Graduate

Graduate History of Art and Design

New MTA Subway Station Features Art Installation by Professor Jean Shin (M.S. ’96)

The new 63rd Street station on the Second Avenue subway line in Manhattan, which opened January 1, 2017, features artwork by Pratt Institute alumna and Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts Jean Shin (B.F.A. Painting ’94; M.S. Art History & Criticism…

School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor James Hannaham Wins Prestigious PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

James Hannaham, associate professor of humanities and media studies in Pratt’s School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, is the 2016 winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for his novel, Delicious Foods, which was published in 2015. Hannaham is a core faculty member…

Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Women of the World Poetry Slam Tournament and Festival Held on Pratt’s Brooklyn Campus

The 2016 Women of the World Poetry Slam (WOWps), a poetry tournament and festival, was held on Pratt’s Brooklyn campus from March 9-12. Mahogany Browne (M.F.A. Writing ’16) brought WOWps to the Pratt campus as part of her fieldwork residency…

Architecture

Pratt Shows 2016 to Celebrate Best Work of Graduating Students

Pratt Institute will display graduating students’ best work in a series of year-end events and exhibitions this spring. Pratt Shows 2016 will allow the general public an exciting opportunity to view the outstanding work of Pratt’s talented students. Pratt Shows…

School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Stacy Doris Scholarship Awarded to Writing MFA Students Mahogany Browne and Jive Poetic

Mahogany Browne (M.F.A. Writing ’16) and Jive Poetic (M.F.A. Writing ’17) have been selected as the first two recipients of the newly instituted Stacy Doris Scholarship Fund. The scholarship provides tuition relief for first- and second-year MFA in Writing students,…

Graduate Communications Design

Pratt Presents Concludes Fall Season with Language and Culture Event at Schomburg Center

The Institute’s fall series of Pratt Presents public programs concluded on December 15 with a conversation and interactive installation exploring the intersection of language and culture at New York’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The evening…

Humanities and Media Studies

Writing Program Pushes Students to Pitch Editors, Publish Essays

It’s a quintessential moment for every young writer—seeing your work published for the first time—and Devin Adams (B.F.A. Writing, Class of ’15) experienced it earlier than most. On December 19, Adams published an opinion piece in amNewYork, the free weekday…

Critical and Visual Studies

The Chronicle of Higher Education Features Opinion Piece by Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean

Andrew W. Barnes, Dean, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences recently authored an opinion piece for The Chronicle of Higher Education advocating for a higher education movement that emphasizes local knowledge produced on the campuses of small institutions. Please click…

Humanities and Media Studies

The Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed Note New Chair Appointment

The Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed, both respected higher education publications, featured news of Maria Damon's appointment as chair of Pratt's Humanities and Media Studies Department. Damon, a renowned poet, scholar, and academician, joined Pratt's School…

Humanities and Media Studies

Pratt Names Renowned Poet Maria Damon Humanities and Media Studies Chair

Pratt announced Maria Damon, a renowned poet, scholar, and academician with 25 years of experience in higher education, as chair of the Humanities and Media Studies Department, part of the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Damon’s research covers…