The Undergraduate Writing Program

School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

New Writing Studios Offer Space to Create and Collaborate

In creating the new writing studios that opened this semester on Pratt’s Brooklyn campus, the Department of Writing in the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences wanted to be sure they served students’ needs, whether they were in the…

School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Writing and Fine Arts Students Come Together to Find the Sacred in Everyday Objects

This fall, writing and fine arts students collaborated to make ordinary objects extraordinary. The Third Mind Project involved students in the two disciplines coming together to elevate everyday objects into something sacred. Using an online platform to share ideas, they…

Architecture

New Pratt Shows Portfolio Website Showcases Work by Graduating Students

A new website is offering a digital window into an exciting range of bold creative work by this year’s graduating Pratt students. Launched this May, the Pratt Shows portfolio website showcases individual student work and projects from across Pratt’s…

School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Team Featuring Writing Alumna Lina Misitzis Awarded Pulitzer Prize for This American Life Episode

This American Life, The Out Crowd, episode 688, by Lola Dupre Lina Misitzis, BFA Writing ’11, produced a story for “The Out Crowd,” an episode of public radio program This American Life that won the…

Fashion

New and Noteworthy: 2019 Faculty Books Roundup

From artist books, to cultural surveys, to collections of neighborhood histories and poetry, Pratt faculty have contributed notable works to several corners of the literary landscape this year. Read on for New and Noteworthy’s annual look…

Critical and Visual Studies

A Look at School of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean Andrew W. Barnes’s Legacy as He Steps Down

When Andrew W. Barnes was appointed Dean of Pratt Institute’s School of Liberal Arts and Sciences (SLAS) in July 2011, he was inspired by its interdisciplinary spirit and its capacity for an enhanced presence on campus. “I was attracted…

Architecture

Women’s History Month Spotlight: “Bad Girls in Literature, Music, and Art”

Who are the strong, pathbreaking women who embolden today’s emerging artists and designers? Bad Girls in Literature, Art, and Music, an elective in Humanities and Media Studies, bridges the past and present of women, creativity, and…

Graduate Communications Design

New and Noteworthy: 2018 Faculty Books Roundup

With the end of the semester approaching and a new year around the corner, what better than a book list to prepare for the contemplative winter days ahead? Read on for highlights of recently published…

Architecture

We Contain Multitudes: The 2018 Alumni Achievement Award Winners on Empathy at Work

With humanity, compassion, and courage, Pratt alumni are changing culture, altering the landscape of the world for the benefit of others. Patients can access more effective care, communities that have experienced injustice grow stronger, and citizens find means to…

Fashion

Our Torchbearers: Four New Grads on the Teachers Who Helped Them Find Their Paths at Pratt

Great leaders shine in the glow of those they influence. To students, professors’ guidance and mentorship can mean the courage to embrace their own ideas, the inspiration to unlock novel ways of thinking and making, and the knowledge and…