Jiahang Selina Li, BFA Fine Arts (Jewelry) ’27, was awarded a SNAG Educational Endowment Scholarship for Seeing Sound Hearing Time. The scholarship is designed to “further educational opportunities for students and professionals looking to broaden their education in the metalsmithing and jewelry field.”
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Associate Professor in the School of Information Nancy Smith presented at the Data | Art Symposium at Harvard. Her presentation, “Environmental Data & Fiber Arts: Experiments in Stitching, Quilting, and Sculpture,” explored her recent work in data physicalization and slow technology.
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Ron Shiffman, visiting professor in the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment (GCPE), and Eddie Bautista, MS City and Regional Planning ’02, both wrote op-eds examining the proposed Brooklyn Marine Terminal redevelopment plan. “Jobs, neighborhood stability, climate adaptation and economic resilience—these are the stakes in the redevelopment of the Brooklyn Marine Terminal, a 122-acre, publicly-owned stretch of working waterfront in Red Hook,” Shiffman wrote for Crain’s New York Business. “But you would not suspect the project’s far-ranging implications from the city’s heedless rush to push through an ill-considered plan for the site, in disregard of community voices and of locally mandated planning processes.” For the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Bautista wrote with NYC Councilmember Alexa Avilés that “we have the historic opportunity to create a public good that makes our community safer and healthier but it’s being passed up.”
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The National Board of Review Student Grant Committee selected two Pratt film/video students for recognition as part of their 2025 NBR Student Grant Program. Becca Anton, BFA Film/Video ’25, received recognition for Sǎrut Mâna, and Pranav Dawar, BFA Film/Video ’25, was recognized for Karnama.
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Ryan N. Dennis, Masters of Professional Studies in Arts and Cultural Management ’11, is interviewed by Glasstire about her curatorial work for the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston amid cultural and political challenges. “I’m going to continue to sharpen the tools in my toolkit and be mindful about the resources that I can share with artists, with supporters, with the people, so that we can all continue to do our work and find ways to thrive in these moments when we are being shuttered and put down.”
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Freddy Thompson, MSLIS ’25, interviewed Romel Espinal, one of Pratt Libraries’ Critical & Inclusive Pedagogy Librarians for Iron & Glass. The interview covers “[Espinal’s] role at the library, the role of librarianship in the wider world, and how he can help you get the most out of the library and your time at Pratt.”
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Audrey Stone, BFA Fine Arts (Painting) ’86, was interviewed for Canvas Rebel. “In terms of learning skills, I went to Pratt Institute for my undergraduate degree. We all had to begin with a classic foundation year: Drawing (from life); Form and Space (3D); and Light, Color and Design. I wanted to learn all those skills: Other college art programs did not have this structure, but it’s what I felt I needed.”
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Two Pratt students were selected for the 2025 Gotham EDU Film and Media Career Development Program. Lisa Dodell, BFA Film ’25, will pursue the Narrative Filmmaker Track, and Aarushi Shrivastav, BFA Film ’26, will pursue the New Media & Entrepreneurship Track. The students worked on the application for this program as part of their Professional Practices course, taught by Assistant Professor of Film/Video Justice Whitaker.
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Founder of Black Girl Magic Ball and Inaugural Poet in Residence at Lincoln Center Dr. Mahogany L. Browne, MFA Writing ’16, was featured in Madamenoire. This year’s Black Girl Magic Ball honored, among others, Pascale Sablan, BArch ’06. “Dr. Browne developed a deep bond with Sablan during their time together at Pratt Institute, later witnessing firsthand the extraordinary power of her Black Girl Magic in action,” writes Shannon Dawson.
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David Ludwig, MS Urban and Community Planning ’25, who serves as a Community Planning Fellow for Community Board 1, recently presented his analysis of proposals to create an East River Waterfront Park. “The East River waterfront is set to undergo massive changes over the course of the next few decades,” Ludwig said during a July 14 meeting of CB1’s Land Use, Zoning, and Economic Development Committee. “The FiDi-Seaport resiliency plan has yet to begin. And while the plan does promise to create new open space south of the Brooklyn Bridge, this is the lowest priority of the project. And it’s set to take 15 to 20 years to fully implement.”
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