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  • Pratt faculty and alumni are featured in City & State New York’s inaugural 2024 Trailblazers in Building and Real Estate. The list, which highlights leaders reshaping New York’s landscape, includes Jerrod Delaine, visiting assistant professor of construction management, facilities management, and real estate; Rebecca Gillman Crimmins, MS City and Regional Planning ’15; and Elizabeth Crowley, MS City and Regional Planning ’08.

  • A gallery show considering the “role of the artist-as-educator, and vice versa,” co-curated by Timothy Simonds, adjunct associate professor of humanities and media studies, was featured in Document Journal.

  • The Brooklyn Museum is kicking off its 200th anniversary with a major group show spotlighting Brooklyn artists. The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition features a number of Pratt alumni, faculty, and staff, including Jazmine Catasús, Lisa Corinne Davis, Alanna Fields, Nancy Grossman, Fay Ku, Yaw Owusu, Jamaal Peterman, Leslie Roberts, Hiba Schahbaz, Jane South (Fine Arts Chair), Monica Srivastava, and Michelle Wen. Artists were selected by a committee led by esteemed artists Jeffrey Gibson, Vik Muniz, Pratt Fine Arts graduate Mickalene Thomas, and Fred Tomaselli.

  • The Regional Plan Association (RPA) published the thesis of former RPA New York Advocacy Intern Nadav Bigelman, MS City and Regional Planning ‘24. The research considers the strengths and weaknesses of Local Law 1065, which aims to increase New York City’s canopy coverage.

  • Mackie Mallison, BFA Film ‘23, was announced as one of ten members of the 2024 Sundance Ignite x Adobe Fellowship. His short films were also recently added to the Criterion Channel’s collection. He was also announced as a finalist for 2024 FLA Artists Academy and FLC Critics Academy.

  • Forager Serena Morgan, BID ’02, was featured in a Seven Days article about exploring wild edibles. “Morgan makes a living producing jewelry that incorporates or mimics natural materials and products made from foods that she has harvested, fermented, brewed, dried and steeped.”

  • David Miles Ziskind, BArch ’68, was given the 2024 Henry Hobson Richardson Award at the 2024 AIANYS Professional Service Awards. The award recognizes AIA members licensed in New York State and practicing in the private sector who have made significant contributions to the quality of NYS public architecture.

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