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Celebrating Creative Legends

Legends 2025 raised vital funds for student scholarships and honored distinguished creative icons Jeremy Scott and Mavis Wiggins, with awards presented by Heidi Klum and Cindy Allen.

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One of Pratt’s Earliest Web Design Instructors on Cultivating a Creative Education

Design industry leader Amy Egner, MS Communications Design ’95, came to Pratt with an interest in typography & left as a pioneer of online design.

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An Award-Winning Film Editor’s Childhood Creativity Flourished at Pratt

Lillian Benson, BFA Art Education ’70, shares how growing up in Brooklyn & attending Pratt led to a prolific career editing documentaries that chronicle African American stories.

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IDC Foundation Awards a $1,000,000 Grant for Pratt’s Research Accelerator Hub at the Brooklyn Navy Yard

The IDC Foundation has awarded a $1,000,000 grant to Pratt Institute in support of the Research Yard of Pratt Institute, City Tech, and the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Now under construction in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the…

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In a Shifting Design Industry, a Pratt Grad Supports Future Creative Leaders

Cesar Santalo, BFA Fine Arts (Drawing) ’95, has chaired the Pratt Alumni Miami Network since 2018 and was recently appointed dean of the Eugene M. and Christine E. Lynn College of Communication and Design at Lynn University in…

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A Pioneering Digital Artist Supports a New Generation of Innovators

A member of the Pratt Institute School of Art faculty since 1987, Michael O’Rourke was named Professor Emeritus in the Department of Digital Arts in 2019. He is a pioneering digital artist, having exhibited digitally generated artwork around…

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A Pratt Pair Gives Back to the Schools Where They Got Their Start

Richard and Sandy Pollack met in 1972 while they were both studying at Pratt Institute. Richard was then an architecture student while Sandy was studying art. After they married and moved to California, Richard started his own architecture…

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Pratt Institute to Honor Sir David Adjaye OBE and Deborah Willis at 2021 Legends Scholarship Benefit

On Thursday, October 7, Pratt Institute will present Legends 2021. The second virtual edition of the annual Legends will honor creative icons in a dynamic event featuring both live and prerecorded elements. For a second year, Legends…

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Alumna Hiroko Nakamoto Funds Scholarships and Campus Enrichment

Alumna and longtime Pratt Institute donor Hiroko Nakamoto has committed significant funding for three gifts that will advance student diversity through interior design scholarships and improve spaces and landscapes on the Brooklyn and Manhattan campuses. A leading…

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Legends Annual Scholarship Benefit to Highlight “Legends in Action” in Virtual Celebration

On October 29 at 7 PM EDT, Pratt Institute will highlight dynamic “Legends in Action” in an exciting online celebration that will raise funds for Pratt student scholarships that support diversity across the Institute. This…