Pratt Institute has earned a STARS Gold rating in the 2024 Sustainable Campus Index by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). For the second consecutive year, Pratt has ranked in the top 10 of masters degree-awarding institutions for overall performance, with especially high scores in curriculum, research, and campus engagement. STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System) measures and encourages sustainability in all aspects of higher education.
The Daily Hub
A roundup of ideas and projects from around the Institute
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Speedy Romeo, a short film by Owen Matson, BFA Film ’25, was selected for the Crystal Camera competition and the Chicago Horror Fest.
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Visiting Assistant Professor in the School of Information Claudia Berger, MSLIS ’21, has been selected as the virtual artist-in-residence at the Scholars’ Lab at the University of Virginia Libraries. Berger is also co-leading the working group session on “DH in Libraries” and is part of the panel “Crafting Digital Humanities: Data Physicalizations with Textiles,” at the 2024 virtual conference of the Association for Computers and the Humanities. Gabby Evergreen, MSLIS ’24, is also on the aforementioned panel.
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An excerpt from An Earthquake Is a Shaking of the Surface of the Earth, a new novel by Adjunct Associate Professor – CCE of Writing Anna Moschovakis, was featured in Literary Hub. The book was also reviewed in the LA Times.
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Never Rarely Sometimes Always by Associate Professor of Film/Video Eliza Hittman is listed among the 10 movies that define contemporary America by Far Out Magazine. Her film Beach Rats was featured on Collider’s list of “10 Queer Movies That Are Perfect From Start to Finish.” She is also set to direct a new series on Peacock.
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Graduate Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Design and Madame Architect Founder Julia Gamolina was featured in the 2024 Wallpaper* USA 400.
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Visiting Assistant Professor in the School of Information Madhava Tankha co-presented at this year’s MCN conference. The presentation was titled MoMA’s Visitor Guide: Building a Digital Product to Assist in Discovery, Wayfinding, and Interpretation.
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Chicken Killer by Christina Sancho-Spore, BFA Film ’24, is an official selection of the Raw Science Film Festival, among others.
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Undergraduate Architecture Meg Kalinowski was named a 2024 Forefront Fellow by the Urban Design Forum. Over the next year, the Forefront Fellow for Urban Design Forum’s Lifelong cohort will explore how to build a more age-friendly city and imagine a New York City where older adults can thrive with support and dignity.
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Visiting Assistant Professor in the School of Information Alex Provo helped create a new resource from Digital Library Federation (DLF), the Inclusive Metadata Toolkit.