Shulamit Nazarian, BArch ‘87, celebrated the 10 year anniversary of her gallery Shulamit Nazarian Los Angeles Gallery. Her career and gallery were featured in Forbes Magazine.
Professor of Writing James Hannaham was interviewed by The New York Times about his career and opinions of the literary field ahead of the release of his new book ““Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta.”
The poems “Black Girl Magic” and “Redbone Shames the Devil” by Mahogany L. Browne, who holds and MFA from Pratt, were studied in the research project “101 Black Women Poets in Mainly White and Mainly Black Rooms” which analyzed the pitch, timing and intensity patterns in recordings of black women poets. Los Angeles review of books published the findings.
Pratt was named by Women’s Business Daily to be one of the top schools for fashion design or merchandising in the world.
Professor of Fine Arts Steve Locke was awarded the Rapport Prize by deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. The prize celebrates the achievement of artists who have demonstrated significant creativity and vision and encourages the recipient to continue a career of innovative art making.
Pratt alumni Jadesola Ayodeji and Sydney King, BArch ‘22, were awarded the NOMA Foundation Fellowship, a 2 month fellowship at leading architecture firms around the US. Ayodeji was placed at LEO A DALY and King was placed at EYP. Both graduates have completed their fellowships.
Advice by Leonel Ponce, acting academic director of Sustainable Environmental Systems at Pratt, was published in Crain’s New York regarding preparing for the possibility of flooding in businesses and homes.
Design Management and Arts and Cultural Management Chair Mary McBride was featured in an episode of Stardust Life-Centered Design’s *details speaker series highlighting design, business, and innovation leaders. Stardust was founded by design management alumna Giselle Carr.
Nov 23, 2022
President Frances Bronet was appointed to the Future of Workers Task Force established this August by the NYC Mayor’s Office. The task force includes leaders from the city’s private, nonprofit, and philanthropic sectors who are focusing on rebooting the city’s approach to talent and workforce development.
Nov 22, 2022
WWD featured the 30 Years of TenThousandThings retrospective of the jewelry designs of Ron Anderson and David Rees that is on view in the Pratt Institute Library on the Brooklyn campus through November 30.
Nov 21, 2022
Adam Friedman, chief strategy officer of research & strategic partnerships in the office of the provost, was quoted in the WWD story “G20 Summit Tackles How to ‘Recover,’ Fashion Tasked With the Same”: “The more we value better-made, better-quality and better-designed products that’s inevitably a good thing.”
Nov 18, 2022
The Architect’s Newspaper featured the reconstruction of Manhattan’s Hudson Street by MNLA, where Adjunct Professor of Undergraduate Architecture Signe Nielsen is founding principal, which expands sidewalks, adds trees and benches, and anticipates climate change: “Hudson Street had all the characteristics to become a place, not just a street.”
Nov 17, 2022
Students in Adaptations and Alterations of Historic Landmarks led by Kevin Wolfe, visiting assistant professor in the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment (GCPE), visited the Roslyn Grist Mill in Roslyn, New York, as part of their exploration of the challenges of changing historic structures in a historic district. Photos from their visit are on the Roslyn Landmark Society site.
Nov 16, 2022
President Frances Bronet wrote an op-ed for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on how the Pratt community has responded to Hurricane Sandy by preparing for the future: “The next generation of students—supported by each other, their teachers, and mentors—has an incredible opportunity to problem solve with their neighborhoods, form unexpected partnerships across fields, and imagine new and restorative futures.”
Nov 15, 2022
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