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A roundup of ideas and projects from around the Institute

  • In honor of the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the award-winning film 9/12: From Chaos to Community by Jacki Ochs, adjunct professor-CCE of film and video, is streaming online for free through September 13. The documentary tells the story of a group of dedicated New Yorkers who volunteered at Ground Zero and formed unexpected bonds with first responders and each other.

  • Adjunct Associate Professor of Fine Arts Jessica Stoller was featured in artnet and Colossal in conjunction with her latest exhibition, Split, which is on view at P.P.O.W. in Tribeca through April 5. “In this show, I’m thinking about a few splits, for one, the way we have split reproductive capabilities and fetal life from the potentially pregnant person carrying the embryo,” she told artnet. “But also a split in terms of our relationship to the earth, and the intersection of the natural world being seen as something inert, exploitable, and extractable and the pathologizing of the female body.” 

  • Assistant Professor of Fashion Design Susan Cianciolo and Sarah Martin-Nuss, MFA Fine Arts ’24, were featured in Cultured Magazine’s article about artistic mentorship between women. Martin-Nuss discusses her relationship with artist Yuan Fang. “It’s a quiet but powerful support system—built on mutual admiration, a shared work ethic, and an unspoken understanding of what it means to devote yourself to a practice.”

  • Mapa Mueller, MFA Interior Design ’28 was profiled in Saratoga Living in an article that explores her design career. “A great design makes a strong first impression, keeps people comfortable, and creates those moments that stick with them—and end up all over social media,” she said.

  • Can Yasar Köklü, BFA Film ’26, has published CYK, a book of photographs and writings. The artist’s book “explores his experiences growing up, the traditions that inform his art, and his feelings in three different cultures”—Germany, Turkey, and the United States. 

  • Laurel Dewitt, BFA Fashion Design ’06, designed Glorilla’s wardrobe for her performance for the iHeartRadio Awards. Dewitt also designed the outfits for the backup dancers. 

  • Professor of History of Art and Design Eva Díaz’s new book After Spaceship Earth, which recently launched with a panel talk at Cabinet magazine, was reviewed in The Arts Fuse. “The author focuses on a wide range of politically engaged artists from around the world who are addressing the space race begun in the Cold War era and the burgeoning ‘NewSpace’ industrial revolution in which entrepreneurs compete to provide private spaceflight services.”

  • Associate Professor of Graduate Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Design and Founding Director of the Center for Climate Adaptation David Erdman participated in a High-Level Celebration of the World Day for Glaciers & World Water Day 2025 at UN Headquarters in NYC. He also recently gave a Public Keynote lecture at Chulalongkorn University, as well as a presentation to the Hong Kong Institute of Architects Belt and Road International Symposium at Asia Society on Co:existence: Urban-rural Integration and Eco-urbanism.

  • Aarushi Agni, MFA Writing ’19, was featured in Time Out New York for her upcoming solo show EMOJI: The Hieroglyphs of Our Time, or how I learned to stop worrying and send the risky text 🤷🏾‍♀️. The show, which is part of the New York City Fringe 2025 festival this April, is a “sharp and funny mix of music, comedy and multimedia explores risky texts, emoji semiotics, and how we navigate love, longing and global crises through connections both digital and deeply human.” A poster of the show along with all the other acts will be displayed on a billboard in Times Square for the length of the festival.

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