UNC alum, commencement speaker Jason Kilar’s innovations leave mark on graduating class

Posted May 7, 2015
Bridget Walsh was in middle school when Jason Kilar started making waves by bringing television online. As his innovations at Hulu upset the status quo and defined the entertainment industry, Walsh and the rest of the Carolina Class of 2015 had a front seat view of the new digital world taking shape. “It’s been really cool to see this big boom in creativity,” said Walsh, a senior graphic design student in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications. (UNC.edu)

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