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We Contain Multitudes: The 2018 Alumni Achievement Award Winners on Empathy at Work

With humanity, compassion, and courage, Pratt alumni are changing culture, altering the landscape of the world for the benefit of others. Patients can access more effective care, communities that have experienced injustice grow stronger, and citizens find means to…

Architecture

Pratt Shows 2018 Showcases Best Work of Graduating Students

The year’s boldest ideas will be on view this spring at Pratt Shows, Pratt Institute’s curated showcase of work by the 2018 graduating class. Composed of more than 20 events, presentations, and exhibitions, Pratt Shows…

School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Professor Samantha Hunt Named Finalist for PEN/Faulkner Award in Fiction

Samantha Hunt, Professor of Writing in Pratt's School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has been named a 2018 finalist for the prestigious PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for her 2017 book, The…

School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

New and Noteworthy: Faculty Books of 2017

As the year comes to a close, here is a collection of new beginnings—as written and created by Pratt faculty. Read on for a roundup of first lines and first looks from some of the faculty books that have…

Graduate History of Art and Design

Pratt Institute Names Three New Chairs in School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Three new chairs have been appointed in Pratt Institute’s School of Liberal Arts and Sciences: John Decker, Chair of the Department of the History of Art and Design; Arlene R. Keizer, Chair of Humanities and Media Studies; and…

Graduate Interior Design

Refugees Around the World Spur Pratt Students and Faculty to Develop New Ideas and Designs

According to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, there are 65.3 million people around the world today who have been forced from their homes, including 21.3 million refugees—the highest levels of displacement on record. As…

School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Video: Poetry Meets Performance in Poem by Jive Poetic (M.F.A. Writing ’17)

Pratt’s MFA in Writing program, which launched in fall 2014, is unique in its mission to foster writing practices that are culturally and politically informed. The premise of the program is that writing can be transformative, and outside engagement—in…

Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Video: I’ll Explain It Again If I Must… by Graduate Student Mx. JP Anne Giera

Graduate student Mx. JP Anne Giera (M.F.A. Performance and Performance Studies ’18) challenges perceptions in this short, powerful video performance about the trans body and identity. An emerging trans-femme, non-binary performance practitioner and academic, Giera seeks to use performance…

Graduate History of Art and Design

The Art of Protest: What Role Do Artists Play as the Agents of Change?

The recent political climate has spurred a proliferation of artist involvement in expressions of protest and resistance, from banners and signs used at the Women’s March on Washington to works shared on social media or displayed in more conventional museum…

Graduate History of Art and Design

New MTA Subway Station Features Art Installation by Professor Jean Shin (M.S. ’96)

The new 63rd Street station on the Second Avenue subway line in Manhattan, which opened January 1, 2017, features artwork by Pratt Institute alumna and Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts Jean Shin (B.F.A. Painting ’94; M.S. Art History & Criticism…