Adjunct Professor of Landscape Architecture, Urban Design, and Environmental Planning in Prattâs School of Architecture, Signe Nielsen, BS Construction Management â01, was interviewed for Architectural Record about transforming a former industrial site on Manhattanâs East River into a new pier park. âI was deeply moved by being able to design a park that I really felt would resonate with the community,â said Nielsen.
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RaĂsa Lin Garden-Lucerna, MS Sustainable Environmental Systems â24, was chosen as a 2026 Forefront Fellow by Urban Design Forum. âThis yearâs interdisciplinary cohort will explore how to transform public spaces into living, adaptive, and sustaining landscapes of care.â
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Professor of Social Science and Cultural Studies Cisco Bradley discusses his book I Hear Freedom with Columbia University Press. âSince 2013, I have conducted over 500 oral history interviews with jazz artists. Around 2018, I began to focus on the elders of the community, in particular, to preserve their vital perspectives on this profound American artform.âÂ
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Dean of the School of Information Anthony Cocciolo was interviewed by The New York Times’ Wirecutter in a guide to preserving and storing family memories. âItâs an artifact of a person, and once you change that you lose that,â said Cocciolo. âIf itâs a total mess you can organize it. Anything that helps retrievability, thatâs fine. But respect the original method.â
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Undergraduate Architecture Sara Jazayeri was inducted into the American Institute of Architectâs College of Fellows for âexceptional work and contributions to architecture and society.â âÂ
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Karnama (Well of Death) by Pranav Dawar, BFA Film â25, will premiere at the 2026 National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) opening night. The short documentary explores âthe high-stakes world of the stunt drivers of Well of Death â where passion, risk, and sacrifice collide.â
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Visiting Assistant Professor in the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment Ifeoma Ebo and Professor of Undergraduate Architecture Deborah Gans spoke to Urban Omnibus about âDesigning Mamdani’s New York.â âAs architects and designers, we must position ourselves as translators between policy, aspiration, and lived experience,â Ebo said. âIn my work with government and with communities, Iâve learned that our most critical contribution isnât rendering the administrationâs vision, but surfacing the spatial intelligence that already exists in communities and giving it form.âÂ
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Zakariya Abdul-Qadir, MFA Fine Arts, Painting/Drawing ’25, was selected as a 2026 Bronx Museum AIM Fellow. âCut, tear, paste, stitch: Through methods of painting, printmaking, and installation, Zakariya Abdul-Qadir collects source images (archival mining)â disassembling the narrative â to reflect a through line connecting a culture of Blackness and America.â
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Visiting Assistant Professor in the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment Michael Hiller was interviewed by NY1 for a segment on the discovery of a safe house that was used by the Underground Railroad. âIâve been practicing historical preservation law for 30 years, and this is a generational find. This is the most significant find in historic preservation in my career, and itâs very important that we preserve this,â Hiller said.
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Prattâs Family and Parent Engagement Program was selected as the Silver Award Winner for the Alumni, Community Relations, Family Programs, Fundraising, and related category in the NASPA Excellence Awards for “innovative initiatives that relate to the programs, policies, procedures, best practices, or services that relate to alumni relations, community relations, family programs, fundraising, and related units.â In an email, NASPA shared that it “is appreciative of the work that [Pratt is] doing to benefit students and transform higher education. By receiving this Silver Award for the Family Engagement program, [Pratt] demonstrated [its] commitment to strengthening and advancing the student affairs profession.”
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