Adjunct Assistant Professor of Writing Sofi Thanhauser spoke with Krys Boyd of Think podcast about the research behind her book Worn: A People’s History of Clothing, where Thanhauser looks at how linen, cotton, silk, synthetics, and wool have shaped civilization: “It’s not really a neutral story; it’s a story about domination.”
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Emily Riding, BFA Fashion Design ’18, was profiled in StyleBlueprint in an article that focuses on her career in fashion. “While I was getting to the root of my process and my values at Pratt, I started paying closer attention to handmade crafts.”
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Gertrude Käsebier, who enrolled in Pratt Institute in 1889, is included on Phoblographer’s list of “16 Iconic Women Photographers Who Shaped Photography as We Know It Today.”
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Graduate Communications Design Kelly Grey opened a new lingerie design studio, Greymade, in Montclair, NJ, which was featured on Montclair Girl.
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Annalisa Baron, MFA Fine Arts (Sculpture and Integrated Practices) ’17, demonstrates her process for making optical glass chandeliers in a short documentary as part of her residency with the Wendell Castle Workshop.
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Recognizing his outstanding rookie campaign, Pratt Institute first-year guard Thomas Graetz, BID ’28, was named the 2024-25 Atlantic East Conference Men’s Basketball Rookie of the Year, one of the league’s most prized awards.
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Visiting Associate Professor of Fine Art Shervone Neckles created an installation for the MTA. “The Land Between Open Water” is located at the Westchester Sq-East Tremont Av station. Composed of painted steel panels, the artwork “honors the indigenous Siwanoy population, a band of Munsee-speaking Lenape, who lived for centuries in the area now known as The Bronx.”
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Alexandra Amon, BFA Communications Design ’06, stars in Eternal, a new film on Amazon Prime.
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Associate Professor of Film/Video Matías Piñeiro’s acclaimed film You Burn Me (Tú me abrasas) opened in North America and was reviewed in Slant Magazine. “You Burn Me shows how desire, as palpable and unchanging as thirst, makes itself felt through the metaphors of ancient gods and modern plumbing alike.”
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Pratt Student Affairs was awarded a 2025 NASPA Excellence Award. The New Student Orientation program received Silver in the “Enrollment Management, Financial Aid, First-year, Other-year, Orientation, and related” category.