Alumni Archives

Team Featuring Writing Alumna Lina Misitzis Awarded Pulitzer Prize for This American Life Episode

This American Life, The Out Crowd, episode 688, by Lola Dupre Lina Misitzis, BFA Writing ’11, produced a story for “The Out Crowd,” an episode of public radio program This American Life that won the…

School of Art

Guggenheim Fellowship Awarded to Alumnae Danna Singer and Cyrilla Mozenter

Danna Singer, “A Future,” from the series If It Rained an Ocean (courtesy the artist) Danna Singer, BFA Photography ‘10, and longtime former faculty member Cyrilla Mozenter, BFA Art Education ‘70; MFA…

School of Design

A Look Back: How Pratt Students and Faculty Designed for Deception in World War II

This year marks 75 years since World War II’s end in 1945. As the world commemorates VE (Victory in Europe) Day on Friday, May 8, here is a look back at how members of Pratt Institute’s community stepped up to…

Fine Arts Alumna Ali Shrago-Spechler Awarded Fulbright Grant for Research Project in Germany

Courtesy of Itamar Dotan Katz Ali Shrago-Spechler, BFA Painting ‘11, has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award for the 2020-2021 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the…

How Five 1960s Pratt Students Launched an Art Movement through a Shared Passion for Crochet

Jean Williams Cacicedo, Sharron Hedges, Marika Contompasis, and Janet Lipkin as students and at Off the Wall: American Art to Wear at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (courtesy Jean Williams Cacicedo) In the late 1960s, a…

School of Architecture

Members of the Pratt Community Sew Masks and 3D-Print Face Shields to Combat COVID-19

Luba Drozd, BFA Computer Graphics ‘06, making face shields with the 3D printer in her apartment (courtesy Luba Drozd) This is the first in a series of posts exploring how the Pratt Institute community is rallying…

Pratt Alumna & Student Design First-Ever Lena Horne Prize Honoring Solange Knowles’ Social Impact

Nala Turner and Imani Shanklin Roberts working on the design for the Lena Horne Prize for Artists Creating Social Impact (courtesy the artists) In collaborating to design the Town Hall’s inaugural Lena Horne…

Pratt Pairs: Valentine’s Day 2020

This Valentine’s Day, the Office of Alumni Relations is sharing the stories of alumni who fell for each other while they were students at Pratt. Read about the couples’ magical moments, their favorite date spots, and relationship advice they…

Film/Video

Films by Pratt Faculty and Alumni Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival

Two films by members of the Pratt Institute community will premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, being held from January 23 to February 2. The annual event is considered the largest showcase of independent film…

Pratt Alumna Blends Art, Design, and Science to Connect Viewers with the Natural World

From the pages of Prattfolio, this article is part of Solved, a section highlighting the problem-solving process in the real world, from the perspective of alumni in the field. The Fall/Winter 2019 issue features the work of multidisciplinary artist Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya,…