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With Pratt Launchpad, Students Anywhere Can Access Creative Digital Tools on Any Computer

This fall semester, a full suite of the creative digital tools that Pratt Institute students need will be accessible on any computer, no matter its hardware. Through Launchpad, students can use a range of cloud-based software anywhere they have…

Pratt Institute Names Jorge Oliver New Dean of the School of Art

Pratt Institute has named Jorge Oliver as the new dean of the School of Art. A Puerto Rican filmmaker, actor and educator, he is the first male filmmaker in the history of Puerto Rican cinema to openly deal with…

Class of 2020 Honored with Online Celebration featuring Honorary Degree Recipient Neil Gaiman

A special online celebration for Pratt Institute’s class of 2020 launched on Saturday, May 30. Honoring more than 1,300 graduating students, the dynamic website was created to celebrate and acknowledge the tremendous achievements of the graduating…

Vogue Features Work by 10 New Pratt Fashion Graduates and Their Thoughts on the Future

Collections by fashion graduates (clockwise from top left): Juliana Gogol, Stefan Maier, Olivia Rose Harris, and Ry Arne In an online feature, Vogue spotlighted 10 fashion graduates from the Pratt Institute class of 2020. Each…

Fine Arts Alumna Ali Shrago-Spechler Awarded Fulbright Grant for Research Project in Germany

Courtesy of Itamar Dotan Katz Ali Shrago-Spechler, BFA Painting ‘11, has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award for the 2020-2021 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the…

Pratt Institute Announces Online Celebration to Honor the Class of 2020; Speaker Named

Pratt Institute will honor this year’s graduating students with an online celebration. The Celebration of the Class of 2020 will commemorate the achievements of more than 1,300 graduating students on Saturday, May 30 on Pratt’s website.

Fighting COVID-19: Pratt Donates Surplus Food & MetroCards to Healthcare Workers & Others in Need

Pratt Public Safety Tour Supervisor Tyrone Spence, Rethink Food NYC Driver Elijah Inniss, and Dennis Mazone, Assistant Vice President of Campus Safety and Preparedness, facilitating the donation of food from Pratt This is the third…

How Five 1960s Pratt Students Launched an Art Movement through a Shared Passion for Crochet

Jean Williams Cacicedo, Sharron Hedges, Marika Contompasis, and Janet Lipkin as students and at Off the Wall: American Art to Wear at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (courtesy Jean Williams Cacicedo) In the late 1960s, a…

Pratt Men’s Basketball Team Undefeated in Fifth Matchup Against RISD

A large crowd of supporters gathered in the ARC for an exciting men’s basketball game between Pratt and RISD on Sunday, February 16, in which Pratt took a 37-point lead to win with a final score of 89-52. The…

Four Pratt Students and Alumni Are Selected as 2020 Fulbright Semifinalists

Four Pratt students and recent graduates are semifinalists in the 2020 Fulbright U.S. Student Program. The competitive program offers grants for international study and research, or participation in English language assistant programs. It’s aimed at graduating…