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Graduate Communications Design Student Wins First Place in Design Against Fur Competition


Pratt Institute Graduate Communications Design student Yoon Kyung Eom won first place in the European and International round of the 2009 Design Against Fur poster competition and a cash prize of approximately $1,500 for her…



Undergraduate Communications Design Student Awarded AIGA Scholarship for Illustration


Pratt Undergraduate Communications Design sophomore Diego Torres was honored with a 2009 Worldstudio AIGA Scholarship at the professional association for design's September 17 fundraising gala in Manhattan.

Torres was one of four honored…



Pratt Manhattan Gallery Presents Theoretical and Innovative Exhibition on Urban Street Design


Pratt Manhattan Gallery will present "Design Jazz: Improvisations on the Urban Street," a two-part exhibition inspired by Deb Johnson, Pratt's Academic Director of Sustainability, that will document both theoretical and innovative approaches to the design…



Alumni, Faculty, and Students to Completely Outfit Two Model Residence Interiors in Brooklyn


Pratt Institute has completely outfitted two Hudson Companies model residences interiors in the new Third + Bond townhouses at 115 Third Street in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, creating holistic interior home environments that include conceptually innovative…



Ten Recent Digital Arts Graduates to Show Work as Part of Regional Digital Arts Conference


Ten 2009 graduates from Pratt's Department of Digital Arts will have their work screened as part of the 2009 Metropolitan Area College Computer Festival (MetroCAF) from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, October 1, 2009…



Pratt Releases Official Climate Action Plan Outlining Its Commitment to Sustainable Campus Practices


Pratt President Thomas F. Schutte has submitted an official climate action plan to the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), which documents Pratt's commitment to reducing its campus greenhouse gas emissions and outlines…



Author Kurt Andersen to Deliver Address as Part of Symposium on Creative Value in the 21st Century


Author Kurt Andersen will deliver a keynote address on the meaning of creative value in the 21st century as part of a Pratt Institute symposium titled "Redefining the Good Life" on September 26, 2009 from…



Pratt to Honor Marc Jacobs, David Rockwell, and Patti Smith


Pratt Institute will present Legends 2009, a scholarship benefit honoring fashion designer Marc Jacobs; architect and designer David Rockwell; and iconic performer, poet, and visual artist Patti Smith on Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 7…



Pratt Announces 2009 Alumni Achievement Award Winners


Pratt Institute will honor four distinguished alumni on September 25, 2009 at a private luncheon held on Pratt's Brooklyn Campus. Award recipients include Michael Inman, curator of rare books at The New York Public Library;…



Lonn Combs Named Acting Chair of Pratt’s Undergraduate Architecture Program


Pratt Institute has named Assistant Chair of Undergraduate Architecture and Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture Lonn Combs as acting chair of its undergraduate architecture program as of August 3, 2009.  He replaced Evan Douglis, who…



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