The vigil for Iran organized by Fine Arts faculty and held on the Brooklyn campus was highlighted in the New York Times article “How Iranians in New York Are Helping the Protests Abroad.”
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Nick Brenner, MSLIS ’26, presented his paper “New Trends in Ottoman Transcription Software: Interventions for Librarian” at the 18th AATT (American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages) Graduate Student Conference. The paper was developed in INFO-601 Foundations of Information.
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Pratt Trustee and alumnus Derrick Adams, BFA Art and Design Education ’96, curated the inaugural Scout Art Fair, featured on WBAL news radio and in Observer.
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Professor in the School of Information Leanne Bowler presented “Transdisciplinary Epistemic Practices as a Teaching Narrative: Redesigning a LIS course that integrates STEM, Arts, and Design” at Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) 2025 in Dubrovnik, Croatia.
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Jack McKernan, Lauren Holmes, and Cleo de Lasa, all MSLIS ’26, will present their paper, “The Revolution, In Boxes,” at the Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) 2025 conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 19–21, 2025. They also received funding from the Graduate Student Engagement Fund to attend. The paper was written for INFO 601 Foundations of Information taught by Professor Irene Lopatovska.
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Haijing Gu, BID ’26, and Mingzhi Chen, MID ’25, won Silver in the Muse Design Awards in the product design student category.
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Students from Assistant Professor of Associate Degrees Deb Caponera’s Pre-Press & Print-Production class presented their work to the public at the opening reception for Posters for a Cause: Shaping Our Future Together at Betty Bakery in Brooklyn. The students spoke about the causes and organizations for which they wanted to raise awareness and funding. Students’ posters will be on display throughout the month of May.
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Owen Hinrichs, BID ’26, Yihang (Edward) Xu, BID ’25, Arzu Oran, BID ’25, Jaehyeok Lee, MID ’25, Ben Thannat, MID ’25, and Liam Monaghan, MID ’25, all received Student Merit Awards from the Industrial Designers Society of America, which “recognizes industrial design students across the country who demonstrate tremendous talent, breadth of skill, exceptional presentation ability, and who best embodies the industrial design program they represent.”
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Pratt teamed up with Pigna to host the Pratt x Pigna Special Edition Notebook Launch Party following the The Pigna Design Experience competition. Faculty, friends, and family gathered at Artist and Craftsman Supply in Brooklyn to celebrate the release of the winning design by Jake Stewart, AOS Illustration ’26, and participate in a workshop led by the artist.
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Asia Chung, MFA Interior Design ’25, was recognized by the 2025 Metropolis Magazine Future 100 as one of the top 100 graduate interior designers in the United States and Canada. In her recommendation, Alison B. Snyder, professor of interior design, wrote: “Asia is industrious. Her insatiable interests in pattern making have led her to research and experiment with crafting processes to produce multiple sustainable and cultural meanings inside her designed interiors.”
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