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Ron Shiffman, professor emeritus in the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment (GCPE), and Eddie Bautista, MS City and Regional Planning ’02, recently joined the Center for Brooklyn History for a conversation marking ten years since Hurricane Sandy. The program is available to watch on YouTube.

Britney Bautista, BFA Film ’23, was selected as a winner for Dolby Digital’s Finish The Script challenge, a nationwide competition in which filmmakers write scripts incorporating one ambiguous scene written by award-winning director Carlos López Estrada. The winners work with Dolby in LA on pre-production, roundtable writing workshops, and casting.

At the recent National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) annual conference, Pascale Sablan, BArch ’06, officially received the presidential staff and purple pin as NOMA’s fifth woman president. The event was covered by Architectural Record.

Stephen Hilger, associate professor of photography, contributed an essay to the MUUS Collection entitled “Rosalind Fox Solomon and the Photography of Care” on the broken doll motif in Rosalind Fox Solomon’s work.

Barbara Clarke Ruiz, BFA Fashion Design ’88, is the first Black woman to partner with Kohl’s on a design capsule collection. Her activewear designs for the brand were covered by WAVY, Black Enterprise, and Women’s Health.

Pratt was included on theWrap’s list of “Top 50 Film Schools for 2022,” with the publication citing the Institute’s extensive campus resources and alumni achievement.

Emerson Place Residence, which opened in fall 2019 as Pratt’s newest residence hall, was honored with a 2022 World Design Award and a 2022 Merit Award in the SARA National Design Awards. Designed by CannonDesign and Hanrahan Meyers Architects, it involved several members of the Pratt community, including Shannon Hayes, BArch ’12, and Frances Fox, MArch ’12, who discussed the project with Pratt.edu.

“Human Measure,” a new dance piece by Cassils, associate professor of sculpture and integrated practices, was featured in the New York Times and Los Angeles Times: “I want to create beautiful experiences that strengthen and embolden us such that we can continue the force of creative action.”

Lena P. Afridi, interim executive director of the Pratt Center for Community Development, contributed an op-ed to the Nation reflecting on a decade since Hurricane Sandy and the ongoing need for urgency in responding to the impacts of climate change: “Hurricane Sandy was a wake-up call. Our eyes need to remain wide open as we face a new climate reality.”

We’re honored and excited to partner with Stony Brook University. The Governors Island Center for Climate Solutions must prioritize social justice and workforce development, especially for communities impacted by climate change.