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In an Archinect article timed with the UN COP26 climate summit, Signe Nielsen, adjunct professor of undergraduate architecture, joined other architectural leaders in sharing their thoughts: “Boundaries in nature are governed by biology, chemistry, and physics and function interdependently; natural systems do not operate in isolation, and their actions are both spatially and temporally dynamic.”

For LGBTQ History Month, @prattinstitute shared the work of alumna Michela Griffo who has since 1970 organized for lesbian rights and inclusion within the women’s movement. Recently she worked with the Generations Project to create the Stonewall Time Capsule and also exhibited in the 2019 Art after Stonewall: 1969–1989 traveling exhibition. Read more @prattinstitute.

The School of Information received a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to support a partnership with the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center National Archive; Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc; and the Lesbian Herstory Archives to expand its graduate fellowship program for emerging LAM (library, archive, and museum) professionals to better serve diverse communities and collections.

This semester’s Pratt Earth Action Week kicks off today with programming that examines our current systems for disaster response and considers a more resilient future for climate events. Explore the full schedule of events for both in-person and virtual happenings such as exhibitions, discussions, design jams, workshops, mindfulness gatherings, and more.

On Monday, November 1, from 5 PM to 7 PM, join Tune in to Vote on the Pratt Brooklyn campus main lawn. The event will include music, button making, and more to encourage the Pratt community to make a voting plan and learn more about important measures on the ballot for November 2.

In an article on Domus, Harriet Harriss, dean of the School of Architecture, and Quilian Riano, assistant dean, discussed the shifts in education over the past months, the potential for technology in learning, and the future of architecture.

In this summer’s Ecosystemic Drawing Interior Options Lab, students created compositions representing ecological environments using digital techniques. See more @prattinteriors.

Dannielle Bowman, visiting assistant professor of photography, recently joined the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University for a discussion of her art. A recording of the talk is available to view online.

Karina Sharif, BFA Fashion Design ’08, was featured in Vice’s i-D magazine as part of the BTF100, a list of Black creatives, artists, and tastemakers making an impact on art and media. The article highlights her artwork that involves wearable paper sculptures, photography, and set design: “I tend to think of Black womxn and our minds, [our] voices, as a map. All we need to do is connect in order to continually see and contribute to the vision.”