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The annual Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment (GCPE) student placemaking publication MULTIPLICITY: Adaptation & Resilience is out now. Explore the digital version on ISSUU.

Gen Z Mental Health: Climate Stories created by Stranded Astronaut Productions, a collective which includes Maxfield Biggs, BFA Film ’20, is screening on March 19 at the Socially Relevant Film Festival at Cinema Village in Manhattan. The short documentary explores the mental health impacts of the climate crisis on young adults worldwide.

Eva Díaz, associate professor of history of art and design, contributed a suite of articles on Puerto Rico to Frieze magazine, including the cover article for the March issue on the San Juan-based collective Poncilí Creacíon.

Jing Liu, visiting professor in Graduate Architecture and Urban Design (GAUD) and program coordinator of the Master of Science in Architecture, and Karolina Czeczek, visiting assistant professor of undergraduate architecture, are exhibiting in Architecture Now: New York, New Publics at the Museum of Modern Art. On view through July 29, it explores projects for public-facing spaces across New York City and the role of architecture in fostering participation and belonging.

Gina Gregorio, adjunct associate professor of fashion design, was interviewed for Fashionista’s story, “How Should Fashion Schools Address Sustainability?”: “There’s this incredible youth culture around thrifting and upcycling, but I think the role of the school is to show people how to scale.”

Alyse Delaney, MLIS ’24, a special collections and archives graduate assistant at Pratt Libraries, explored the history of Pratt Manhattan’s four locations through her work on cataloging archival items from the Department of Exhibitions. Read more on the Iron & Glass blog.

Alison Snyder, professor of interior design, was honored with the AMPS (Architecture Media Politics Society) UCL Press Journal Award for 2022 for her article “The designed and the ad hoc: dynamic remakings of street space in New York City” in the journal Architecture_MPS.

Time Out New York featured the “Pratt Transit Art Tour” recently developed by Pratt’s communications team. The story includes quotes from Jane South, chair of fine arts: “The city is an extension of our campus. We educate on campus but also in museums—and now also on the subway.”

Suneil Sanzgiri, visiting assistant professor of film/video, received the fourth annual UOVO Prize presented by the Brooklyn Museum. As reported by the Art Newspaper, the honor supports emerging Brooklyn-based artists and includes a solo show at the museum.

Richard Leigh, visiting professor in Math and Science, was interviewed for a New York Times story on green design for skyscrapers, focusing on One Vanderbilt recently constructed in Manhattan.