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  • RI to Fund Bold New Ideas

    11/01/2011
    A new fellowship opportunity announced by the Rhode Island Foundation will provide substantial seed money to Rhode Islanders with good ideas about how to solve statewide problems.

  • RISD/Brown Collaboration Celebrates Cunningham

    10/14/2011
    Working with costume design professionals on RISD’s faculty, Apparel Design students became part of the late Merce Cunningham’s legacy when they designed the dancers’ costumes for MinEvent: A Cunningham Collaboration.

  • Local Collaboration Fosters Global Innovation

    10/04/2011
    A Better World by Design, a student-led conference organized by RISD and Brown University, addressed sustainable solutions to complex social issues such as food, health care and the built environment in the developing world.

  • Gathering STEAM in Rhode Island

    09/29/2011
    On September 26, artists, designers, scientists, educators, business leaders and policymakers came together to celebrate Rhode Island’s leadership role in advocating for the role of art and design in fostering innovation.

  • 2011–12 Fulbright Winners Explore Global Culture

    10/24/2011
    Four young alumni continue the RISD tradition of winning national grants to study abroad.

  • Innovative Storyteller Releases Latest Wonder

    09/16/2011
    In Wonderstruck, Brian Selznick 88 IL pushes his breakthrough storytelling form even further than in his Caldecott Medal winner, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, which will debut later this fall as a film directed by Martin Scorsese.

  • Message in a Bottle

    09/15/2011
    Professor Ellen Driscoll, head of the Sculpture department, uses recycled plastic bottles to make people think about issues of consumption and sustainability when viewing her new installation in the Providence River.

  • Rockport and Supima Tap RISD Talent

    09/14/2011
    From cotton to candy, Apparel Design students created eye-catching designs for two industry-sponsored competitions in conjunction with New York Fashion Week.

  • Opening Doors That Change Lives

    09/08/2011
    Under the leadership of Professor Paul Sproll, RISD’s Project Open Door college access program for urban teens looks to build on its successes. 

  • Exploring Entrepreneurs

    08/17/2011
    In a course called Entrepreneur, Oren Sherman 78 IL is inspiring students to build on their considerable problem-solving skills to market their own talents.

  • Celebrity Summer School

    08/17/2011
    Plenty of RISD energy is driving the discussions this month at MoMA PS1’s stellar Summer School.

  • Etsy Entrepreneur Gets Off to a Flying Start

    08/16/2011
    A year-long series of RISD entrepreneurship initiatives is culminating in a trip to Berlin, Germany for Kellie Riggs 11 JM, winner of an Etsy Fellowship for small business and sustainability.

  • Indie Inventor: Quirky + Pivot Power Get a Turn on TV

    08/16/2011
    On August 30th, recent RISD graduate Jake Zien 11 GD makes his TV debut on Quirky, a new reality show on the Sundance Channel that brings innovation to life by showing the process and personalities behind successful inventions.

  • Desert Datascapes

    08/02/2011
    Printmaking alumnus Mitch Marti 96 PR opens his new press to artists while continuing his own digital explorations of the Western landscape.

  • Living Pictures

    07/21/2011
    Artist Sarah Small 01 PH is bringing the emotion and humanity of 15th-century paintings alive through an intriguing series of experimental performance art pieces. 

  • NEA Grant Cultivates Public Art

    07/18/2011
    RISD partners with Providence and local arts groups to reimagine downtown as a destination for the arts.

  • Clean Water for Urban Slums

    07/15/2011
    In a venture called WaterWalla, RISD and Brown students are working to bring clean water to slum dwellers in the developing world.

  • RISD Summer Reading? Horrors!

    07/12/2011
    Assistant Professor Nicole Merola spearheads a new program inviting all incoming RISD students to read and respond to a classic horror novel set in Providence.

  • Building Bridges for International Innovation

    07/11/2011
    RISD partners with Japanese font developer Morisawa to explore creative leadership and innovation through art and design.

  • Students’ Design in National Media Blitz

    07/12/2011
    Working with Associate Professor Leslie Fontana, ID students designed a prototype that’s now featured in the Progressive Insurance TV ads promoting its new Snapshot device.

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At RISD there's nothing unusual about suddenly finding a doorknob on a tree trunk, shown here across from Carr House,
the charming home of Student Life offices and the student-run Carr Haus Café.