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Pratt Institute Celebrates the Inauguration of President Frances Bronet

The Pratt community gathered in force to celebrate the inauguration of Frances Bronet as its twelfth president on November 2, 2018. The inauguration ceremony, which attracted a packed audience to Memorial Hall and was livestreamed on Pratt’s website, was…

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President Bronet and Cathy N. Davidson Explore New Models for Education at Inauguration Event

Pratt Institute President Frances Bronet sat down with renowned history and technology scholar, Cathy N. Davidson, for a lively conversation about the future of higher education that launched a week-long celebration of the inauguration of Frances Bronet as Pratt’s…

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President Bronet Featured in Media Outlets on Inauguration Day

On November 2, 2018, the day Frances Bronet was inaugurated as the twelfth president of Pratt Institute, President Bronet was featured in an op-ed in the New York policy and politics outlet Gotham Gazette, and was the focus of the “Friday Five”…

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Inauguration Week Features Special Reception and John Ashbery Exhibition on Manhattan Campus

Pratt Institute hosted a reception at its Manhattan campus to celebrate the inauguration of its twelfth president, Frances Bronet. The reception was held on October 30 at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery exhibition John Ashbery: The Construction of Fiction, and…

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Pratt Presents Event Features President Bronet and Others in NYCxDESIGN’s Design Talks NYC Series

Pratt Institute President Frances Bronet engaged in a compelling conversation on the connections between design and business in a special Pratt Presents at Design Talks NYC program held as part of NYCxDESIGN in May. The event, “Women…

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Go Where There Is Light: For President Frances Bronet, Leadership is a Process of Illumination

Dawn is just breaking over Brooklyn and Frances Bronet is already hard at work. But she’s not an insomniac, nor has she pulled an all-nighter—she’s just an exceptionally early riser. She has no need for an alarm clock. Each…

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Municipal Art Society Spotlights President Bronet at their 125th Anniversary Salon Event

Pratt Institute President Frances Bronet recently engaged in a dynamic conversation about Pratt’s impact on Brooklyn and beyond at the Municipal Art Society’s (MAS) 125th Anniversary Salon Celebration. The evening featured a dinner followed by a dialogue between President…

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Video: President Frances Bronet Takes the Helm and Looks Ahead to the Future

President Frances Bronet has moved quickly, since taking office January 2, to become immersed in the Pratt community and the Institute’s unique culture of creative energy, innovation, and academic excellence. She continues…

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Pratt Institute Welcomes Its 12th President Frances Bronet

Frances Bronet became Pratt Institute’s 12th president on January 2, 2018. She is the first woman president to lead Pratt Institute, one of the world’s most renowned art and design colleges. Bronet succeeds President Thomas F. Schutte who stepped…

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Pratt Institute Selects Frances Bronet as the College’s 12th President

Frances Bronet, senior vice president and provost at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and a distinguished educator at the forefront of interdisciplinary curricula and collaboration, has been selected as the 12th president of Pratt Institute,…