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The annual “Holiday Gifts Made In NYC” campaign from Made in NYC is now underway, with the initiative of the Pratt Center for Community Development highlighting New York City-based makers and manufacturers on their site and on Instagram.

Anthony Cudahy, BFA Communications Design (Illustration) ’11, and Devin B. Johnson, MFA ’19, are included in the Artsy Vanguard 2022, the fifth edition of Artsy’s annual feature highlighting “the most promising artists working today.”

Pratt students recently joined students from around the world at CERN for two weeks of collaboration with researchers focused on connecting their technology to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Read about the experience on the IdeaSquare site.

Mark Winston Griffith, visiting assistant professor in the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment (GCPE), is one of five New Yorkers to receive the 2022 David Prize which supports individuals who are making the city a better place. His work is focused on “redefining and revoicing New York City’s public narratives.”

Pratt is now a member of the Green Film School Alliance, a collaboration of academic leaders committed to providing and teaching industry-standard sustainable tools to help students reduce the environmental impact of content production.

PBS NewsHour highlighted the work of Kadir Nelson, BFA Communications Design ’96, in a segment timed with the unveiling of his portrait of José Andrés at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.

Design Management and Arts and Cultural Management Chair Mary McBride was featured in an episode of Stardust Life-Centered Design’s *details speaker series highlighting design, business, and innovation leaders. Stardust was founded by design management alumna Giselle Carr.

President Frances Bronet was appointed to the Future of Workers Task Force established this August by the NYC Mayor’s Office. The task force includes leaders from the city’s private, nonprofit, and philanthropic sectors who are focusing on rebooting the city’s approach to talent and workforce development.

WWD featured the 30 Years of TenThousandThings retrospective of the jewelry designs of Ron Anderson and David Rees that is on view in the Pratt Institute Library on the Brooklyn campus through November 30.

Adam Friedman, chief strategy officer of research & strategic partnerships in the office of the provost, was quoted in the WWD story “G20 Summit Tackles How to ‘Recover,’ Fashion Tasked With the Same”: “The more we value better-made, better-quality and better-designed products that’s inevitably a good thing.”