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Networking from Home: Pratt Students Lead Discussions with Industry Leaders

With an uncertain job market and the disruption of the workplace due to the pandemic, recent graduates have faced a formidable first year of their post-college careers. In supporting Pratt Institute’s 2020 graduates, the Center for Career and Professional Development…
Pratt Faculty Reimagine Teaching and Learning with New Tools and Approaches

Faculty are embracing new learning tools and methods this year, taking advantage of technology and the flexibility of different modes of course delivery to achieve academic goals, and fostering collaboration among their students in novel and exciting ways.
Pratt’s Fall Reopening Plan Joins Scientific & Social Measures to Promote Student Success & Safety

All photos by Christopher Ruggeri Coming to the Pratt Institute campus this fall? Start with these resources on campus access, the social contract, and COVID-19 testing and monitoring. When Pratt Institute welcomes students, faculty, and staff…
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…
A Special 2020 Edition of Pratt’s Alumni Achievement Awards Honors Paleontologist Jerry Case

Gerard “Jerry” Ramon Case (photo by Clare Berlin) In a special 2020 edition of Pratt Institute’s annual Alumni Achievement Awards (AAA), Gerard “Jerry” Ramon Case is being honored for his six decades of work in…
With Pratt Launchpad, Students Anywhere Can Access Creative Digital Tools on Any Computer

This fall semester, a full suite of the creative digital tools that Pratt Institute students need will be accessible on any computer, no matter its hardware. Through Launchpad, students can use a range of cloud-based software anywhere they have…
Pratt Institute Names Jorge Oliver New Dean of the School of Art

Pratt Institute has named Jorge Oliver as the new dean of the School of Art. A Puerto Rican filmmaker, actor and educator, he is the first male filmmaker in the history of Puerto Rican cinema to openly deal with…
Class of 2020 Honored with Online Celebration featuring Honorary Degree Recipient Neil Gaiman

A special online celebration for Pratt Institute’s class of 2020 launched on Saturday, May 30. Honoring more than 1,300 graduating students, the dynamic website was created to celebrate and acknowledge the tremendous achievements of the graduating…
Vogue Features Work by 10 New Pratt Fashion Graduates and Their Thoughts on the Future

Collections by fashion graduates (clockwise from top left): Juliana Gogol, Stefan Maier, Olivia Rose Harris, and Ry Arne In an online feature, Vogue spotlighted 10 fashion graduates from the Pratt Institute class of 2020. Each…
Fine Arts Alumna Ali Shrago-Spechler Awarded Fulbright Grant for Research Project in Germany

Courtesy of Itamar Dotan Katz Ali Shrago-Spechler, BFA Painting ‘11, has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award for the 2020-2021 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the…