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A roundup of ideas and projects from around the Institute

  • Associate Professor in the School of Information John Lauermann, along with graduate assistants Yuanhao Wu, MS Data Analytics and Visualization ’25, and Nathan Smash, MS Data Analytics and Visualization ’24, produced statistics and maps focused on housing data for the exhibition Collective Mobilities by Fine Arts Civic Engagement Fellow Alex Strada. The exhibition runs through March 9 in DeKalb Gallery on Pratt’s Brooklyn campus.

  • 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.”

  • 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.”

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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