News: Social Justice, Equity, and Community Outreach

The Black Alumni of Pratt: 30 Years of Success Advancing Academic and Professional Opportunity

Monday, November 23, 2020

In celebration of The Black Alumni of Pratt’s 30th anniversary, Pratt’s news page will feature several stories through this milestone year highlighting BAP’s history, leadership, programs, and work with students and alumni. This first article...

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Practice: A 360 Tour of Architecture Professor Michele Gorman’s Satellite Studio

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Prattfolio looks inside the tactile and digital world of Pratt architecture professor Michele Gorman’s remote studio. This is part of Practice, the magazine’s series of visits to the spaces where Pratt Institute faculty maintain their...

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Connecting with… President Frances Bronet and School of Architecture Faculty Member Jerrod Delaine

Monday, November 16, 2020

Pratt President Frances Bronet connects with Visiting Assistant Professor of Real Estate Practice Jerrod Delaine for a short, thought-provoking video discussion on the connection between housing and racism, the issues surrounding equity and integrating neighborhoods,...

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Architecture Students Envision Environmental Solutions for a More Just World

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Fourth-year undergraduate architecture students recently envisioned “Green New Worlds” in which environmental policies and solutions would together promote a more just society. The spring 2020 “Rendering the Just Transition” studio was led by Jason Lee,...

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Pratt Young Scholars Continue their Pratt Education in the Class of 2024

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

After developing their creative passions in the Pratt Young Scholars (PYS) program, several participants are now part of the incoming undergraduate class of 2024. Aizen Chen, Britney Gil Fernandez, Alex Orozco, and Asia Silverio have...

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Best-selling Author of Evil Geniuses Kurt Andersen and President Bronet Featured in Conversation

Monday, October 26, 2020

On October 24, best-selling Evil Geniuses author and Pratt Institute Trustee Kurt Andersen and President Frances Bronet met for a dynamic online conversation moderated by Vice President for Student Affairs Helen Matusow-Ayres as part of...

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The Pratt Community Rallies Voter Awareness as the 2020 Election Approaches

Monday, October 19, 2020

With the US presidential election just weeks away, members of the Pratt Institute community have been finding creative ways to get out the vote and rethink how elections can be more inclusive and accessible. From...

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Connecting with… President Frances Bronet and Fine Arts Civic Engagement Fellow Amy Khoshbin

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Pratt President Frances Bronet connects with Pratt’s inaugural Fine Arts Civic Engagement Fellow Amy Khoshbin for a short, lively video discussion on creating social change through art, through voting, and being civically engaged at this...

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Pratt Announces 20 Full Scholarships to Further Diversity, Honors One of Its First Black Alumni

Thursday, October 08, 2020

Systemic inequality and underrepresentation continue to persist in the creative and design professions. A vital step along the path to meaningful change in these areas lies in increasing access to education in these fields, which...

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Balenciaga and The Black Alumni of Pratt Partner on Full Scholarships to Diversify Art and Design

Wednesday, October 07, 2020

Balenciaga and The Black Alumni of Pratt (BAP) have partnered to establish two full undergraduate scholarships for Pratt Institute students in the School of Design, School of Art, and School of Architecture. These scholarships, funded...

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Pratt’s Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: A Look at Two Years of Collaborative Action

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) has released Pratt Institute’s first Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Progress Report. The extensive document, now available to explore online, chronicles the past two years of cultivating a...

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Crit: Designing for Nourishment of People and Communities

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

This is the Fall/Winter 2020 installment of Crit, Prattfolio’s series of conversations among faculty and students on the subject of student work. In this issue, Prattfolio features Industrial Design professor Amanda Huynh’s capstone studio Nourishment...

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How Pratt Center’s Made in NYC Is Helping Local Businesses Survive COVID-19

Friday, August 28, 2020

Frontline workers at Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx with hand sanitizer donated by Made in NYC member MÔTÔ Spirits New York’s small businesses have been challenged by the radically changed environment of COVID-19. Social distancing...

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2020 Black Alumni of Pratt Scholars Cultivate their Creative Passions in a Virtual PreCollege

Friday, August 14, 2020

The 2020 Black Alumni of Pratt (BAP) PreCollege Summer Program Scholars: Carissa Blackwell, Danna Garcia Moreno, and Jordan Anderson This July, the 2020 Black Alumni of Pratt (BAP) PreCollege Summer Program Scholars joined high school...

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How Two Pratt Sisters-in-Law Helped Sustain the Long Fight for Women’s Suffrage

Wednesday, August 12, 2020

“Mrs. George D. Pratt: A patroness of the Suffrage Meeting,” from the March 19, 1914, Brooklyn Daily Eagle (via Brooklyn Newsstand) Before the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified on August 18,...

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Solved: Pratt Alumna Margaret Burton Is on a Mission to End Fashion Waste

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

From the pages of Prattfolio, this article is part of a series highlighting the problem-solving process in the real world, from the perspective of alumni in the field. The Spring/Summer 2020 issue features the work...

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Trustee Kathryn Chenault Commits $1M in Scholarships to Support Diversity in School of Architecture

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Trustee Kathryn Chenault, together with her husband Kenneth, have committed $1 million to establish scholarships to support diversity in the School of Architecture. Kathryn Chenault has been a member of Pratt Institute’s Board of Trustees...

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Art Activated: Pratt Fine Arts Fosters Open Exchange with Communities on Campus and Beyond

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

By Diana McClure Shaun Leonardo’s Long Table at Pratt Institute, fall 2018. In a one-room art studio, young men gather around a table to make stone carvings—representations of “defense objects” used for physical, emotional, or...

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Critiques at a Distance: Pratt Faculty Members Rethink Reviews in the Digital Space

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Teaching and learning at Pratt Institute changed rapidly this spring as the response to the COVID-19 pandemic forced a move off the physical campus, and into digital spaces. Among the classroom and studio practices that...

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Crit: Student Work Explores Intimacy Over Distance

Wednesday, July 01, 2020

From the pages of Prattfolio, this article is part of a series of conversations among faculty and students on the subject of work that students have made individually or collaborated with others to create. This...

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