Elaine Pak and Upasana Chandra were recently recognized for their achievements with 2017 awards from the Arts of the Moving Image program.

Elaine was named Undergraduate Filmmaker of the Year, an award the department's faculty selects based on the student's work — including all classes and projects.

Upasana was presented the inaugural Rodger Frey Essay Award. The award is given in honor of Rodger Frey who unexpected passed away last year. Rodger was a Ph.D. student that was an employee with AMI and Screen/Society whose research and work was in film studies.

Maria Carrasco, a junior English major receiving a certificate in the Arts of the Moving Image program, is one of 10 Duke students involved creating an immersive VR experience that will be featured at Moogfest. Maria has been working on an introduction video, which visitors will watch before viewing the VR installation to help orient themselves in the VR world.

To read more, see the story about the project in DukeToday.