Professor of Undergraduate Architecture Jason Vigneri-Beane is participating in a panel on Designing with Intelligence: An AI Collection of Speculative Objects hosted by the Lawrence Technological University’s College of Architecture and Design. Experts will discuss AI’s impact on art and design, how it can be used in design work, and more.
Summer in the City: PreCollege Scholars Experience Life at Pratt
The 2025 recipients of The Black Alumni of Pratt (BAP) PreCollege scholarships deepened their creative skills and expanded their community in the city
Pratt Welcomes New Faculty and Administrators This Fall
From Pratt Institute News
A look at Pratt’s new full-time faculty members and academic leaders for 2025-26
Creative Solutions for a Changing Climate
From Pratt Institute News
Across disciplines, Pratt students and faculty are tackling the climate crisis through research, material innovation, and community collaboration.
10 Tips for Making the Most of Your Time at Pratt
From Pratt Institute News
Take advantage of the opportunities in the coming academic year while practicing mindfulness and self-care.
Legends 2025 to Honor Jeremy Scott and Mavis Wiggins
From Pratt Institute News
The creative icons will be celebrated at the annual benefit for student scholarships that support artists, designers, architects, and creative thinkers of all backgrounds.
Finding Inspiration Along the Mondego River
From Pratt Institute News
Pratt students and faculty displayed creative works at the inaugural À Deriva Festival, a culmination of a yearlong collaboration with peers from the University of Coimbra in Portugal.
Welcome to Pratt!
From Pratt Institute News
Pratt orientation week helped students ease into the rhythms of campus life and the city beyond with fun activities, group trips, and informational sessions.
The Latest
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Robert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89
Obituary for Robert Redford, acclaimed actor, Academy Award–winning director, environmental advocate, founder of the Sundance Institute and Film Festival, who studied painting at Pratt, and passed away at his home in Utah at the age of 89.
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Archinect City Guide: Explore Brooklyn with Quilian Riano, Dean of Pratt School of Architecture
Archinect’s Brooklyn City Guide features Quilian Riano, dean of the School of Architecture, who shares his favorite local spots while highlighting Pratt’s architecture events, sculpture park, and campus spaces as must-visit destinations.
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A Long Sunrise Walk to Start the School Year
The New York Times highlights Pratt’s annual tradition where first-year students join President Frances Bronet and Vice President for Student Affairs Delmy Lendof for a sunrise walk across the Brooklyn Bridge, a bonding ritual that helps them connect with one another and the city.
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Broiled by Heat Waves, Residents of the Concrete Jungle Suffer
Explores how climate change and urban design intensify heat in New York City—especially in low-income neighborhoods and communities of color. The article highlights research by Pratt’s Dr. Yuliya Dzyuban, who studies “heat walks” to measure how infrastructure impacts thermal comfort.
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NYC art schools see record-high application numbers as Gen Zers clamber to enroll
The article highlights a surge in applications to NYC art schools, with Pratt seeing record enrollment and waitlists for its fine arts programs as Gen Z pursues creative, hands-on careers in response to an AI-driven world.
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Rachel Lee, BFA Digital Arts (2-D Animation) ’26 was awarded a merit scholarship from ASIFA-Hollywood’s Animation Educators Forum (AEF).
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Syllogism, an exhibition by Lisa Corinne Davis, BFA ’80, received a glowing review in Hyperallergic. “Davis has stretched the possibilities of geometric abstraction into a territory defined by digital systems, algorithms, flow charts, and diagrams—a visual realm that alludes to the measurement and prediction of our behavior.” The exhibition was also named one of the five New York shows to see this season by Hyperallergic.
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Mikah Liu, BArch ’28 has been named Atlantic East Conference Men’s Tennis Player of the Week following a pair of wins in yesterday’s victory over Bard. Liu takes home the first weekly award of the season and receives it for the second time in his career.
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Keiran Brennan Hinton, BFA Fine Arts ’14, is among the latest grant recipients from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation.
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Pratt Fine Arts alumni Nanette Carter, Carl E. Hazlewood, Shahpour Pouyan, and Terry Winters were elected as National Academicians in the Class of 2025 by the National Academy of Design. Their appointment recognizes their contributions to contemporary American art and architecture.
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Paula Stoddard Sotomayor and Michael Ortiz Jiménez, both MArch ’24, discuss their recent ICFF Launch Pad win for their project Herencia Tótem, a furniture collection that transforms reclaimed textiles, and their studio Estudio PM with Dwell. “We like to think of our studio as a constant experiment of spatial design, materiality, and storytelling,” said Ortiz.
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Perspective Shifts
Spring 2025
Change Your Gaze
An MFA Communications Design class explores new ways of thinking and making, finding collaborators in the natural world.