A roundup of ideas and projects from around the Institute
The Riverdale Press profiled Visiting Assistant Professor of Undergraduate Architecture Sarah Jazayeri in an article that focuses on her work as president of the American Institute of Architects’ Bronx Chapter. “I want women to walk into rooms they designed and feel like they’re exactly where they’re meant to be,” she said.
Two Pratt students were selected for the 2025 Gotham EDU Film and Media Career Development Program. Lisa Dodell, BFA Film ’25, will pursue the Narrative Filmmaker Track, and Aarushi Shrivastav, BFA Film ’26, will pursue the New Media & Entrepreneurship Track. The students worked on the application for this program as part of their Professional Practices course, taught by Assistant Professor of Film/Video Justice Whitaker.
Founder of Black Girl Magic Ball and Inaugural Poet in Residence at Lincoln Center Dr. Mahogany L. Browne, MFA Writing ’16, was featured in Madamenoire. This year’s Black Girl Magic Ball honored, among others, Pascale Sablan, BArch ’06. “Dr. Browne developed a deep bond with Sablan during their time together at Pratt Institute, later witnessing firsthand the extraordinary power of her Black Girl Magic in action,” writes Shannon Dawson.
David Ludwig, MS Urban and Community Planning ’25, who serves as a Community Planning Fellow for Community Board 1, recently presented his analysis of proposals to create an East River Waterfront Park. “The East River waterfront is set to undergo massive changes over the course of the next few decades,” Ludwig said during a July 14 meeting of CB1’s Land Use, Zoning, and Economic Development Committee. “The FiDi-Seaport resiliency plan has yet to begin. And while the plan does promise to create new open space south of the Brooklyn Bridge, this is the lowest priority of the project. And it’s set to take 15 to 20 years to fully implement.”
SLEEK visits Agnes Questionmark, MFA Fine Arts ’25, for an interview and studio visit. “Blending mythology, medical science, and personal cosmology, Agnes Questionmark creates hybrid beings and surreal worlds that challenge the boundaries of identity, technology, and transformation.”
Visiting Assistant Professor in the School of Information Amanda Lewis led a panel, “Generative AI, Art, and the Bounds of Creativity,” at this summer’s ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency ’25.
The Society of Illustrators awarded Jimmy Li, BFA Communications Design ’26, the 2025 Will Eisner Scholarship, and Rachel Genito, BFA Communications Design ’26, the 2025 Zankel Scholarship. This is the first time that a student from Pratt Institute has won either the Eisner or Zankel scholarships.
Visiting Associate Professor of Interior Design Ji Young Kim’s practice, PRAXES, received a Red-Dot Design Award for its library Assembled Void at the Manhattan Korean Cultural Center.
The Office of Research and Strategic Partnerships’ Building Futures exhibition within the Time Space Existence architecture showcase at the Venice Biennale runs through November 23 and features a range of Pratt research and co-design projects including the Pratt Center’s EnergyFit NYC program, School of Design partnership with Gotham Professional Arts, and the Ice Box Challenge and Passive Housing Training Center from In Cho, visiting assistant professor of undergraduate architecture. The exhibition, developed with Cycle Architecture, explores circular construction, co-living, adaptive reuse, and deep energy retrofit of existing buildings.
Big News Network profiled Ye Tian, MSIXD ’22. “[At Pratt,] she combined her creative foundation with a human-centered research methodology, discovering her true mission: to use design to solve real-world problems. With a solid academic background and outstanding innovative spirit, Ye Tian quickly distinguished herself in healthcare design, demonstrating extraordinary potential as a leader in the industry.”
From Pratt Institute News
From Pratt Institute News
