Pratt industrial design professor Jonathan Thayer was quoted in an October 21 Associated Press article on Windows 7 software and the increasingly design-conscious computer hardware designs. Thayer develops new technology for Estee Lauder Companies and holds nine U.S. utility patents for his work in structural packaging.

The New York Times featured British artist Stephen Wiltshire, who worked in Pratt's Juliana Curran Terian Design Center Gallery to complete a stunningly detailed 18-foot panorama of New York City drawn completely from memory, in its October 28 "About New York" column. Wiltshire, who recalled the city from a 20-minute helicopter ride on Friday,…