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Alumni Rakisha Kearns-White, MSLIS ’04, and Robert Weinstein, MSLIS ’14, were named Library Journal 2023 Movers & Shakers, highlighting their work shaping the future of libraries. Both work at the Brooklyn Public Library.

An exhibition by Theodora Skipitares, visiting professor of art and design education, at 15 Orient in Bushwick was featured in the New York Times roundup of “What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in June.” Views from the Miniature City is on view through June 18.

Students in the Wearable Technology studio led by fashion design and industrial design faculty member Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman worked to solve problems related to astronauts, including space travel, communication, and extra-terrestrial exercise. They presented their work to NASA at the end of the semester. See their projects @prattindustrial.

Maria Montes, BFA Photography ’25, is a recipient of the Gordon Parks Foundation Scholarship for the 2023-24 academic year: “Using the camera as a weapon, as Parks once said, combats difficulties in today’s society.”

Jiayu Hu, BFA Communications Design ’25, and Visiting Instructor Sandra Erbacher were selected as Summer Artists-in-Residence at the Center for Book Arts. The program for one student and one faculty member is organized in collaboration with and sponsored by the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies at Pratt.

Fashion design alumnus Emilio Sosa, who is nominated for two 2023 Tony awards, was featured in the New York Times for the five different Broadway productions he has created costumes for this season: “Listening to actors is 95 percent of my design. You need to have your actors actively involved in the costume they’re going to wear.”

Carol Choi, MSLIS ’23, launched the Pratt Libraries LibGuide “Black Built Environment: Race and Architecture in America.” She received a 2022 ALA Carnegie Whitney award to undertake this work.

Coby Kennedy, BID ’00, collaborated with Hank Willis Thomas on a sculpture of two colossal outstretched hands in Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. The artists stated, as reported by the Art Newspaper: “REACH is a connection point and large-scale gesture that inspires us to come together.”

A stamp honoring children’s writer and illustrator Tomie dePaola, BFA ’56, was released by the U.S. Postal Service. A first-day ceremony was held at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire, which is also exhibiting work from his 50-year career.

The Noguchi + Pratt 2023 virtual exhibition is online at the Noguchi Museum through August 31, showcasing how three teams of interior design students used upcycled and recycled materials to propose mobile retail ideas for Noguchi’s Akari lights.