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29Apr
2011

  Women’s Wear Daily Highlights 2011 Fashion Icon Award Recipient Hamish Bowles


Friday, Apr 29, 2011 @ 1:57 pm

Women's Wear Daily quoted 2011 Pratt Fashion Icon Award recipient and Vogue European Editor at Large Hamish Bowles in an April 29 article. The article quoted Bowles on how it…


29Apr
2011

  WNBC Fashion News Program and Blog Features 2011 Pratt Fashion Show


Friday, Apr 29, 2011 @ 2:00 pm

Thread NY, WNBC's fashion news program and blog, previewed the 2011 Pratt Fashion Show by featuring interviews with graduating students from the Department of Fashion Design during the final fittings…


17May
2011

  New York Magazine Features Collections by Top Graduating Fashion Design Students


Tuesday, May 17, 2011 @ 10:00 am

New York Magazine featured the collections by three award-winning fashion design students -- MaRu Jung, Dara N. Rosen, and Gianna Lucci -- in a recent post. The work…


18May
2011

  Azure Magazine Highlights Pratt Student Furniture Designs from International Furniture Fair


Wednesday, May 18, 2011 @ 9:53 am

Azure Magazine recently highlighted student furniture designs that were on display as part of the 2011 International Contemporary Furniture Fair. The work was designed by graduate and undergraduate…


19May
2011

  Award-Winning Fashion Design Students Featured on Beautiful Stranger Style Blog


Thursday, May 19, 2011 @ 5:03 pm

Pratt fashion design students MaRu Jung (B.F.A. Fashion '11), Juan Carlos Pozo (B.F.A. '12), and Matthew Bruch (B.F.A. Fashion '12), were featured on Beautiful Stranger, a style website featuring looks…


24May
2011

  New York Daily News Quotes Director of Career Services on Job Hunting In New York City


Tuesday, May 24, 2011 @ 12:30 pm

The New York Daily News quoted Pratt Director of Career Services Judy Nylen in a May 22 article on what college graduates need to know when moving to New York…


26May
2011

  HOW Magazine Features Winning Student Design from Umbra | Pratt Design Competition


Thursday, May 26, 2011 @ 2:09 pm

HOW Magazine recently featured the winning design from the 7th Annual Umbra | Pratt Design Competition. The magazine's coverage included a quote from Concetta Stewart, dean of Pratt's School of…


14Jun
2011

  Inhabitat Highlights Pratt’s Commitment to Sustainability through its Support of Green Businesses


Tuesday, Jun 14, 2011 @ 2:20 pm

Inhabitat recently highlighted the Pratt Incubator for Sustainable Innovation, which supports the entrepreneurial talents of designers, artists, and architects -- including several Pratt alumni -- by providing them with resources…


16Jun
2011

  Pratt Communications Design Faculty Member Authors Article in July 2011 HOW Magazine


Thursday, Jun 16, 2011 @ 8:26 am

Pratt Communications Design Faculty Member Rob Kimmel authored an article in the July 2011 issue of HOW Magazine on activities that incorporate play and creativity into parenting young children. Kimmel,…


24Jun
2011

  Interior Design Faculty Member Interviewed on Future of Green Design in Brooklyn


Friday, Jun 24, 2011 @ 1:07 pm

Interior Design Faculty Member Julie Torres Moskowitz was interviewed by Brownstoner blog about her work, career, the future of green design in Brooklyn. Moskowitz, who founded Fabrica 718,…


24Jun
2011

  Surface Magazine Features Two Recent Pratt Graduates on August Cover


Friday, Jun 24, 2011 @ 1:08 pm

Surface Magazine featured recent graduates Gregory Buntain and Ian Collings on the cover of its August 2011 issue. The two were photographed for a preview of fall menswear designs during…


27Jun
2011

  REALITY AND REHAB IN EXISTING BUILDINGS


Monday, Jun 27, 2011 @ 6:28 pm

Reality and Rehab in Existing Buildings

Hani J. Salama, PE, LEED AP, SVP, Prop. Mgnt. & Operations

Renovating the crown jewel of Park Avenue posed new challenges. Learn about…


29Jun
2011

  GAUD Faculty Participate in the Omi International Arts Center Exhibition


Wednesday, Jun 29, 2011 @ 11:39 am

 

GAUD faculty members, Vito Acconci, Meta Brunzema, Sulan Kolatan, Thomas Leeser, and William MacDonald are participating architects in the Omi International Arts Center's upcoming exhibition

12Jul
2011

  Social Life Magazine Features Pratt Programs and Events in July Issue


Tuesday, Jul 12, 2011 @ 9:50 am

Pratt Institute was featured in a four-page spread in the July 4, 2011 issue of Social Life Magazine. The spread provided an overview of Pratt's reputation as a leader among…


12Jul
2011

  Renowned Pratt Educator Profiled in Hemmings Classic Car Magazine


Tuesday, Jul 12, 2011 @ 9:51 am

Former Industrial Design Chair Alexander Kostellow (1898-1954) was profiled in the September 2011 issue of Hemmings Classic Car magazine for his role in shaping Pratt's industrial design curriculum and aligning…


12Jul
2011

  Inhabitat Highlights Student Proposals for Rooftop Farms from Pratt Design/Build Studio


Tuesday, Jul 12, 2011 @ 9:51 am

Inhabitat blog recently highlighted student proposals for urban rooftop farms from a design/build studio in Pratt's Environmental Systems Management Program. To read the full store, click here.


01Aug
2011

  Forbes Columnist Features Pratt Student Research Project on Innovation in Design


Monday, Aug 01, 2011 @ 9:30 am

A Forbes online columnist recently posted on the inaugural Core77 Design Awards, highlighting a submission by a group of master's degree candidates from Pratt's Design Management Program that…


05Aug
2011

  Fast Company Features Information and Library Science Student at Computer Programming Marathon


Friday, Aug 05, 2011 @ 3:35 pm

A Fast Company image slideshow on a computer programming marathon in The Hamptons for women included Izzy Johnston, an independent software developer and current student in…


08Aug
2011

  Architectural Digest Names Pratt One of Ten College Campuses Nationwide with the Best Architecture


Monday, Aug 08, 2011 @ 3:04 pm

The September issue of Architectural Digest announces the magazine's list of top 10 college campuses nationwide with the best architecture. Pratt was included on this list along with the University…


12Aug
2011

  NY Times Publishes Op-Ed by Pratt’s Writing Program Director on Commercialization of Surfing


Friday, Aug 12, 2011 @ 9:34 am

The New York Times ran an Op-Ed piece on the commercialization of surfing in New York by Thad Ziolkowski, who directs Pratt's Writing Program and who is author of the…


07Sep
2011

  Communications Design Announcements


Wednesday, Sep 07, 2011 @ 12:08 pm


12Sep
2011

  ArchDaily Features “Breaking Borders: New Latin American Architecture” Exhibition


Monday, Sep 12, 2011 @ 3:15 pm

ArchDaily, one of the world's leading architecture websites, featured "Breaking Borders: New Latin American Architecture," a new exhibition presented by Pratt Institute School of Architecture and Latin Pratt in a…


13Sep
2011

  Fashion News Site Fashionista Ranks Pratt Institute’s Fashion Design Program Third in the Country


Tuesday, Sep 13, 2011 @ 12:48 pm

Fashionista, a fashion news site that is read by over 1 million readers per month, recently ranked Pratt Institute's fashion design program third in the country following Parsons, The New…


15Sep
2011

  Art in America Includes Feature Interview with Fine Arts Alumna and Painter in September Issue


Thursday, Sep 15, 2011 @ 3:40 pm

Art in America featured an 8-page feature on Fine Arts Alumna and Painter Carrie Moyer in its September issue. Moyer, who graduated from Pratt with a bachelor of fine art's…


16Sep
2011

  Metropolis Magazine Profiles Architecture Alumnus and Prolific Restaurant Designer


Friday, Sep 16, 2011 @ 12:56 pm

Metropolis Magazine profiled architecture alumnus Jun Aizaki in a September 9 post, interviewing him on his early successes and bright future as a designer. Aizaki, who started at…


19Sep
2011

  ARTnews Features Illustration by Communications Design Alumnus on Cover of October Issue


Monday, Sep 19, 2011 @ 2:21 pm

ARTnews featured cover art by Artist, Author, and Communications Design Alumnus Daniel Clowes in its October issue titled "Where Art Meets Comics." The cover art is taken from "Ghost World,"…


28Sep
2011

  Architecture and Industrial Design Alumna’s Work Featured on Cover of MoMA Design Store Catalog


Wednesday, Sep 28, 2011 @ 8:13 am

Architecture and Industrial Design Alumna Lara Knutson's Nebula Necklace was featured on the cover of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Design Store's fall catalog. Knutson's design work is inspired…


28Sep
2011

  PALS - Partnership for Academic Leadership in Sustainability


Wednesday, Sep 28, 2011 @ 3:26 pm

On September 29th and 30th, thirty academic leaders from 30 independent colleges of Art and Design will return to Pratt to continue to create a new vision for design…


05Oct
2011

  Wall Street Journal Calls Pratt Alumnus the Reigning Prince of Pop-Up Books


Wednesday, Oct 05, 2011 @ 11:23 am

The Wall Street Journal featured Pratt alumnus and pop-up book artist Robert Sabuda in its October 1 edition, calling him the "reigning prince of pop-up books." The article describes how…


11Oct
2011

  New York Magazine Quotes Pratt Architecture Faculty Member in its Fall Design Issue


Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011 @ 10:27 am

New York Magazine quoted Gita Nandan, a visiting assistant professor in Pratt's School of Architecture, in its fall design issue. Nandan, who was one of a dozen design experts quoted…


11Oct
2011

  The Atlantic Magazine Quotes Pratt Math and Science Faculty Member in Story on Renowned Biologist


Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011 @ 3:52 pm

The Atlantic Magazine recently quoted Christopher X J. Jensen, an assistant professor in the Department of Math and Science, in an article on evolutionary biologist E. O. Wilson, whose reputation…


12Oct
2011

  Vanity Fair Interviews Pratt Professor, Alumnus, and Award-Winning Perfume Bottle Designer


Wednesday, Oct 12, 2011 @ 10:24 am

Vanity Fair interviewed internationally-acclaimed designer Marc Rosen, a Pratt Institute professor and alumnus, in an October 12 post on its beauty blog. Rosen was interviewed about iconic perfume bottle design,…


13Oct
2011

  The Early Show on CBS Features Art and Design Dean and Students in a Segment on Apple’s Future


Thursday, Oct 13, 2011 @ 11:14 am

The Early Show on CBS, a nationally broadcast news program with 2.4 million viewers, interviewed Pratt Art and Design Dean Concetta Stewart and industrial design students Hailey O'Connor and James…


13Oct
2011

  New Database Subscriptions


Thursday, Oct 13, 2011 @ 1:30 pm

Pratt Libraries is pleased to announce that the following new databases which cover multidisciplinary interests are now up on the library website: Berg Fashion Library…


08Dec
2011

  Pratt PSPD to Host Grow Biointensive® 3-Day Workshop by John Jeavons of Ecology Action


Thursday, Dec 08, 2011 @ 3:14 pm

EVENT

GROW BIOINTENSIVE®

Sustainable Mini-Farming Three-Day Workshop

Brooklyn, NY Friday-Sunday, January 6-8, 20128 AM-5 PM FRIDAY, 8 AM-6…


27Jan
2012

  Occupy. Federico Savini, 2011


Friday, Jan 27, 2012 @ 4:58 pm

Congratulations to Federico Savini, photography faculty and technician at Pratt Manhattan, for the selection of this photo at the newly…


01Mar
2012

  Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival Comes To Pratt


Thursday, Mar 01, 2012 @ 5:41 pm


21Apr
2012

  Saturday Art School Open Studios


Saturday, Apr 21, 2012 @ 10:00 am

Please join us to view work from the students (pre-schoolers, children, adolescents, and adults) and teachers of Saturday Art School. A complete schedule of the 20+ studios displaying work…


25Apr
2012

  People and Things


Wednesday, Apr 25, 2012 @ 10:37 am

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19Aug
2012

  New International Student Check in


Sunday, Aug 19, 2012 @ 8:00 am

at assigned residence hall



Check in for all new international students is Sunday, August 19, 2012, starting at 9 am. Any student not arriving on that day must contact the Office of Residential…


21Aug
2012

  New non-International Student Check-in


Tuesday, Aug 21, 2012 @ 6:00 pm

at assigned residence hall



Check in for all new domestic students is Tuesday, August 21, 2012, starting at 9 am. Any student not arriving on that day must contact the Office of Residential…


24Aug
2012

  Continuing Student Check-in


Friday, Aug 24, 2012 @ 8:00 am

at assigned residence hall



Continuing Students who did not live on-campus during the last week of Summer may check-in Friday and Saturday, August 24 & 25, 2012, beginning at 9 am.  Visit RLH…


25Aug
2012

  Continuing Student Check-in


Saturday, Aug 25, 2012 @ 8:00 am

at assigned residence hall



Continuing Students who did not live on-campus during the last week of Summer may check-in Friday and Saturday, August 24 & 25, 2012, beginning at 9 am.  Visit RLH…


17Sep
2012

  PRATT FASHION ON 14TH: Inaugural lecture featuring curator Andrew Bolton


Monday, Sep 17, 2012 @ 5:00 pm

Pratt Manhattan Campus: 144 West 14th St. (Room 213), 6 to 8 pm



McQueen: A Case Study of Curatorial Process

Andrew Bolton, Curator at The Costume Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Lecture followed by a conversation with Jennifer Minniti, Chair…


24Sep
2012

  PRATT FASHION ON 14TH: Fashion and Film


Monday, Sep 24, 2012 @ 5:00 pm

Pratt Manhattan Campus: 144 West 14th St. (Room 213), 6 to 8 pm



A New Kind of Love

Lecture by Drake Stutesman, PhD (Adjunct Professor, NYU, Cinema Studies Department at Tisch School of the Arts; Editor, Framework: The Journal of Cinema…


02Oct
2012

  Pratt Film Society Presents: “Sans Soleil”


Tuesday, Oct 02, 2012 @ 4:00 pm

Higgins Hall Auditorium



SANS SOLEIL

Directed by Chris Marker (1983, France, 100 mins.)

Chris Marker, filmmaker, poet, novelist,…


09Oct
2012

  Pratt Film Society Presents: “The Nutty Professor”


Tuesday, Oct 09, 2012 @ 4:00 pm

Higgins Hall Auditorium



THE NUTTY PROFESSOR

Directed by Jerry Lewis (1963, U.S.A., 107 mins.)

Jerry Lewis's 1963 Jekyll…


15Oct
2012

  PRATT FASHION ON 14TH: Duckie Brown


Monday, Oct 15, 2012 @ 5:00 pm

Pratt Manhattan Campus: 144 West 14th St. (Room 213), 6 to 8 pm



Design Duo: Daniel Silver and Steven Cox of Duckie Brown

  • Free and open to the public but seating is limited so please arrive early.
  • For more…

16Oct
2012

  Pratt Film Society Presents: “You Are Not I”


Tuesday, Oct 16, 2012 @ 4:00 pm

Higgins Hall Auditorium



YOU ARE NOT I

Directed by Sara Driver (1981, U.S.A, 50 mins.)

A haunting adaptation…


22Oct
2012

  PRATT FASHION ON 14TH: Fashion and Sustainability


Monday, Oct 22, 2012 @ 5:00 pm

Pratt Manhattan Campus: 144 West 14th St. (Room 213), 6 to 8 pm



Fashion and Sustainability

Conversation between Debera Johnson, Director of Pratt's Design Incubator for Sustainable Innovation, and Summer Rayne Oakes, Eco-model, activist, and entrepreneur.

  • Free and open…

29Oct
2012

  PRATT FASHION ON 14TH: Kaat Debo, Director of MOMU


Monday, Oct 29, 2012 @ 5:00 pm

Pratt Manhattan Campus: 144 West 14th St. (Room 213), 6 to 8 pm



SORRY, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO ILLNESS, SEE YOU ON NOVEMBER 5TH!!!


05Nov
2012

  PRATT FASHION ON 14TH: Fashion and Architecture with Yeohlee Teng


Monday, Nov 05, 2012 @ 5:00 pm

Pratt Manhattan Campus: 144 West 14th St. (Room 213), 6 to 8 pm



SORRY, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO SANDY, STAY TUNED FOR A NEW DATE!!!

Collaborations: Fashion + Architecture

Discussion with Yeohlee Teng, Designer, and Joerg…


12Nov
2012

  PRATT FASHION ON 14TH: Jeffrey Banks and Stan Herman


Monday, Nov 12, 2012 @ 5:00 pm

Pratt Manhattan Campus: 144 West 14th St. (Room 213), 6 to 8 pm



Designer Conversation: Jeffrey Banks & Stan Herman

 

Free and open to the public but seating is limited so please arrive early.

For more information email…


19Nov
2012

  PRATT FASHION ON 14TH: Emerging Scholars on Fashion and Sound


Monday, Nov 19, 2012 @ 5:00 pm

Pratt Manhattan Campus: 144 West 14th St. (Room 213), 6 to 8 pm



Emerging Scholars/Fashion & Sound

Maria Echeverri (MA: Visual Culture, NYU) and Kim Jenkins (MA: Fashion Studies, Parsons)

Maria studied a year of fashion design at the European…


17Dec
2012

  PRATT FASHION ON 14TH: Fashion 2.0


Monday, Dec 17, 2012 @ 5:00 pm

Pratt Manhattan Campus: 144 West 14th St. (Room 213), 6 to 8 pm



Fashion 2.0

Moderated by Tamsen Schwartzman (Museum Media Manager, FIT; http://www.fitnyc.edu)

Francesca Granata, PhD (Assistant Professor, Parsons; http://www.fashionprojects.org)

Sarah Scaturro (Conservator, The Costume Institute/MMA;…


05Feb
2013

  Pratt Film Society Presents “Nothing But a Man”


Tuesday, Feb 05, 2013 @ 5:30 pm

Higgins Hall



NOTHING BUT A MAN

Directed by Michael Roemer (1964, U.S.A., 95 mins.)

A landmark independent film, NOTHING BUT A…


19Feb
2013

  Pratt Film Society Presents “Beijing Taxi”


Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 @ 5:30 pm

Higgins Hall



BEIJING TAXI Directed by Miao Wang (2010, U.S.A, 78 mins.)

BEIJING TAXI is a timely, uncensored and…


26Feb
2013

  Pratt Film Society Presents “Fake It So Real”


Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 @ 5:30 pm

Higgins Hall



FAKE IT SO REAL Directed by Robert Greene (2012, U.S.A., 95 mins.)

FAKE IT SO REAL follows…


28Mar
2013

  Renowned Architect Kevin Daly to Deliver Lecture at Pratt on Thursday, March 28


Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 @ 6:00 pm

Higgins Hall Auditorium, 61 St. James Place



Pratt Institute’s School of Architecture will present a lecture by Kevin Daly as part of its spring 2013 lecture series on Thursday, March 28 at 6PM in Higgins Hall…


29Mar
2013

  NYCEDC President Seth Pinksy to Deliver a Lecture at Pratt Manhattan on Friday, March 29


Friday, Mar 29, 2013 @ 6:00 pm

144 West 14th Street, Second Floor, Lecture Room 213



Pratt Institute’s Programs for Sustainable Planning and Development will present a lecture by Seth Pinsky as part of its Public Space Series on Friday, March 29 at 6PM at…


08Jul
2013

  GRAPHIC ADVOCACY: INTERNATIONAL POSTERS FOR THE DIGITAL AGE, 2001–2012


Monday, Jul 08, 2013 @ 5:00 pm

Pratt Manhattan Gallery, 144 West 14th Street, 2nd floor



Graphic Advocacy: International Posters for the Digital Age is an exhibition featuring 122 posters (from more than 30 different countries) that express the power of poster design as a…


12Jul
2013

  Undergraduate Information Session - Morning Session


Friday, Jul 12, 2013 @ 10:00 am

Myrtle Hall, 2nd floor



Information session for prospective undergraduate students. Please arrive by 9:45am.  

10:00  General Information Session

11:00  Campus Tour

Schedule your visit…


12Jul
2013

  Undergraduate Information Session - Afternoon Session


Friday, Jul 12, 2013 @ 1:00 pm

Myrtle Hall, 2nd floor



Information session for prospective undergraduate students. Please arrive by 12:45 pm.

1:00 Information Session

2:00 Campus Tour

Schedule your visit now.