The Daily Hub

A roundup of ideas and projects from around the Institute

Overgrown, by Nathan Ginter, BFA Film ’23, is screening at Nitehawk Cinema in Brooklyn as part of Brooklyn Horror’s “Head Trip” film shorts event.

Oct 23, 2025
Fine Arts Civic Engagement Fellow and 2025 Taconic Fellow Alex Strada was featured in Harlem World Magazine for her new project Public Address, presented in collaboration with The NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Department of Social Services, Department of Homeless Services, and the Storefront for Art and Architecture. “I make art to transform systems of power,” said Strada. “Public Address emerges from years of sustained listening, working closely with people experiencing homelessness and frontline shelter staff across the boroughs.

Oct 23, 2025
Professor of Writing Samantha Hunt’s novel, Mr. Splitfoot was featured on Electric Lit’s list of 10 Books Featuring Devils, Doppelgängers, Ghosts, and Creepy Dolls. “Mr. Splitfoot features cults, sinister folk, mothers both good and bad, and the thin veil between what we can see and that which lies beyond,” writes Laura Venita Green. “This book is strange, thrilling, and remarkably touching.”

Oct 22, 2025
Cisco Bradley, professor of social science and cultural studies, received “Best International Film” at the Zepstone International Film & Music Festival for his film Take Me to Fendika. The film also won “Best Documentary” at the Africa USA International Film Festival.

Oct 22, 2025
Pratt Institute has earned a STARS Gold rating in the 2025 Sustainable Campus Index by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). For the second consecutive year, Pratt earned gold for its overall performance, with especially high scores in curriculum, research, campus engagement, and innovation and leadership. STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System) measures and encourages sustainability in all aspects of higher education.

Oct 20, 2025
The Digital Preservation Outreach and Education Network (DPOE-N), based at Pratt iSchool, will receive the Outstanding Support of Archives award by the Archivists Roundtable of Metropolitan New York at their symposium on October 17. Dean Anthony Cocciolo and DPOE-N program manager Kirk Mudle will receive the award on behalf of the program.

Oct 20, 2025
Pranav Dawar, Film ’25, earned the Audience Choice Best Documentary at the Tasveer Film Festival for his film Karnama (Well of Death).

Oct 17, 2025
Hanna Pennington, MSLIS ’22, archivist and associate director at the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, has co-curated an exhibition, The Guggenheim Fellowship at 100, on view through November 30, 2025, at The New York Historical. The exhibition is marking the centennial of the Guggenheim Fellowship program and exploring its impact on American cultural and intellectual history through the mission of supporting exceptional scholars, scientists, and artists to pursue their work “under the freest possible conditions.” [image from SoI newsletter]

Oct 16, 2025
Associate Professor and MFA Program Faculty Director Katherine Hubbard will exhibit her work with New York-based gallery Company at Frieze London. “I believe deeply that photography is a form of sociality and a way of being in the world,” said Hubbard. “Photography transforms [my mom’s] home from a space which overwhelms me into a stage where the accumulation of her life’s collections and a perverse sense of composition become the world of the image.”

Oct 16, 2025
Poet Mahogany L. Browne, MFA Writing ’16, posits a future for New York’s art scene in 2050 for The New York Times. “We will exchange languages, recipes, resistance tactics and survival stories. History will not be handed down but braided in: song, story, dance. We’ll defend the old, hold space for the silenced and dream the new.”

Oct 15, 2025

More Pratt Institute News

Three people are engaging in conversation inside a brightly lit room. One person, wearing a green crop top and black pants, is showing a book to the others. The second person, dressed in a bright green jacket, smiles as they look at the book. The third person, in a denim jacket, appears amused and is holding their hand to their face. The background features artwork and decor elements on the walls.

Open Studios, Endless Possibilities

Pratt’s annual MFA Open Studios were complemented by the first-ever Open Fields artist resource fair, making for an electric day of events celebrating artistic practice and the resources that sustain it.

Information Experience Design

A young woman with dark hair, wearing a denim jacket and a striped shirt, stands next to a whiteboard filled with colorful notes about color schemes and component tokens. She is smiling and writing on the board with a red marker, which outlines themes and various color categories, including primitive and neutral colors. The room has wooden flooring and light-colored walls.

Designing Digital Interfaces for Real-World Clients

From Pratt Institute News

Graduate student Shreesa Shrestha, MSIXD ’26, is making the most of every opportunity at Pratt as she balances client projects, community-building initiatives, and a prestigious Product Design Fellowship at The Museum of Modern Art.