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A roundup of ideas and projects from around the Institute

  • Pratt Institute’s Mindfulness Collaboratory received a grant from the Frederick P. Lenz Foundation to expand its leadership training for BIPOC women. This groundbreaking initiative aims to empower BIPOC women with contemplative leadership skills, building on the Collaboratory’s long-standing mission to advance arts workforce development.

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  • Akua Amponsah, MSLIS + MA History of Art and Design ’28, has been awarded the ALA Spectrum Scholarship and has received a matching scholarship from the School of Information. Awardees were evaluated on their “commitment to community building, leadership potential, and planned contributions to making social justice part of everybody’s everyday work in LIS.”

  • A project by Gans and Company, founded by Deborah Gans, professor of undergraduate architecture, was featured in The Architect’s Newspaper and Time Out. The firm designed a new planned garden for Brooklyn Children’s Museum. The outdoor space will “bring the play and interactive elements the museum is known for outdoors,” reports The Architect’s Newspaper.

  • The EnergyFit program, co-created by the Pratt Center for Community Development, Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation, and IMPACCT Brooklyn, was featured in The City for helping Brooklyn homeowners make energy-efficient and long-overdue repairs. “A lot of these households are in communities that have been disinvested in for a long time, where people are house-rich, cash-poor, and have fallen so far behind on maintenance that to even be able to start moving towards electrification and efficiency, you’ve got to solve these other home maintenance problems,” said Rebekah Morris-Gonzalez, director of climate initiatives at Pratt. “The benefits that will accrue are not just around carbon reductions. It is really about health improvements to households and comfort.”

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Designing Her Way to Her Dream Job

Recent alumnus Renata Dominguez always knew she wanted to work in design. Now, just one year post-grad, she’s thriving at one of the biggest international branding agencies.
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Seeing the City: Tours, Talks, and More

From Pratt Institute News

This fall in New York City, students went to the newly renovated Frick, explored innovative materials at a circular design brand, and heard from famed director Spike Lee.

Exploring the Role of Values in Art and Design Education

From Pratt Institute News

Hosted on Pratt’s Brooklyn campus, the 2025 AICAD Symposium featured sessions on climate literacy, community-based learning, and interdisciplinary collaboration.