The Daily Hub
A roundup of ideas and projects from around the Institute
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Pratt Provost Donna Heiland was included on City & State New York’s 2024 Trailblazers in Higher Education list, which highlights 100 university and college leaders in New York who are meeting today’s most pressing challenges in higher education and preparing the next generation for the future.
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Information Claudia Berger, MSLIS ’21, co-edited the dh+lib Special Issue on data physicalization. She co-wrote the introduction and co-edited the zine that accompanies the special issue. Assistant Professor of Information Nancy Smith wrote the article “Emotional Bookmarks: Data Physicalization and the Language of Literature” in the aforementioned special issue of dh+lib.
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Assistant Professor of Foundation Oasa DuVerney was featured in a video by The Metropolitan Museum of Art with Mildred Beltré about their project The Brooklyn Hi-Art! Machine. “I think what we’ve learned is that the purpose of art-making or being an artist can be about making connections together in a community,” said DuVerney.
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Pratt Institute’s sculpture park is included in the Brooklyn edition of The New York Times’ 36 Hours tour guide series. The Times describes it as a “secluded oasis of art and nature on the Pratt Institute’s leafy campus.”
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The latest exhibition by Xenobia Bailey, BID ’77, is listed among twelve gallery shows to see in NYC in June by The New York Times. “The show’s centerpiece…took fully 16 years,” writes Holland Cotter. “You can see why. It’s a complex thing.” The show was also featured in Colossal.
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Department of Aviation Sign Fabricator Group Leader Timothy Garside, BFA Communications Design (Illustration) ’00, recently received the Teamwork Makes the Dream Work award from Philadelphia International Airport’s (PHL) Employee Recognition Program.
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A hand-made custom confetti clutch by Julie Mollo, BFA Fashion Design ‘10, made an appearance in the final episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
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Janet Birckhead, MSLIS ’90, adult services librarian of 31 years at New Jersey’s Long Branch Free Public Library, was honored, alongside Library Director Tonya Garcia, with a National Medal from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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Carl Zimring, professor of social science and cultural studies, was interviewed for Grist about the history of the recycling symbol. He called metals the “true success story” of recycling and told Grist that as much as three-quarters of all the aluminum that’s ever been produced is still in use.
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Jae Young Kim, MFA Communications Design ‘23, was awarded First Place for Student Honorees in both the Data Visualization & Information Design and Handlettering & Type Design categories of the 2024 PRINT Awards. He won for his projects Street Gum Dots Marching Symphony and Up In The Air Gonggi Typography respectively.