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A fall Digital + Media studio focuses on art and artists who intentionally deploy camouflage and invisibility in their chosen disciplines.
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Experts from across the country share creative uses of AI and predictions about where the industry is headed.
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Now in its fourth year, the Nature Lab program pairs EPSCoR researchers with grad students working in the fine arts.
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Mycelium as Mode generates individual research projects exploring everything from decomposition to symbiosis to the containment of plastic waste.
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Faculty member Griffin Smith welcomes the creative opportunities evolving artificial intelligence tools provide.
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Grad students Ann Lewis and Viraj Mithani, undergrad Yuqing Liu and recent alumna Elizabeth Meiklejohn use SPUR funding to conduct research in the US and abroad.
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Faculty member Marisa Mazria Katz helps students tell real-world stories using unconventional forms of expression.
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Members of RISD’s growing community of sound artists and researchers discuss how the evolving studio contributes to the college’s overall educational mission.
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RISD students working across disciplines explore the relationship between nature, art and design in third year of synergistic partnership.