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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.”

Langdon Graves, visiting assistant professor of fine arts, is exhibiting work in the group show A Few Small Nips at Mrs. gallery in Queens through August 12. Read more @prattfineart.

Diana Pan, visiting assistant professor in the School of Information, gave a keynote at a meeting on tech and the cultural sector in Málaga, Spain. She was also profiled in Security Magazine  for her work on cyber security at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) as the chief technology officer.

Tara Duvivier, senior planner in the Pratt Center for Community Development, contributed the story “How to Make New York a City of Dreams for Black Women” to CityLab: “As I live and work in the city of my birth, I continue to imagine what Black women could truly create if they actually had the resources without barriers and how much bigger and better New York City could be for everyone as a result.”