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Legends 2026 to Honor Derrick Adams and Andy Cohen

From Pratt Institute News

The renowned alumni and visionary leaders will be celebrated at the annual benefit for student scholarships that support the next generation of creative talent and makers.
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Prattfolio Wins 2026 Circle of Excellence Awards

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The magazine of Pratt Institute received honors from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.
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Claire W. Zhang ’24 on Trading a Business Career for a Writing Life

From Prattfolio

Claire W. Zhang ’24 discusses her career pivot, multilingual writing practice, and work as a literary editor.

Pratt in Venice: Forty Years of Opening Doors

From Pratt Institute News

The unique program provides exceptional access to cultural and artistic experiences, and is made possible in part through scholarship support.

Alumni Press

  • A Panorama of Design

    The New York Times spotlighted alumnus Harry Allen and his return to ceramics, tracing the acclaimed designer’s creative roots back to his industrial design studies at Pratt.

  • Wear Plastic: Eliza Corderman’s Satire of Synthetic Activewear

    Wear Plastic, a satirical activewear brand developed by Eliza Corderman as part of her MFA thesis in Pratt’s Fashion Collection + Communication program, uses the polished visual language of real fitness brands to expose the fashion industry’s overlooked reliance on synthetic, petroleum-based fabrics.

  • Good Architecture Happens in Dialogue

    Acclaimed architect and alumna Annabelle Selldorf reflects on her career and design philosophy in a new interview, noting that studying at Pratt Institute helped her find her own path in architecture.

  • The Artist Who Gives Me Joy

    A New York Times guest essay by Pulitzer Prize–winning critic Robin Givhan reflects on artist and Pratt alumnus Derrick Adams, highlighting his exploration of Black joy, leisure, and the fragility of everyday life.

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  • Phoebe Robinson, BFA Writing ’06, joined the cast of the reality competition show Celebrity Million Dollar Secret, debuting on Netflix in 2027. (Cosmopolitan)

  • Nathaniel Perry, MSLIS ’05, will launch the second season of Poem Cast, a horror-poetry podcast in which Perry performs poems in character as monsters such as vampires and gargoyles, on October 31. Perry shares that Poem Cast is “written, voiced, and mixed in true stereo inside an interactive site listeners walk through like a haunted house.”

  • From the Daily Hub

    Brianna Buford, MS City and Regional Planning ’26, was selected to be part of the second cohort of BlackSpace Urbanist Collective’s Studio KIN, “a national entrepreneurship accelerator providing technical assistance and capacity building for place-based ventures and organizations at the intersection of culture, community, and the built environment. We work with founders reshaping cities from the inside out through historic preservation, cultural infrastructure, gathering spaces, and more.” 

  • Caledonia Curry, BFA Fine Arts ’02, also known as Swoon, participated in the fourth annual “March of Medusa” art procession on the Asbury Park boardwalk. 

  • Laura Kim, BFA Fashion Design ’04, provided expert advice about the oversize clothing trend in The New York Times. As a founder of the brand Monse, Kim helped popularize the trend by designing oversize palazzo sweatpants worn by Naomi Osaka during this year’s U.S. Open. (The New York Times)