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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Adjunct Professor – CCE of Fine Arts Jean Shin discussed her approach to art in a video for her Artist-in-Residence in Everglades (AIRIE) 2025â2026 AIRIE Fellowship.Â
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Inside My Worn Out Drawer, is an Ocean by Siwoo Kim, BFA Film â25, will premiere at the 2026 National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) in the âPedal to the Mettleâ block on Friday, March 27. The animated short follows Jooni, who, after running out on a suicide pact, wanders around Seoul and meets a classmate from elementary school.
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Sydney Lipner, Emily Morillo, Mikey Rodriguez, and Vicky Zhang, all BFA/MA Art and Design Education â26, have been awarded a Graduate Student Engagement Fund (GSEF) grant for their proposal, âAccessible Culturally-Responsive Art Education in Puerto Rico.â
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Fine Arts Claudia BitrĂĄn was featured in artnet. Her show, Claudia BitrĂĄn: Titanic, A Deep Emotion, on view at Cristin Tierney Gallery, âmarks the New York premiere of [her] reimagining of the James Cameron film, crafted with a variety of disciplines from drawing and painting to performance and sculpture.â
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Associate Professor of Writing Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts will present her work at the launch of The Device, a new publication focused on the archives and history of the Poetry Project.
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Chair of Graduate Architecture, Landscape, and Urban Design Andrew Holderâs firm, The Los Angeles Design Group, has been chosen to construct a public installation for the 2026 Coachella Valley Music Festival. ââVisage Brutâ reimagines the logic and mythology of a totem pole through the language of contemporary construction.âÂ
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The Pratt Center for Community Development released an EnergyFit Toolkit, âa new resource for communities, organizations, and policymakers to create programs that will help small homes be healthier and more energy efficient.â They will also be hosting a webinar walkthrough of the new toolkit on March 11 to help organizations jumpstart retrofit programs for 1-4 family homes.
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Qinyan (Doris) Liu, MFA Communications Design â23, was profiled in Our Culture Mag. The article focuses on her photobook series Distant Flash. âDriven by a commitment to crafting sophisticated, layered visual narratives, Liu has expanded her experimentation to include mediums such as risograph printing and polaroid transfers.âÂ
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