Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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

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 span across disciplines…

School of Architecture

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

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 by a…

Engagement, Culture & Community

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

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 campus where all students, faculty,…

Pratt Center

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

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 measures, shutdowns, financial…

School of Continuing and Professional Studies

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

This July, the 2020 Black Alumni of Pratt (BAP) PreCollege Summer Program Scholars joined high school students from around the world in learning from creative professionals. The annual program ordinarily takes place on Pratt Institute’s Brooklyn campus and…

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

“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, 1920, there were…

Engagement, Culture & Community

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

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 since 2012.

Architecture

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

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 needed to be reimagined were…

School of Information

Students Race Against Time to Digitize Archives of 1970s and ’80s LGBTQ+ Radio and TV Programs

During the rise of the LGBTQ+ rights movement in the 1970s and ’80s, visibility and community were crucial, and some leaders took to radio and television to elevate their voices and showcase culture. This spring semester, Pratt Institute School…

School of Art

Guggenheim Fellowship Awarded to Alumnae Danna Singer and Cyrilla Mozenter

Danna Singer, “A Future,” from the series If It Rained an Ocean (courtesy the artist) Danna Singer, BFA Photography ‘10, and longtime former faculty member Cyrilla Mozenter, BFA Art Education ‘70; MFA…