Interactive Data Visualization, Inc. and the Gnomon School of Visual Effects have announced an agreement to integrate the SpeedTree 3D tree and vegetation toolkit into Gnomon’s training curriculum.

Digital Domain Institute has suspended its certification classes indefinitely, leaving 16 students in the lurch.

Createasphere will again present its intensive, career-oriented Post Production Master Class (PPMC) in New York and Los Angeles.

A fully configured HP Z820 workstation tragically self-destructed Wednesday by short circuiting and bursting into flames in a desperate act of protest against being forced to work on a remake of the film Carrie.

While the AniMazSpot 2012 Jury Panel is reviewing the 54 nominees to pick the winners, the rest of the team is keeping busy, working on the festival programs and tours.

Ben Brownlee returns with “Fundamentals of mocha,” including over four hours of HD training videos ; 14 exercises from streaming series available free to all mocha users.

Parsons The New School for Design announces the appointments of new deans for its School of Art, Media and Technology, and School of Design Strategies.

In a four-day master class, Oscar-winning animation director Suzie Templeton gives insight in her creative process and working methods.

Digital Domain Media Group, the Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts and the City of West Palm Beach announce the arrival of the inaugural classes of students to their pioneering accredited four-year BFA degree program in Animation and Digital Arts.

Paul Mason turned his life-long love of superheroes into a burgeoning career, recently celebrating the release of the fourth issue in his distinctively Australian series “The Soldier Legacy”.

Georgia Tech researchers are developing a way to simulate and control movement of computer-generated characters without a skeletal structure.

Faceware Technologies announced that it is rolling out its Educational Program to educational institutions around the world.

The one and only June Foray, voice of some of the most memorable characters in cartoons, will address the Women in Animation LA Voice-Over class on August 5th.

In this animated short created by students at the DAVE School, C-3PO and R2-D2 embark on a rollicking adventure when the Jawas hijack an experimental Mon Calimari starship.

Animation Mentor has released “Student Showcase 2012: The Power of Inspiration”.

“Exoids,” the new animated short film from Gnomon Studios, is now online.

Cloud-based rendering services company Render Rocket announced that it has enhanced its offerings by adding new tools and pricing to its online rendering solution that are specifically designed to ease the rendering burden on students and educational institutions.

In a four-day master class, Oscar winning animation director Suzie Templeton gives insight in her creative process and working methods.

Cinesite announced that Firtina Ozbalikci, a second year computer science student from the University of Bath, is the winner of its 2012 Inspire Internship program.

The deadline for applications to participate as a student volunteer at SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 is July 3.