Two hundred high school students from 16 countries and 24 states are on campus this month for PreCollege. The July 5 to 29 program…
Pratt Institute’s Cannoneers will now be competing as full members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. The acceptance was recently…
Eric O’Toole has been appointed the new assistant dean within Pratt Institute’s School of Design. He assumed the role on July 1, 2022. O’Toole previously…
The IDC Foundation has awarded a $1,000,000 grant to Pratt Institute in support of the Research Yard of Pratt Institute, City Tech, and the…
After being postponed in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic, Pratt in Venice is again underway this summer. From June 8 to July…
Audrey Schultz has been named chair of Construction Management, Facilities Management, and Real Estate Practice in Pratt’s School of Architecture. A tenured professor in the…
Pratt MLIS students Ava Kaplan and Olivia Meehan have been chosen as interns for the Library of Congress’s Junior Fellows Summer Intern Program. The 10- week program, managed by the Internship & Fellowships Program (IFP), offers undergraduate and graduate students insights into the environment, culture and collections of the world’s largest and most comprehensive repository of human knowledge. This year’s project selections were closely aligned with the informational objectives of the Of the People: Widening the Path initiative.
Pratt Institute Provost Donna Heiland has shared news that Harriet Harriss, dean of the Pratt School of Architecture (SoA), will transition out of that role—one she has held since 2019— to pursue independent research beginning this fall.
Tony Concep, BFA ’03, was interviewed about his work by The Official Black Magazine
Pratt alum George Burroughs will be one of four artists featured in the Academy Art Museum’s exhibition “Exchange: A pop-up Art Expo”
Alex Citrin, visiting assistant professor of undergraduate communications design, contributed “A Body of One’s Own” to the Op-Art series in the New York Times, considering life for her and her daughter in the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Tara Duvivier, senior planner in the Pratt Center for Community Development, contributed the story “How to Make New York a City of Dreams for Black Women” to CityLab.
The Norton Museum of Art will be holding the exhibition “Jane Peterson: Impressions of Light and Water” starting August 14. Peterson was an impressionist and expressionist painter who graduated from Pratt in 1901.
This summer, Made in NYC, an initiative of the Pratt Center for Community Development, is highlighting companies in Manhattan’s Garment District that are contributing to the neighborhood’s historic role as the city’s apparel manufacturing sector. Explore their stories on the Made in NYC site and @madeinnewyorkcity on Instagram.
Aug 10, 2022
Filmmaker Nasreen Alkhateeb, BFA Sculpture ’07, was announced as a 2022 Disability Futures Fellow. The fellowship from the Ford and Andrew W. Mellon Foundations provides disabled American artists, filmmakers and journalists with unrestricted grants. The news was covered by the New York Times, NPR, and the Los Angeles Times.
Aug 09, 2022
Vogue included faculty member Eliza Hittman’s Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020) in its article “5 Films Everyone Should Watch In The Wake Of The Overturning Of Roe V Wade.” The film was also highlighted by the Atlantic, New York Times, and New Yorker in stories on the importance of depicting the challenges of abortion access.
Jul 29, 2022
This summer, the Pratt Libraries Special Collections Department is increasing access to its materials, including new zines, many of which were made by Pratt students. Read more @prattlibraries.
Jul 28, 2022
Jeffrey Kapec, adjunct professor of industrial design, discussed the process of designing a device to help physically compromised people move better and live more freely on the Healthy By Design podcast hosted by Alecia Wesner and Professor Emeritus of Industrial Design Bruce Hannah.
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Jul 28, 2022
Through September 3, Angela Conant, adjunct associate professor of fine arts, is exhibiting in The Shape of Things group show at Swivel Gallery Saugerties. Read more @prattfineart.
Jul 26, 2022
April Maxey, BFA Film ’12, was selected by the Sundance Institute for a 2022 Uprise Grant. The grants support the livelihood and career sustainability of BIPOC emerging artists.
Jul 26, 2022
Power of Place
Spring 2022
Pratt Institute Professor Signe Nielsen, Landscape Architect of Little Island, Joins Fellow Experts in Conversation About Hudson River Park’s Inspired New Addition
