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On the Pratt Institute LinkedIn, women leaders making positive change are being highlighted for Women’s History Month. Read recent features on alumna Hiroko Nakamoto who is a leader in advocating for peace and environmental protection and Trustee Kathryn Chenault who is dedicated to supporting educational institutions, the arts, and improving opportunities for young people.

Pamela Colman Smith is best known as the illustrator behind the Rider-Waite-Smith tarot deck, but the Pratt alumna also illustrated books, compiled collections of Jamaican folklore, edited magazines, and ran Green Sheaf Press which focused on women writers. Read more about her extraordinary life @prattinstitute.

The Hauser and Wirth Institute nonprofit announced a gift of $280,000 for the full tuition of two graduate students entering Pratt’s dual-degree master’s program in library and information science and history of art and design. The support to diversify the archival field through scholarship was covered by the Art Newspaper and ArtNews.

Pratt was included among the 2021-22 Fulbright Top Producing Institutions announced by the U.S. Department of State. The list recognizes over 125 higher education institutions that sent the most Fulbright U.S. Students and U.S. Scholars abroad in the 2021-22 academic year.

This week alongside International Women’s Day, the Center for Equity and Inclusion is inviting the Pratt community to stop by and share their thoughts on womanhood. Read more @prattcei and see artwork by student Khushi Shah @prattinstitute.

Pratt is in the 2022-23 First-gen Forward cohort announced by the Center for First-generation Student Success, an initiative of NASPA—Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and the Suder Foundation. The recognition is for higher education institutions that have demonstrated a commitment to improving experiences and advancing outcomes for first-generation college students. Pratt has been committing time and resources to its first-generation student population through the First-Generation Pratt committee established in spring 2020. To learn more, view the press release here.

Students in the Art of Scent class led by Visiting Instructor Alexis Karl created an aroma-driven artwork from a chosen fruit. See their creative projects @pratt_integrative_courses.

Housing Justice for All, the Community Service Society, NYU’s Urban Democracy Lab, and Pratt Center for Community Development released a new report detailing how Black New Yorkers continue to face inequities when securing and maintaining permanent housing.

Undergraduate architecture student Megan Chen designed “The Journey to Rest and Relaxation” which explores creating a physically challenging landscape that would lead to a place for solitude and reflection. Read more @prattsoa.