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A Pratt industrial design student team including Jessica Smith, Charlotte Böhning, and Mary Lempres was a runner-up in the Biodesign Sprint presented by Google with the Biodesign Challenge. Their project, BI/O, uses living microorganisms and stored carbon for compostable external hardware for a Google Nest Mini. The international competition was covered by Metropolis.

Visit @prattindustrial for a few highlights from the first week of the semester care of Assistant Professor Amanda Huynh, including prototyping from cardboard and virtual collaboration.

Students are encouraged to check their emails for the nomination form to submit names for this year’s Distinguished Teachers Award. Every email has a unique link for each student and voting closes on Friday, February 11. If you have not received an email, cannot find yours, or have other questions, reach out to survey@pratt.edu for assistance.

Follow @pratt.itl for regular updates of the innovative projects being made in the Interdisciplinary Technology Lab, such as this small-scale model of Pratt’s historic Engineering Building.

Matthew Leifheit, visiting assistant professor of photography, joined the Magic Hour photography podcast for a conversation about his practice and his upcoming book, To Die Alive, being published by Damiani.

Ceramics created by students in a class led by Linda Casbon, visiting assistant professor of fine arts, are on view in the Fine Arts Office Gallery.

(In)Coherence: The Variable Edges Between Us And World, a podcast made as a Pratt STEAMPlant project, launched this month. Created by faculty members Ágnes Mócsy and Ellen Berkovitch with Mary Jo Vath and Iliyan Ivanov, the series features conversations on neuroscience and art.

Check out @PrattLibraries for a sneak peek at artists’ books and zines that are being added to the collection, such as Houseplants by Daniel Gordon that involves pop-up animation engineering by alumnus and Visiting Instructor of Communications Design Simon Arizpe.

Jean Shin, adjunct professor-CCE of fine arts, is featured in 8 Americans on view through January 22 at Chart gallery in Manhattan. The exhibition of work by eight multi-generational Asian American artists explores ideas of shared identity and histories and was reviewed by Artsy, Cultured Magazine, and the New York Times.

The spring semester is now underway! @PrattInstitute shared a couple of recent studio images in anticipation of the next months of creative study.