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Pratt Shines at NYCxDESIGN 2026

From light shows to student design competitions, Pratt students, faculty, and alumni showcased their creativity during the 2026 NYCxDESIGN festival.
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Award-Winning Architect, Designer, and Educator Francine Monaco Named Chair of Interior Design 

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Longtime Adjunct Associate Professor of Interior Design Francine Monaco will assume the role on July 1, 2026.

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A Radio City Celebration for Pratt’s Class of 2026

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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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Pratt Students Help Reimagine the Future of 14th Street

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Through studio projects and field research, Pratt students are helping to reimagine 14th Street as a more connected, dynamic public space.

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  • NYC

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School of Design

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These Entrepreneurs Jumpstarted Successful Careers at Pratt

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The School of Design’s Entrepreneurship Minor has become an engine of creative success for students starting their own businesses.

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Artist and Educator Tori Purcell Named Chair of Photography

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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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  • Myrsini Aristidou, BFA Film ’13, won best feature-length film for Hold Onto Me at the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival.

    Jun 17, 2026

  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Fashion Design Giovanna Flores was profiled by The New York Times. “Flores works on her fashion collection alone, sewing and draping every piece by hand from a tiny room in her walk-up apartment across from the Brooklyn Navy Yard.”

    Jun 16, 2026

  • CICADA, a short experimental film by Adjunct Associate Professor – CCE of Film/Video Ramzy Telley, won Best Experimental Short at the Berlin Kiez Film Festival 2026 and the Palermo Film Festival 2026. CICADA is described as an “experimental film focusing on the nature of transformation and rebirth both thematically and formally.”

    Jun 16, 2026

  • Adjunct Associate Professor in the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment Vicki Weiner received the Mickey Murphy Lifetime Achievement Award from the Historic Districts Council. The award, named after the pioneering citizen activist and HDC board member Mary Ellen “Mickey” Green Murphy, recognizes grassroots advocacy in the field of historic preservation.

    Jun 16, 2026

  • Professor in the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment Harriet Harriss was part of a winning team in an open ideas competition from the Museum of Architecture to reimagine London’s Crystal Palace. Harriss’ team’s proposal, After the Palace: A Necropolis of Return, envisions “a counter-monument in Hyde Park built from post-colonial waste streams, it features salvaged rubble, contaminated soils, mycelium binders, composted textiles and mineral debris.” 

    Jun 12, 2026

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