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Provost

The 2021 Research Open House Awards Recognize Innovative Projects from across the Institute

“The Wing Guard: An Insect Repelling Device for Temporary Food Services” by Ellen Zhengyi Ren, BID ’21, with Professor of Industrial Design Ignacio Urbina Polo Over 50 projects from across Pratt Institute are featured in the…

School of Architecture

Pratt Research Open House 2021 Launches with Work on Ancient Pigments, Sustainable Design, and More

Investigating a lost blue pigment, fostering inclusive digital learning environments, and designing an environmentally conscious city are just a few of the topics that Pratt Institute faculty, students, and staff are examining in year-round research happening on campus and across…

School of Art

Guggenheim Fellowship Awarded to Chair of Fine Arts Jane South

Chair of Fine Arts Jane South has been awarded a 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship.  This year the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation awarded 184 fellowships from almost 3,000 applicants. The annual…

School of Art

Recycling Silver & Using Glass Eyes as Gems, Students Instill Sustainability in their Jewelry Designs

Whether investigating the supply chain of rare metals or considering the waste of excess materials, Pratt Institute jewelry students are engaging with how to make environmental and ethical practices central to their work. Each year as part of the senior…

School of Architecture

Pratt Shows 2021 Showcases Bold Creative Work by Graduating Students

Pratt Shows, the annual spring series of public presentations and exhibitions of work by Pratt’s graduating class, is now underway. This year, due to COVID-19, Pratt Shows is being held fully online, with a wide range of exciting projects and…

School of Art

Pratt Women Organizing for Change: Fine Arts Civic Engagement Fellow Amy Khoshbin

Artist Amy Khoshbin, the Pratt Fine Arts Civic Engagement Fellow, is an Iranian-American, Brooklyn-based artist, activist, and educator. Her practice in the arts and education uses performance, video, collage, costume, and sound to build bridges between disparate communities to counteract…

School of Design

Snail Mail Brings Pratt Students Together with Science Experiments, Art Collaboration, and Rare Books

In the shift to hybrid learning and its virtual platforms, some members of the Pratt Institute community have been using a slower-paced way to connect: the mail. From trading handcrafted mail art to receiving science kits that allow for shared…

Undergraduate Digital Arts

Digital Arts Students Animate the Work of Nonprofits, from Border Reunions to Quarantine Pets

From homeless LGBTQ+ youth finding a haven on a winter’s night to adopted animals helping their owners get through the pandemic, the stories in the animations created by Pratt Institute digital arts students celebrate the positive missions of local nonprofits.

Graduate Digital Arts

Animation Career Review Ranks Pratt One of Nation’s Top 10 Colleges for Animation in 2021

Work by Jun Huang, MFA ’19 Pratt Institute is ranked one of the country’s top colleges for animation in the 2021 Animation School Rankings recently published by Animation Career Review, a comprehensive source of information on…

Undergraduate Photography

Photography Student Brandon Foushee Brings Love & Care to Myrtle Avenue for Black Artstory Month

“Forever Caring” by Brandon Foushee, BFA Photography ’21 (photo by Kate Therrian Barron) The words “forever caring” stretch across four windows of the Pratt Institute Film/Video Building on Myrtle Avenue in Brooklyn as part…