School of Liberal Arts and Sciences Archives

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…

Foundation

Four Pratt Artists Awarded 2014 Guggenheim Fellowships

Four artists affiliated with Pratt Institute have been awarded 2014 Guggenheim Fellowships: Greg Drasler, adjunct assistant professor, Fine Arts; Susan Bee, visiting professor, Humanities and Media Studies; Pier Consagra, adjunct associate professor, Foundation Art; and alumnus Hamid Rahmanian (M.F.A. Computer…

Graduate Fine Arts

Whitney Biennial Features Work of Pratt-Affiliated Artists

The Whitney Biennial—one of the most prestigious surveys of contemporary art—includes two Pratt-affiliated artists: Matthew Deleget (M.F.A. Painting, M.S. History of Art ’97) and Rochelle Feinstein (B.F.A. ’75). The Whitney Biennial is an exhibition meant to showcase a…

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…

School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

NPR Quotes Social Science & Cultural Studies Faculty Member in Story on “Broken Angel” Building

A recent NPR piece quotes Professor Carl Zimring about Broken Angel, an unofficial Brooklyn landmark that was cobbled together by self-taught architect and sculptor Arthur Wood. Carl Zimring is an environmental historian and Professor of Social Science…

School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Pratt and National Book Foundation to Present Inaugural Novel to Screen Film Festival

Pratt Institute and The National Book Foundation, the presenter of the National Book Awards, have partnered to present an inaugural film festival featuring the following three National Book Award-nominated books that were adapted to film: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov…

Giving

$2.5 Million Gift to Pratt Establishes Nation’s First Chair Uniting Mathematics and the Arts

Lawrence Sirovich and his son Matthew have made a $2.5 million commitment to Pratt Institute to establish the Sirovich Family Professorship of Mathematics for the Arts in Pratt’s School of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The professorship honors longtime…