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Alumni Day 2018 to Feature Gallery Exhibitions, Creative Workshops, Awards Dinner, and More

Pratt will welcome a wide range of alumni to the Brooklyn campus on September 29 to reconnect with classmates and friends at Alumni Day 2018. The daylong celebration will feature an exciting array of events and activities, from…

President Bronet and Professor Ron Shiffman Named to “Brooklyn Power 50” List of Key Leaders

President Frances Bronet and Ron Shiffman, Professor Emeritus in Pratt’s Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment and co-founder of the Pratt Center for Community Development, were recently recognized in City & State ’s “Brooklyn Power…

UN High-Level Political Forum 2018: Pratt Participates in Program on Sustainability and Heritage

Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment Chair Eve Baron and student Cristina Pastore, MS Sustainable Environmental Systems ’19, gave presentations at a special “Heritage for Sustainability” program held during the United Nations High-Level Political Forum 2018 in July.

How We Lead: Drena Fagen, MPS Art Therapy ’02, and Nadia Jenefsky, MPS Art Therapy ’99

In the Spring/Summer 2018 issue, Prattfolio asked leaders from the Pratt alumni community to share their wisdom from the helm—how they inspire, improve, and ignite creativity. This is part one in a series of three web-exclusive interviews with alumni…

Pratt Manhattan Gallery Exhibition Highlights Scholastic Art & Writing Award Winners

Pratt Manhattan Gallery recently featured an exhibition of work by students in grades seven through 12 who won national awards from the Scholastic Art & Writing program. The exhibition, titled Art.Write.Now.2018 National Exhibition,…

Allied Works Selected to Design Pratt Institute’s New School of Art Building

Renowned architecture firm Allied Works has been selected to design a state-of-the-art School of Art building on Pratt Institute’s Brooklyn campus. The new building will provide a welcoming space where students, faculty, and guest artists can…

Anne Pasternak, Ellis Marsalis Jr., and Jenny Holzer Honored at Pratt’s 2018 Commencement

Anne Pasternak, Shelby White and Leon Levy Director of the Brooklyn Museum, urged graduates to “go do right” and “construct a better future for all” at Pratt Institute’s 129th Commencement. The event was held on…

Pratt Center Celebrates Rebirth of Urban Manufacturing at Made in NYC 15th Anniversary Event

United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Congressman Jerrold (Jerry) Nadler, and other government leaders joined several hundred members of New York City’s manufacturing community and other guests at the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Building 77 on May 3 to celebrate the…

Architecture Alumna Diana Kokoszka Awarded Prestigious Fulbright Grant

Pratt Institute alumna Diana Kokoszka, M.Arch. ’15, has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. She is set to travel to Mauritius in fall 2018…

Pratt Shows: Fashion Wows a Packed Spring Studios with Student Runway Show “Diversiform”

Pratt Institute presented its 119th annual runway show on May 3 at Spring Studios in Manhattan as part of Pratt Shows, the Institute’s curated showcase by the 2018 graduating class. The show, titled “Diversiform,” spotlighted the exceptional work of…