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Sustainable Markets Initiative global judging panel to award ÂŁ100,000 prizes to two of the innovative, scalable approaches to mitigating the global climate crisis.
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The 2023–24 academic year comes to a close with final crits in studios across campus.
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RISD industrial designers at NASA—and in the private sector—gear up for the new space race.
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A multidisciplinary group of students travels to Italy to present the unique conceptual exhibit Objects May Shift at Salone del Mobile.
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Six speakers delivered compelling talks at the second annual student-led event.
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A multidisciplinary Wintersession class co-taught by faculty members Anais Missakian and Pete Oyler is focused on curating, producing and executing every aspect of the exhibit.
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Founder of cult Instagram account 90s Art School Matthew Atkatz shares his motivation for starting the project, what keeps it going and why these moments should be remembered.
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Launched in early December, The Art of Creativity taps into the expertise of RISD faculty members and alums trained in a wide variety of disciplines.
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The floating Biopods introduce native plants back to degraded wetland systems while cleansing the water through bioremediation.