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Pratt’s MLA Students Creatively Design for a Wetter Brooklyn

As Pratt’s Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) program earns professional accreditation, students are applying research and design to one of New York City’s most urgent climate challenges: flooding in North Brooklyn.
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How Photographer and MFA Director Katherine Hubbard Brings Her Practice to Class

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Photography MFA Program Director Katherine Hubbard reflects on her first year at Pratt, how her own art practice informs her teaching, and what she’s looking forward to in the months ahead.
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Stop Motion Renaissance: 6 Films to Watch 

From Pratt Institute News

Students are embracing an early mode of cinema with fresh ideas and technology.

  • Digital Art and Animation

  • school of art

  • students

  • technology

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Addressing the National Issue of Food Insecurity on Campus

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Martha Cedarholm, director of student support and care coordination, discusses the robust network of resources available at Pratt to combat food insecurity.

  • food

  • students

  • wellness

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Beyond Pratt: Where Students Go After Graduation

From Pratt Institute News

New data reveals the success of recent Pratt graduates.

  • alumni

  • education

  • employment

  • students

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A Second Act in Creative Arts Therapy

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Pratt’s flexible Creative Arts Therapy Low Residency program helps nontraditional students, creatives, and working professionals pivot careers and find meaningful paths to the future.

  • community

  • creative arts therapy

  • dance/movement therapy

  • graduate

  • New York City

Pratt in Venice: Forty Years of Opening Doors

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The unique program provides exceptional access to cultural and artistic experiences, and is made possible in part through scholarship support.

  • fine arts

  • history of art and design

  • study abroad

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  • Assistant Professor in the School of Information Craig Fahner co-presented the open-source software project p5.plotterControl at Processing Community Day, a global, community-led celebration that brings together artists, designers, technologists, educators, and open-source communities across the world.

    Oct 27, 2026

  • Undergraduate Industrial Design students recently visited an Urban Outfitters store in Manhattan as part of the annual Kikkerland Design Challenge.

    Oct 27, 2026

  • Professor of Writing Christian Hawkey interviewed Fady Joudah for BOMB magazine about his new book of poems, essays, and photographs of Gaza, Exhibit G. Exhibit G is a finalist for the 2026 National Book Award in Poetry.

    Oct 26, 2026

  • Nate Bozeman, ceramics technician for fine arts, weighed in on the implications of a specialty sculpting plaster being discontinued for The New York Times. “Artists and smaller studios depend on materials that are also used by much larger industries, so changes in supply can have a significant impact,” he said. “Finding an alternative isn’t always straightforward, as different plasters behave differently and need to be tested.”

    Oct 26, 2026

  • Visiting Associate Professor of Fine Arts Alex Strada was interviewed for WNYC’s All Of It with Alison Stewart about her project Public Address and her artist residency with the NYC Department of Homeless Services and the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs. “Thank you to Alison and her team for giving time and space to discuss Public Address and the profound housing inequities in our city, and to highlight the many, many people who have shaped the project—above all, the residents and frontline staff in @nycdhs shelters,” wrote Strada on Instagram. 

    Oct 23, 2026

  • Visiting Assistant Professor in the School of Information Michael Opper attended the 16th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice (ALAPP) on September 27, where he presented his work titled “Evaluating consumer finance chatbot response design through the cooperation principle.” This work is part of his ongoing research project that adapts elements of discourse analysis to rate responses to be used in conversation design. Students Anisha Vonna, MSIXD ’27, and Kshitija Tammireddi, MSIXD ’27, joined this project earlier this summer and have regularly contributed judgments, redefined guidelines, and recalibrated scoring metrics.

    Oct 23, 2026

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