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Constantin Boym, professor of industrial design, is exhibiting work from his Ecophilia series of modern habitats for plants and animals that anyone can build from May 20 to 22 at the Penny Williamsburg hotel as part of NYCxDesign. The collection was highlighted by the New York Times and is featured in a new publication.

The 2023 Pratt Shows: Fashion runway show of graduating student collections held at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn was covered by Vogue, WWD, Fashionista, Hypebeast, and Interview.

Hyperallergic reviewed part two of the MFA thesis exhibition at the Pfizer Building: “Pratt’s MFA students drew viewers in with their unique visual metaphors for messy places.”

On the Pratt Libraries Iron & Glass blog, Erica Leslie Weidner, MSLIS ’24, explores Pratt’s pivotal place in the history of public libraries in Brooklyn.

The 2023 Metropolis Future100 that highlights top graduating architecture and interior design students in the US and Canada includes Pratt students Changxin Li, BArch ’23, Hsin (Audrey) Wang, BArch ’23, and Yilin Xu, BFA Interior Design ’23.

Gothamist featured the bus shelter rooftop gardens pitched by Ben Matusow, MS Sustainable Environmental Systems ’22, to the NYC Department of Transportation. He developed the idea while a graduate student.

Construction management, facilities management, and real estate practice students, faculty, staff, and off-campus guests recently gathered for a workshop on the challenges and trends in their fields, and what needs to be taught to students for success in the industry. Read more on LinkedIn.

Salman Toor, MFA Painting ’09, was featured in the Financial Times article “How Salman Toor became the art name to know”: “I like the medium of painting, but the stories in the painting are equally important to me.”

Students Tianyu Hao, Hannah Chou, and June Kim are the 2023 Platinum Award Winners. They will be working with Platinum Jewelry to bring their designs to life.

Kristin Oberheide, director of international affairs, was honored with the UTEP College of Education’s 2022 Outstanding Dissertation Award for her dissertation entitled “The International Student Border Commuter Experience: An Investigation on The Southern U.S. Border.”