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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Two bonus events for conference attendees are available on Monday before the conference begins Tue. Oct. 13. Check out the link to register!

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Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop @cooneycenter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We’re headed to Meaningful Play in Pittsburgh on 10/14 for our workshop: “Sharing the Secret Sauce: Translating Research into Practice with Sesame Workshop & The Joan Ganz Cooney Center.” Learn more and register: bit.ly/4AsSG5v @cmuctp.bsky.social @CarnegieMellon @MichiganStateU

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Our Meaningful Play Conference is coming up fast. Don't miss your chance to lock in the lowest rates!

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Happy Birthday Smiley! :-) 🥳 Smiley is turning 44 on Saturday! Sept. 19, 1982 was the day @scsatcmu.bsky.social professor Scott Fahlman first put a few simple keystrokes together and launched the world’s first emoticon. Share a smile of any kind with someone to celebrate!

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

New Meaningful Play Conference collabs announced *AND* there's still time to take advantage of early bird registration pricing! ⏰🐦

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

🕹️🚨Researchers are looking for participants for a @cmu.edu Human-Computer Interaction study exploring how design constraints affect creativity in game creation. Create small games using a Bitsy-inspired game creation platform. Learn more and apply ▶️ creativegamestudy.com

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

We’re delighted to see our friends over @antithesis.com have released the first installment of their course on property-based testing following our consulting collab. Our work focused on the pedagogy of complex technical concepts, helping them turn abstract ideas into clear, actionable guidance.

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

FINAL WEEK TO REGISTER! Play, Pause, Rethink: Exploring AI Through Games & Classroom Creativity 📅 Monday, Aug. 17 🕙 10 AM 📍 CMU Campus Educators explore AI literacy through play, storytelling, and systems design. Registration closes soon! 👉 www.cmu.edu/ctp/workshop...

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

🥳 Celebrating Victor Jhou and team as Best in Health & Wellness nominees at this year's Games for Change festival! Victor was part of the first group of students from the Entertainment Technology Center working with us on a concentration in transformational play. #G4C2026 #CampMovewell

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

CTP Workshop Registration OPEN!! Join us Aug. 17 at CMU for Play, Pause, Rethink: Exploring AI Through Games & Classroom Creativity. Hands-on activities. Ethical design. Game-based learning. Real examples you can use tomorrow. Only 20 seats - Grab yours today!

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Exploring AI - Center for Transformational Play - Carnegie Mellon University

Explore foundational ideas from transformational play and game design and learn how to and adapt AI literacy activities for use in your own learning environment.

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meaningfulplay.bsky.social @meaningfulplay.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Help us make Meaningful Play an eight-heart event! Collaborate with us and let’s talk about how your org can support the state of play and joy in Pittsburgh. Learn more:👉 tinyurl.com/3947kuaw #schellgames #SimcoachGames #CodeJoy #remakelearning #SouthFayetteSchoolDistrict

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meaningfulplay.bsky.social @meaningfulplay.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Registration is OPEN for Meaningful Play 2026! 🎮📅 Oct 13–15 + Pittsburgh Play Day on Oct 16. Researchers, designers, devs, educators, students, NGOs - if you make or study games, join us this fall. Lock in your spot today! 👉 Conference Website: tinyurl.com/ymxbfhvp

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Happy Canada Day to our neighbors to the north! Celebrate with a great Canadian game: Trivial Pursuit! Invented in Montreal in '79 by Canadian journalists Chris Haney and Scott Abbott. Inspiration came from Scrabble (and maybe beer). 100 million copies sold. Beauty, Eh? 🎲🍁 tinyurl.com/yx4z7xrf

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

🧠Study participants wanted! Over 18 and based in Pittsburgh? Students working with the Center for Transformational Play are recruiting for an in-person co-design session exploring: 💭 Thought Trading 🕹️ AI-based AR game interaction 🤗 Supporting emotional well-being Learn more: tinyurl.com/4dx5d77b

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Ready to unlock fresh skills for your team? Our new workshops catalog is LIVE. We offer actionable, research‑powered workshops for nonprofits, executive education, and any org interested in how playful learning can level up your work.👉 tinyurl.com/3n2hhu78

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

We're thrilled to share a fantastic new resource from our friends at the @cooneycenter.bsky.social - The Co-Design with Kids Toolkit is a website full of resources to help you make technology with kids, for kids. Check it out: codesignwithkids.org #codesignwithkids

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meaningfulplay.bsky.social @meaningfulplay.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

📅🚨 Time is running out to submit your hosted session proposal to Meaningful Play! We’re looking for engaging pitches for workshops, roundtables, game play, and more. If you’ve got an idea that brings people together, share it today! The deadline for proposals is June 15. 👉 tinyurl.com/34a53njn

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meaningfulplay.bsky.social @meaningfulplay.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

🎮 Meaningful Play 2026 needs YOU! We’re looking for thoughtful, engaged reviewers to help shape this year’s conference. Reviewers needed for: 📝 Full Papers 📌 Posters 🎮 Games & Prototypes Assignments go out June 1 and reviews are due July 8 - sign up today! Learn More: tinyurl.com/bdzzxkcf

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meaningfulplay.bsky.social @meaningfulplay.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

DEADLINE APPROACHING! Games, Lighting Talks, and Poster submissions for the 2026 Meaningful Play Conference are due THIS Friday May 15. Other submission deadlines: * Hosted Sessions: June 15 For conference details and to share your work visit 👉 tinyurl.com/34a53njn

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meaningfulplay.bsky.social @meaningfulplay.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

📢 Meaningful Play 2026 Deadline Alert! The deadline to submit Games, Lighting Talk Proposals, and Posters to the October 2026 Meaningful Play conference in Pittsburgh is May 15! Other key dates: Hosted Sessions Deadline: June 15 Don’t miss out! Submit your work today👉 tinyurl.com/34a53njn

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

We’re thrilled to have been part of the Remake Learning Days ONEXONE event hosted by @cmu.edu's Entertainment Technology Center. Our contribution? A creature combine built by attendees - all without being able to see what they were building. As promised, here’s the finished product:

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

🚀 New CTP research alert! Director Jessica Hammer and collaborators just published work in @springernature.com's Computer Science journal exploring how custom science gateways can help people engage with STEM at every age. 👉 rdcu.be/fcN8S

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

What do you get when you bring Bigfoot and Mothman together? Better teamwork! "Monsters of Appalachia" is a LARP that turns cryptids, conflict, and community-building into a powerful learning experience - and is an example of the power of transformational play research @cmu.edu!

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Playing on Common Ground: CMU Monster Game Helps Groups Work Across Differences

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have created an innovative way to practice working together and achieving a common goal. In Monsters of Appalachia, players learn how to build better movement...

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

The CTP is spearheading a new interdisciplinary concentration that’s furthering understanding of how game‑based tools can generate richer data and open new pathways for studying how people think and learn. Check out how @cmu.edu students are shaping the future of research! 👉 tinyurl.com/3b2j3s77

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meaningfulplay.bsky.social @meaningfulplay.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

🚨LAST CHANCE🚨 to submit papers to Meaningful Play 2026! The deadline to submit papers to this October’s Meaningful Play conference in Pittsburgh is Wednesday, April 22. Visit the conference website for full details, other deadlines, and to submit your work! 👉 tinyurl.com/34a53njn

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meaningfulplay.bsky.social @meaningfulplay.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

📅🚨 One week to go for paper submissions! The deadline to submit papers to this October’s Meaningful Play conference is April 22. Other key submission dates: *Games, Lightning Talks, Posters: May 15 *Hosted Sessions: June 15 Visit the conference website to submit your work! 👉 tinyurl.com/34a53njn

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

What could be more joyful than humanity’s return to the moon? We celebrate as Artemis II launches the first crewed mission to the moon in 50 years. Travel with Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen as they make history as the first people to orbit the moon since Apollo 17. 🚀🌕

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NASA's Artemis II Launch Mission Countdown Begins - NASA

The countdown for NASA’s Artemis II test flight is underway at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with members of the launch

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

✍️Survey Participants Needed!✍️ Are you a mobile or game developer working with AI? Researchers want to understand the real-world experiences, challenges, and insights of developers using AI tools. Take this short survey and help shape the future of AI in app development! 👉 tinyurl.com/bdr5hckz

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Researchers are looking for participants to join a playtest for Broke, a board game exploring the realities of systemic poverty. Playtesters are needed from 2pm - 4pm on Sat. April 4 in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood. For more information, fill out the interest form 👉 tinyurl.com/3d55ap64

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meaningfulplay.bsky.social @meaningfulplay.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

📢 The deadline to submit papers to this October’s Meaningful Play conference has been EXTENDED to April 22! 📢 Other key submission dates: *Games, Lightning Talks, Posters: May 15 *Hosted Sessions: June 15 Visit the conference website for full details and to submit your work! 👉 tinyurl.com/34a53njn

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meaningfulplay.bsky.social @meaningfulplay.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

🚨Meaningful Play 2026 submissions are OPEN! 🚨 Meaningful Play is accepting work for this October’s conference. Key submission dates include: *Full Papers: March 31 *Games, Lightning Talks, Posters: May 15 *Hosted Sessions: June 15 Visit the conference website for details and to submit your work!

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Meaningful Play 2026

Join Meaningful Play 2026, October 13-15, 2026. Learn more on Fourwaves.

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

🚨Attention Game Industry professionals! Submissions open soon for REGENERATE Game Jam 2026. Hosted by the IGDA Climate SIG, this year’s jam is dedicated to making games that imagine sustainable futures. The submission window is March 19-22. Learn more 👉 itch.io/jam/regenera...

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REGENERATE Game Jam 2026

A game jam from 2026-03-19 to 2026-03-24 hosted by REGENERATE Game Jam & IGDA Climate SIG. The IGDA Climate SIG presents: REGENERATE Game Jam 2026 REGENERATE Game Jam is back, this time with a focus o...

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

As Black History Month wraps up its 100th Anniversary, we’d like to celebrate a particularly playful inventor: Lonnie Johnson. NASA engineer, clean energy researcher, AND inventor of one of the best selling toys in history ... the Super Soaker water gun! Learn More 👉 tinyurl.com/yd5u6ttp

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meaningfulplay.bsky.social @meaningfulplay.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

🎉 Meaningful Play's Bluesky has launched! 🎉 Join us Oct 13-15, 2026 in Pittsburgh! Academics, game designers, and educators: If you make or study games, this is the conference for you! Submission guidelines and registration details will be released soon! Stay tuned…

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

2/20/2026 新年快樂 Happy Lunar New Year! Some great games to play to celebrate include She Long Men - a fast-paced card game, and Shi Ba La - a classic dice game. But the staple for fun with friends and family is.. Mah Jong. Wishing you sharp minds, steady hands, and winning streaks all year long! 🏮🐴

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Mah Jong - History and Useful Information

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Data and LEGO®, together at last! Members of the CMU community are invited to discover the building blocks of data at an interactive workshop using LEGO® Bricks. Explore data concepts and storytelling. (Maybe your minifig can give a presentation) 🗓️Feb. 18, 4-6 pm, Hunt Library

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Hands-On: Discover the Building Blocks of Data with LEGO®

Data isn’t just spreadsheets and code. As part of Love Data Week, the Libraries is using LEGO® bricks to visualize trends and explore data story...

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

🚨Alert!🚨 Meaningful Play conference dates and deadlines announced! Join us for Meaningful Play 2026 Oct 13-15 in Pittsburgh! Key submission dates include: *Full Papers: March 31 *Games, Lightning Talks, Posters: May 15 *Hosted Sessions: June 15 Submission guidelines will be released soon!

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Meaningful Play - Center for Transformational Play - Carnegie Mellon University

The Center for Transformational Play for presents Meaningful Play 2026, hosted by Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh in partnership with Michigan State University

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

As we dig ourselves out of the winter weather, we can’t resist sharing a very Pittsburgh playful experience… Along with Rialto Street in Troy Hill, there are additional reports of intrepid skiers and snowboarders on Ohio Street in Monroeville and on South Negley Avenue. Shred the streets! ⛷️🏂🚦

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Skiing Rialto Street in Pittsburgh

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Jan. 23 is the day the first official Frisbees came flying off the production line. While folks had been tossing pie plates around since the 1870s, the flingable branded toy by Wham-O was first produced in 1957. Don’t let a little snow stop you from celebrating with a game!

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An American Toy Company Produced the World’s First Frisbees, Beloved by Humans and Dogs, on This Day in 1957

The flying disc had humble beginnings but has since become an international phenomenon

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

👀 Check out this nifty new open-access, online journal dedicated to exploring videogame making as an artistic, poetic, and experimental practice. Game Poems just launched its first issue - a curated collection of small interactive works presented alongside artist statements and editorial context.

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Game Poems Magazine

Game Poems is an online playable magazine dedicated to exploring the artistic and poetic potential of short-form videogames. The videogame poem is a concept that challenges traditional boundaries betw...

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

🚨Current CMU Student Alert!🚨 Are you looking for an independent study centered on game development, research, or graphic design? There’s still time to meet the Jan. 12 deadline for spring opportunities with the CTP! Learn More 👉 tinyurl.com/3n7t3yv7

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

The weather outside may be frightful this time of year but that’s no reason to avoid outdoor fun and games! Check out this awesome list of “cool” winter games from around the world. (It says it’s for kids. We beg to differ. Enjoy your snow battle!) ❄️⛷️☃️

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Winter games for kids | Parents | National Geographic Kids

Check out ten easy winter games for kids to play outside! These cool competitions are perfect for getting outdoors…

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Want to wrap up family fun and the ultimate present in the same box? CTP Director Dr. Jessica Hammer spoke on KDKA's Talk Pittsburgh about how games and play can be the gift that keeps on giving. (There's also a nod to some amazing games designed by our @cmu.edu colleagues!)

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Making game night count

Dr. Jessica Hammer is here to show us how to play smarter, laugh harder and make every game night count.

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Guess who’s going to be on KDKA's Talk Pittsburgh today? Live at 3pm Dec. 8! Watch here 👉 www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/talk-pittsburgh/ #centerfortransformationalplay #holidaygamenight

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

A heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who gave on Tuesday to support our work! Donors like you help us continue our mission of building community, doing high-quality research, and helping people solve problems through the power of games and play. ♥️

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Today is the day! Dec. 2 is the 11th annual #givingCMUday when members of the Tartan community kick off their end-of-year giving by supporting meaningful areas of CMU. Your gift boosts the work we do and supports students across the game design community. Support the CTP 👉 tinyurl.com/34tzc6nh

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

This Tuesday, join us in empowering current and future Tartans through #GivingCMUDay! Help us create new opportunities for bold ideas and innovation and support students across the game design community! 💝🧑‍🎓

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Join me and make a gift to Giving CMU Day 2025

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Artificial Intelligence may not only be a source of data leaks, but also manipulation. The work of our colleagues at the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute warns that poor communication of AI outputs can fuel bad decisions. Learn more 👉

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The Wizard Behind The AI Curtain: When AI Turns On Its Users

Without independent audits—the modern equivalent of the “Toto” test—we cannot know whether AI is benevolent, careless or actively malicious.

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Center for Transformational Play @cmuctp.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

🎉 We’re excited to announce that in Fall 2026, we’re partnering with the Entertainment Technology Center to offer a concentration in Transformational Play as part of the Master’s of Entertainment Technology! Learn more about the program and how to apply. Applications are due by Jan. 1, 2026!

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ETC Transformational Play - Center for Transformational Play - Carnegie Mellon University

The Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University will be offering as part of the Master’s of Entertainment Technology an optional concentration in Transformational Play through the Ce...

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