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Design Management

UN Publishes Book with Pratt Student to Help Children Stay Positive During COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic can be particularly isolating for children who have to spend much of their day at home, unable to play with friends, see grandparents, or interact in ordinary ways with family members who are essential workers. Ä¢¹½´«Ã½…

Architecture

New Pratt Shows Portfolio Website Showcases Work by Graduating Students

A new website is offering a digital window into an exciting range of bold creative work by this year’s graduating Pratt students. Launched this May, the Pratt Shows portfolio website showcases individual student work and projects from across Pratt’s…

City and Regional Planning

Pratt Initiatives and Research Projects Tackle Food Insecurity and Waste

Uncertainty about where the next meal will come from is an insecurity impacting millions of people. Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ researchers are investigating how to make healthy food more attainable for all, both locally and around the world.

Design Management

Educating for the Future: Arts and Cultural Management and Design Management Chair Mary McBride

Exploring new models for education is one of the pillars of President Frances Bronet’s inauguration and an important area of discussion in academia. We live during a time of dramatic change, where the landscape is quickly shifting. How is Pratt…

Design Management

Pratt Design Management Students Work to Empower the Craft Industry in Ecuador

A group of graduate students in Pratt’s Design Management program are combining their passion for fashion and design with business skills learned at Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ to create a new digital platform to promote collaborations between local…

Design Management

The Transformers: Alaa Balkhy, M.P.S. Design Management ’15

Across industries, Pratt alumni have been influential in
reimagining and reshaping the way we live, responding
to the challenges, needs, and questions of their times. Part one of six from Prattfolio’s feature on Pratt alumni leading the way in a changing…

City and Regional Planning

Five Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Students Selected for the Do School’s Community Mobility Challenge

Five undergraduate and graduate Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ students have been selected to participate in the Community Mobility Challenge as part of the 2017 Innovate NYC program, which provides students with the opportunity to learn valuable entrepreneurial skills and tackle real-life…

Design Management

Education Times Interviews Design Management Chair on the Role of Design in Business

Education Times, a publication of The Times of India, recently featured an interview with Design Management Chair Mary McBride on facets of business and design. McBride discussed how design can be applied to businesses, the role…