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A roundup of ideas and projects from around the Institute

  • Architecture student Xiahao Xu⁠ designed the Xi’an Silk Road Train Station which involves the concept of Chinese Shan-Shui painting and traditional Chinese architecture with contemporary materials to emphasize the aesthetics of landscape and beauty. See more @prattsoa.

  • James Hannaham, professor in the Writing Department, discussed his latest book, Pilot Impostor, with the Los Angeles Times: “The main rule was that I made it a daily or semi-daily practice to read a poem, think about how to respond to it, and then write something that was related to it in some way.”

  • The Wind Power NYC digital archive is available to explore on JSTOR as part of the Pratt Institute Libraries Digital Collections. The interdisciplinary research consortium was established by School of Architecture faculty members Karen Bausman and Maria Sieira to focus on the cultural and design implications of offshore wind power in New York City.

  • PrattMWP hosted a runway show featuring fashion by local refugees and other community members, fashion students, and staff from nearby Herkimer County Community College. See more @prattinstitute.

  • In a Q&A for the AIGA Design Educators Community (DEC), Nida Abdullah, assistant professor of undergraduate communications design, shared insights on teaching design, the link between practice and pedagogy, and what topics need to be addressed in design education: “I want to encourage students to question the systems we follow and question where they came from.”

  • In a Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment (GCPE) Alumni Spotlight, Samuel S. T. Pressman, MS Sustainable Environmental Systems ’19, shared his current work in designing food systems and gardens for schools and community spaces: “When I do a community project, I am always eager to first find out as much as I can about what the real needs, challenges, and desires are in that given community or block.”

  • In its Factory Friday series, Made in NYC, an initiative of the Pratt Center for Community Development, is highlighting makers throughout the city featuring photographs by Pratt student Jacob Grumulaitis. See more @madeinnewyorkcity.

  • Kadir Nelson, BFA Communications Design ’96, illustrated the November 2021 cover of National Geographic. It depicts two centuries of excavations from six continents: “I’m very much interested in the human story and the journey of the hero. And much of what we see in ancient Egypt, through temples and the architecture and the story on the walls, is very much about the journey of the hero.”

  • The Pratt Staff Council commissioned Jordan Moss, BFA ’16, to create a print celebrating the staff who worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic to ensure the continued success and safety of Pratt’s students and campus. Read more @prattinstitute.

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Pratt Drives Innovation at Brooklyn Navy Yard

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Graduate Architecture Student Quinn Gregory Named 2025 Fulbright Semifinalist

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Pratt Institute was also named a Fulbright Top Producing Institute for the sixth consecutive year.