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Pratt’s Summer PreCollege program was included on the ArtsBridge consultancy’s 2023 picks for “Best Summer Arts Programs.”

This month, Mavis Wiggins, BFA Environmental Design ’75, was inducted into Interior Design’s Hall of Fame: “At Pratt, I realized I could shape space and continue to enjoy the fruits of what fine art offers, and even apply some of those principals to interior architecture.”

Oopsa co-founded by Eric Moed, BArch ’12 and visiting assistant professor of undergraduate architecture, was selected for the Brooklyn Public Library’s 2022-23 BKLYN Incubator and will be developing a neighborhood narrative and installation for the Central Branch’s entry lobby. Moed’s work is featured in the fall 2022 issue of Prattfolio.

Alumni Olga Lysenko and James Scully developed the Burning Gotham audio fiction series focused on New York below 14th Street in 1835. It was a 2022 Tribeca Audio Premieres Official Selection.

Rosetta S. Elkin, the academic director of the Master of Landscape Architecture program, joined the Economy, Land & Climate Podcast to discuss the complex issues around large-scale tree planting: “We need to address deforestation rather than fund massive billion tree planting projects.”

Mariame Kaba, MSLIS ’23, was honored as a Freedom Scholar by the Marguerite Casey Foundation for her work as an organizer, educator, archivist, and curator on abolitionist issues related to the prison industrial complex: “Documenting and teaching histories of marginalized communities has been part of the work that I’ve done over many years.”

Ascendant Neighborhood Development led by Christopher Cirillo, visiting assistant professor in Historic Preservation and Real Estate Practice, was recognized with an Excellence in Historic Preservation Award from the Preservation League of New York State. Ascendant worked on an East Harlem/El Barrio historic and cultural resources survey that prioritizes cultural history in the area.

Glen Schofield, BFA Communications Design (Illustration) ’83, directed The Callisto Protocol, a new survival horror video game developed by Striking Distance Studios where he is CEO. He did a video Q&A with Wired about designing games, motion capture work, and more.

The annual “Holiday Gifts Made In NYC” campaign from Made in NYC is now underway, with the initiative of the Pratt Center for Community Development highlighting New York City-based makers and manufacturers on their site and on Instagram.

Anthony Cudahy, BFA Communications Design (Illustration) ’11, and Devin B. Johnson, MFA ’19, are included in the Artsy Vanguard 2022, the fifth edition of Artsy’s annual feature highlighting “the most promising artists working today.”