Dean of the School of Architecture Quilian Riano reflected on the recent past and the year ahead for The Architect’s Newspaper. “The Pratt Institute School of Architecture celebrated its 70th anniversary this past academic year with events and two exhibitions: one about recent student work and the other about our history. This coming year, we are building on the excitement around this work to host programs that look at the role of our fields in shaping the public sphere and to support faculty and students as they continue to tackle the challenges communities are facing, such as dealing with the climate and housing crises.”
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Professor of Fine Art Patricia Madeja’s Geometric Geode Prasiolite and silver collection jewelry was featured in Max Alexander’s runway show at the Opera Garnie as part of Paris Fashion Week.
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Adjunct Professor of Undergraduate Communications Design Tim O’Brien helped design the official pane featuring portraits of 25 Figures of the American Revolution for the United States Postal Service, commemorating 250 years since the Declaration of Independence was signed.
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Kurt Thomas, BPS Construction Management ’29, has been named the 2025–2026 Rookie of the Year in the Atlantic East Men’s Basketball league. Thomas led the Cannoneers and all AEC rookies in scoring, with 13.2 points per game, and he also delivered 24 blocks over the course of the season.
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Edel Rodriguez, BFA Painting ’94 and Visionary Awardee 2019, will deliver the keynote address at the Patchogue Arts Council PEACE Forward: Arts in Education + Partnerships = Possibility conference April 27–28.
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In Kansas City interviewed Jason Chen, BID ’21, about his career journey. “Studying the history of industrial design gave a great background for the work I do now. It’s about finding the context with the owner and the spirit of the house or apartment. I think a good interior always takes into consideration the time and place the home was built, including what kind of objects might have been living in it.”
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Pratt Institute’s Communications and Marketing Creative Services team earned second place in Archinect’s Fall ’25 Get Lectured competition for their design of the School of Architecture’s Fall 2025 event series poster.
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Fast Company interviewed Chair of Graduate Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Design (GA/LA/UD) Andrew Holder for an article on the recent Lever Long Enough to Move the World: Sketches in Contemporary Architecture exhibition by the School of Architecture that included more than 60 hand-drawn architectural sketches. “We are in a world that is now completely dominated by digital tools, but something strange is happening: The hand sketch is back,” Holder said.
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Artist Joyce Yu-Jean Lee, assistant professor of foundation, will lead a walk-through tour of her digital commission by the MTA, “Manhatta Waterways: a Sanctuary,” on Saturday, March 14, at 4 PM at Fulton Center in downtown Manhattan.
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In 2027–28, Pratt will form a new, NYC-centric DIII conference with neighbors at Baruch, Brooklyn College, CCNY, Hunter, John Jay, Lehman, Medgar Evers, and York. Additional expansion is expected.
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