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![Children at Karam House in Syria](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1556657057095_Karam-student-in-body.jpg?h=5075ac2f&itok=nnwX8UEI)
Lina Sergie Attar MArch 01 and the Karam Foundation are helping young Syrian refugees learn new ways of thinking through design-based education.
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In an early April event on campus, a multidisciplinary group of experts addressed the problem of coastal sustainability within global and local contexts.
![Soo Park EFS 20 created 3D renderings of an imagined universe frozen in time](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1550249654389_time-0-palanet-ver.2-iceland.jpg-sabon.jpeg?h=3d2dfade&itok=2b11vIfi)
In a Wintersession studio conceived to open up the imagination, students applied architectural principles to their own designs of fictional cosmic environments.
![Still of a person laying on water from Change the way you look at things; things you look at change](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1545142579863_OceanSwimmer-alt-crop-listing.jpg?h=d8c46e89&itok=Ke4yX7Wj)
Students in a fall Architecture studio called Your Ocean, My Ocean present a powerful performance piece and inspiring call to action.
![Visiting South African architect Ilze Wolff spoke to students](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1541980891225_RISDArch-3374-hero-revised.jpg?h=8b8fece7&itok=ObIO7TyL)
The Architecture department welcomes Cape Town architect and author Ilze Wolff for the first in a series of globally focused discussions.
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Eleven students and new graduates are bringing valuable critical thinking skills to nonprofits around the world.
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RISD is once again named the top producer of US Fulbright students among special-focus four-year institutions.
![Work by Sno Zhao 20 PH focusing on vintage ads that place American women in the kitchen](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1518457184631_QUEERKitchenBodiesListing.jpg?h=289976fd&itok=UbSt06Xe)
Students in a thought-provoking Wintersession course question societal norms that shape our everyday lives.
![Piece by Armando Veve 11 IL for a short story called This World Is Full of Monsters by Jeff VanderMeer](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1515450842003_armando.jpg?h=f296850e&itok=L91ys7hf)
Four alumni are recognized in Forbes magazine’s 2018 30 Under 30 list of emerging artists and designers to watch.