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A Radio City Celebration for Pratt’s Class of 2026

This year’s Commencement at Radio City Music Hall honored the achievements of graduating students and bestowed honorary degrees on David Remnick, Dr. Mariët Westermann, and Ted Shaine.
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Artist and Educator Tori Purcell Named Chair of Photography

From Pratt Institute News

Assistant Chair of Photography and faculty member Tori Purcell will assume the role on July 1, 2026.

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Show-Stopping Looks: Pratt Fashion from Runway to Exhibition

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The 2026 Pratt Shows: Fashion runway presentation at Powerhouse Arts in Brooklyn featured 155 looks from collections by 28 graduating seniors, with pieces from 23 more seniors on view at Pratt Shows: Design, and additional looks on view at the MFA Fashion Thesis Exhibition.

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Three Pratt Alumni on How NYC Residencies Helped Them Grow

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Brandon Foushée ’21, Dana-Marie Bullock ’25, and Amanda Horn ’15 show how these opportunities have shaped their paths, from experimenting with new techniques to completing a novel to processing grief through art.

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Pratt Students Go Behind the Scenes

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Spring classes offered an up-close look at some of the industries and organizations at the heart of New York City.

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Office of Research and Strategic Partnerships

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Pratt’s Research Open House 2026: Exploring Design, Collaboration, and Real-World Impact

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Spanning four areas of inquiry, this year’s Research Open House highlighted the breadth of interdisciplinary research at Pratt and its growing connections to industry, community, policy, and global partnerships. 

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Architecture

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Housing Innovation Studio Brings Pratt Students to Miami

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A new four-year collaboration between Undergraduate Architecture programs at Pratt Institute and the University of Miami focuses on reimagining the future of housing in two coastal cities facing rapid change.

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  • Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Practice Carlos Motta was interviewed by Phillip Pyle for Art21. “In my pieces, I work against that colonial construction of knowledge(s) but, simultaneously, I work with ghosts. Hauntology makes sense to me because working with the ghost of Martina, for instance, counteracts the way in which she exists in the public imagination, not as a person, but only as a historical account. From that perspective, different filmic strategies or forms of storytelling emerge.”

    Jun 01, 2026

  • The undergraduate Writing Program awarded the inaugural Eleanor Schenker Herlands Poetry Thesis Prize to Andi Günther, BFA Writing ’26, for their thesis poetry collection titled Fumigation. The prize was judged by writer and Pratt alumnus Jack Nachmanovitch, BFA Writing ’15.

    Jun 01, 2026

  • Assistant Professor of Fashion Design Susan Cianciolo was profiled in Art Basel in a piece that explores her body of work, major influences, and current projects. “It’s impossible to describe Susan Cianciolo’s work with just one word. For more than 30 years she has straddled the worlds of art and fashion—an ideal ambassador for both because she squarely belongs to neither. 

    May 28, 2026

  • Ananya Yadav, MS Information Experience Design ’26, received a Graduate Student Engagement Fund (GSEF) award for presenting her project, “Do You Even Want To Be Offline?,” at the 2026 Information Architecture Conference. About the project: 74% of people who tried to reduce their screen time couldn’t. Her research explores why the tools meant to help are part of the problem, proposes a framework for designing digital wellness tools that put the life behind the screen first, and asks if we truly even want to be offline. This work was also presented at InfoShow26. 

    May 27, 2026

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