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Jeffrey Kapec, adjunct professor of industrial design, discussed the process of designing a device to help physically compromised people move better and live more freely on the Healthy By Design podcast hosted by Alecia Wesner and Professor Emeritus of Industrial Design Bruce Hannah.
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Through September 3, Angela Conant, adjunct associate professor of fine arts, is exhibiting in The Shape of Things group show at Swivel Gallery Saugerties. Read more @prattfineart.

April Maxey, BFA Film ’12, was selected by the Sundance Institute for a 2022 Uprise Grant. The grants support the livelihood and career sustainability of BIPOC emerging artists.

Edward D. Re, adjunct professor-CCE in construction/facilities management, was interviewed by MoneyGeek as an expert on mortgage refinancing.

Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, MFA Communications Design ’15, created a digital collage for a USPS stamp honoring pioneering marine biologist Eugenie Clark, nicknamed the “Shark Lady” for her important studies on shark biology and work to change public perception about sharks.

Irene Yilin Zhou, MFA Interior Design ’23, is the winner in the student category of Interior Design Wellness (SPA, Yoga, Retreat) in the LIV Hospitality Design Awards for “An Adventure to Heal,” a wellness center providing art therapy and the company of cats. Read more @prattinteriors.

Alex Citrin, visiting assistant professor of undergraduate communications design, contributed “A Body of One’s Own” to the Op-Art series in the New York Times, considering life for her and her daughter in the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Estefania Velez Rodriguez, visiting assistant professor of fine arts, led a team that completed a public mural in Cypress Hills. Read more @prattfineart.

Mary McBride, chair of the Arts and Cultural Management and Design Management graduate programs, Visiting Associate Professor Maren Maier, and Visiting Assistant Professor Xue Bai presented on their collaborative book Leading As If Life Matters: An Invitation to Attend a Future of Our Own Making at the recent Change, Transformation & Organization Design Conference in New York as part of the Meet the Brightest Minds in Design: Catalyzing Change and Designing for a Strategic “Triple Bottom Line” panel.

Zora Iman Crews, MFA Writing ’20, co-directed, wrote, produced, and stars in The Daphne Project, a new feature film that is screening from July 22 to 28 at Quad Cinema in Manhattan. The film was supported in part by Pratt’s Graduate Student Engagement Fund. BKReader covered the film in the story “Bed-Stuy Filmmaker Debuts Award-Winning ‘Mockumentary’ on Exceptionalism and Tokenism.”