Achievement Unlocked, Future Loading: ETC Turns 25
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Sep 09, 2025
Achievement Unlocked, Future Loading: ETC Turns 25
By Kelly Saavedra Email Kelly Saavedra
For 25 years, Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) has been a playground where dreamers, builders and storytellers innovate at the intersection of art and technology. Co-founded by former CMU drama professor Don Marinelli and the late computer science professor Randy Pausch, the ETC began in 1999 as a bold collaboration between Carnegie Mellon’s College of Fine Arts and School of Computer Science — built on the belief that artists and technologists could create extraordinary things together.
With a network of more than 1,000 alumni who are influencing entertainment, education and industries across the globe, this graduate program remains a premier destination for exploring emerging technologies. Through project-based work in a uniquely collaborative environment and mentorship from faculty and industry leaders, students learn by doing.