yaara Tal, attended the Oxford Consortium for Human Rights.]

Two Internships and three countries, all in one summer [Srushti Kamat, journalism major and current ICSP student from Singapore/ India recently interned with Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB), the National Public Radio (NPR) and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) affiliate for Oregon.

Majesty Digital Amplifies Marginalized Voices [Before the long hours of unpaid work, before the 7 a.m. meetings over Google Hangouts and before there was a team of 12 dedicated women skilled in photography, videography, writing and web design, Majesty Digital co-founders Yasi Milani and Srushti Kamat simply had an idea. It was one that drew from internal inspiration and a desire to connect the shared experiences of women of color from around the world.']

Journalism students cover stories of transition in Sri Lanka [In December 2016, 21 UO School of Journalism and Communication took on that challenge — and ended up better for it — when they traveled to Sri Lanka with the SOJC’s Global Stories program.]

Working for human rights on an Oxford fellowship

Super-J students find insight and inspiration in New York City