Visiting Professor of Art and Design Education Theodora Skipitares is mentioned in a recent New Yorker article about the gallery 15 Orient and the sculptor Jilaine Jones. Hilton Als describes Skipitares as “masterly” and notes that her “gothic puppets, stage designs, and other creations seemed to enhance the building’s gorgeous erosion.”
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PCOMM partnered with New York City Council Member Lincoln Restler where he wrote an op-ed in Crain’s New York Business celebrating the partnership between Pratt Institute and the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation as “an exciting example of how academic institutions can continue driving innovation, leading to the creation of new businesses that help fuel our local economy.” In the article, Restler explores the creative synergies at the Research Yard and Dock 72, writing that “by linking young creatives directly to the businesses that can help bring their ideas to life, Dock 72 is not only nurturing the next generation of creatives, but modeling how research institutions and businesses can collaborate to generate real-world impact on a local and potentially global scale.”
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Cameron Windt, BS Construction Management ’27, has been selected as the Atlantic East Conference men’s basketball Player of the Week, the first time a Cannoneer has received a weekly basketball award in the Atlantic East Conference. For the men’s volleyball team, Wallace Hallot, BFA Film ’25, was selected as the United East Conference Defensive Player of the Week, the team’s first award this season.
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SC103 founders Sophie Andes-Gascon, BFA Fashion Design ’15, and Claire McKinney, BFA Fashion Design ’15, were featured in Vogue Runway for their Fall 2025 Ready-to-Wear collection.
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Professor of History of Art and Design Eva Díaz reviewed The Brutalist for Art Review.
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School of Information Professor Cristina Pattuelli and Adjunct Assistant Professor Matt Miller, along with alumni Ava Kaplan, MSLIS ’23, and Calista Donohue, MSLIS ’24, have published a paper titled “Knowledge Graphing Art Archives: Methods and Tools from the Semantic Lab’s E.A.T. Project” in the Journal of Open Humanities Data. The project is funded by Pratt’s 2023 Faculty Development Fund and the 2023 SI Faculty Innovation Fund.
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Former Civic Engagement Fellow Mary Mattingly’s new exhibition, Night Gardens, was featured in The New Yorker and msn. “Fantasy comes in the saturated artifice of these glamorously lit, nocturnal compositions that have the mythical allure of dioramas at the Natural History Museum,” writes Kendra Wilson.
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The Strategist featured earrings by Ted Muehling, BID ’75, in its February issue as part of a round-up of cool finds. “You can always spot a Ted Muehling original, whether it’s a rice kernel or a berry made from amethyst, chrysoprase, turquoise, carnelian, citrine, or chalcedony.”
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An exhibition by Duke Riley, MFA Fine Arts (Sculpture) ’06, titled Trading with the Enemy, was chosen as an Artforum Critics’ Pick.
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Pratt Basketball alumni returned to campus for the annual Alumni Basketball Game and celebrated this year’s honoree, Robert Fuller, BArch ’95, principal at Gensler, who still holds the record for all-time leading scorer.
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