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“One thing that I am certain of is that the Pratt community is resilient, smart, caring, and steps up to monumental tasks… we as a community will once again be able to bring the best of our creativity and skills more fully to the pressing matters of our world locally and globally.” Read the fall 2021 welcome letter from President Frances Bronet.

For Women’s Equality Day, @prattinstitute shared archival photographs of women studying at Pratt in its early years, from chemistry labs to woodworking classes.

A New York Times obituary for Bob Diamond, Electrical Engineering ’79, remembered how Diamond first heard about a lost subway tunnel under Brooklyn while he was a student at Pratt. He would go on to rediscover the world’s oldest subway tunnel underneath Atlantic Avenue and lead tours into the underground passage for three decades. The story links to a 2009 Prattfolio interview with Diamond where he describes seeing the tunnel for the first time as “akin to landing on the moon.”

Aseel AlYaqoub, MFA ’15, co-curated Space Wars, the Kuwait Pavilion at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale. The project involves research, interviews, and collaborations around the future of Kuwait’s landscapes as the country’s urban areas expand.

Soyeon Kwon and Yi-Ting Hsieh, both MFA Interior Design ’21, received second prize in this year’s IIDA Student Design Competition for their design for a primary care clinic that is comfortable and relaxing environment for patients and physicians.

Scenes from this week’s Pratt move-in days are now on the @PrattInstitute Instagram!

This Friday and Saturday at 6:30pm, Matías Piñeiro, assistant professor of film and video, is joining a Q&A for his film Isabella’s screenings at Lincoln Center. A conversation with the filmmaker from the 58th New York Film Festival is also available to listen to on the Film at Lincoln Center blog.

Students in the Wearable Technologies Studio led by Adjunct Professor Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman worked to solve problems impacting astronauts, leading to projects like trousers for high altitude flight and improved vent ducts for spacesuits. See more @prattindustrial.

Zitong Zhao, MFA Communications Design ’19, was interviewed by Creative Boom on how she creates meaningful graphic design: “The only thing you can do is to find as many solutions as you can and push the limits of what design can achieve.”

Adam Friedman, director of the Pratt Center for Community Development, is included on City & State’s 2021 Community Engagement Power 50. The list highlights leaders who are connecting communities around New York to shape policy, drive social change, and determine the direction of public life. The feature cited Friedman’s leadership in the Pratt Center’s community engagement work, from working with residents on climate and sustainability plans to facilitating workshops on community issues.