"Sustainability" and "green building" in architecture are elusive concepts. Does a sustainable building simply support its own energy needs for the duration of its existence? Or does it also need to compensate somehow for the energy involved in its "birth" and "death" -- its initial construction and eventual demolition?

The architect and alumna Taeko-Karyn Takagi (Architecture 2002) has spent her career deeply engaged in both defining and answering such questions.

Make room for Oscar on the mantelpiece! Pixar's Brave won Best Animated Feature at the 85th Annual Academy Awards held February 24 at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. Accepting the award was Director Mark Andrews, CCA Animation faculty member, and Brenda Chapman, codirector.

Medical students fulfilling their residency requirement -- a formative but grueling experience that involves at least three years of treating patients in a hospital -- need to have intense stamina.

"It's common for a resident to finish a 12-hour shift and realize they never stopped to eat, or even go to the bathroom!" says Vinitha Watson, an innovation consultant, CCA trustee, and 2010 alumna of the MBA in Design Strategy program.

Watson knows this from research she did with Nicole Chen (also MBA in Design Strategy 2010) looking into conditions that affect the health and wellness of residents at the prestigious Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

The culture of this intense learning environment is geared toward the residents becoming the best doctors they can be . . . and putting their heads down and plowing through by whatever means necessary.

Adobe is the global leader in digital marketing and digital media solutions. Given its international reputation for producing cutting-edge digital content tools and services, it's a highly desired employer for almost any graphic designer.

Given the competition, CCA is proud to learn four talented, career-focused Graphic Design alumni (all within five years of graduation) currently hold senior design positions at Adobe's San Francisco offices.