Gerald Luss (BID ’49), a Pratt alumus and celebrated midcentury-modern designer, passed away at 98. Best known for his groundbreaking interiors for the Time-Life Building, Luss helped shape postwar office design and left a lasting legacy in the field.
Research Open House 2025 Awards Recognize Community Engagement, Sustainability, and Design Projects
Research Open House presented scholarship and partnerships to the public, demonstrating Pratt’s engagement with industry, community, and university partners, and its deep commitment to equitable forms of discovery and growth.
Snapshot 2025: Before They Graduate
From Pratt Institute News
Six soon-to-be Pratt alumni share photos, experiences, and insights from their time at Pratt.
A Day of Service, Community, and Connection
From Pratt Institute News
The second annual Student-Alumni Day of service supported the local Hall Street shelter.
Guggenheim Fellowship Awarded to Film/Video Faculty Member Matías Piñeiro
From Pratt Institute News
Matías Gustavo Piñeiro was selected for the Guggenheim Foundation’s 100th Class of Fellows. The prestigious annual grants support up to a year of creative and scholarly work.
Dr. Peter West Appointed Dean of the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
From Pratt Institute News
The accomplished writer, scholar, and academic leader joins Pratt Institute from Mercy University. He will assume the role on July 7, 2025.
Barbie, Houseboats, Book Arts, and Beyond
From Pratt Institute News
Class trips invite students to experience art, conduct research, and meet with industry experts in New York City and around the world.
Rafael de Balanzo Joue Receives Fulbright Specialist Program Award
From School of Architecture News
School of Architecture faculty member Dr. Rafael De Balanzo Joue has been awarded a Fulbright Specialist Program grant by the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
The Latest
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Emerging artist discovers his family’s Mexican roots through his work
Pratt student Angel Ortega explores his Mexican heritage and themes of cultural identity through his artwork and mentorship, inspired by his mother’s immigrant journey and supported by Pratt’s Young Scholars program.
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Pratt’s MFA Exhibition Mirrors These Disjointive Times
Pratt’s 2025 MFA Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Inside/Out, was featured in Hyperallergic for its powerful exploration of space, identity, and the complexities of the current moment.
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MillerKnoll Sponsors Pratt Career Night ‘25
Pratt’s 21st annual Career Night, held at MillerKnoll’s Manhattan showroom, brought students face-to-face with top design firms like Gensler, HOK, and Rockwell Group, offering a rare opportunity for direct portfolio reviews, real-time feedback, and industry insight.
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Dona Ann McAdams’ Photography; Latest Tech News; Bab L’Bluz Performs Live; MUNA’s Katie Gavin
Photographer Dona Ann McAdams was recently interviewed on WNYC’s All of It with Alison Stewart, discussing her decades-spanning work capturing marginalized communities. The segment coincides with her solo exhibition black | box at Pratt Manhattan Gallery.
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Brooklyn Art Exhibit Transforms Into Mobile Aid Station For The Homeless
A news segment on PIX11 New York covered Collective Mobilities, an art exhibition at Pratt Institute’s DeKalb Gallery by Alex Strada, Pratt’s Fine Arts Civic Engagement Fellow. The exhibition has transformed into a mobile mutual aid station, collecting and distributing thousands of donated items to support Brooklyn’s homeless community.
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Op-ed: How Pratt Institute and Brooklyn Navy Yard are driving creative economic innovation
Pratt and the Brooklyn Navy Yard are driving creative economic innovation by fostering intersections between education, research, and industry, contributing to Brooklyn’s surge in small business growth and its leadership in the nation’s creative economy.
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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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Jin Liao, BFA Interior Design ’25, was recognized by the 2025 Metropolis Magazine Future 100 as one of the top 100 undergraduate interior designers in the United States and Canada. In his recommendation, Brad Leibin, visiting associate professor of interior design, wrote: “Jin is an exceptional student and a very talented, young designer. Jin’s work goes beyond course requirements because she is committed to excellence and has a passion for design. She is enjoyable to work with and is well liked by her peers.”
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Elizabeth Lothian writes about The Seas by Professor of Writing Samantha Hunt in The Brooklyn Rail. “The Seas unfurls my spirit,” she writes. “It is the first work that spurs me to dive into my own slippery depths, to create from all that is submerged inside my head. The Seas allows me to greet the creature I am and fantasize about the one I could burgeon into being.”
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Pratt alumni dressed celebrities for the 2025 Met Gala: Diana Ross in Sarah Sokol Millinery (Sarah Sokol, BFA Interior Design ’11); Janelle Monae wore Thom Browne in collaboration with fashion design alumnus Paul Tazewell; Chappell Roan in an upcycled look by Paul Tazewell; Taraji P. Henson in Monse in collaboration with Post-Imperial (creative director Laura Kim, BFA Fashion Design ’04).
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Traditions, clubs, spaces, places, events, happenings, and hidden gems that make Pratt our place.