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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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A Sculpture course called Complicating Social Practice helped students develop critical capacities for integrating community-oriented methodologies into their practices.
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Brown|RISD Dual-Degree student Njari Anderson discusses the emotions behind Fountain, his Dorner Prize-winning sculpture now on view at the RISD Museum.
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Sophomores in a fall Sculpture studio make work that invites the viewer to physically engage with it.
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Juniors Gina Vestuti and Yukti Agarwal are using grants awarded by RISD Research to document the work of blues musicians in the US and traditional weavers in India.
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ARTnews profiles jewelry maker and Wwake founder Wing Yau 09 SC.
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A brief interview with one of RISD’s recently hired Schiller Family Assistant Professors in Race in Art and Design.
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The Career Center presents its annual RISD Mindshare lecture series, providing current students with real-world guidance about life after college.
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Visiting scholar Namita Gupta Wiggers encourages RISD students to use research as a way of catalyzing community, action and visibility.