Alumni Stories
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Nine RISD students and recent alums worked with government and nonprofit organizations from Providence to Singapore.
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Six funded projects explore radical solutions to longstanding problems that impact the environment and marginalized communities.
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Work by 21 emerging artists who honed their techniques at RISD is now on view at the Museum of Illustration in New York City.
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The new scholarship offers support for students in the Architecture or Apparel Design departments.
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Students, families, friends, faculty and alumni joined together to welcome RISD’s newest alums into the fold.
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Many Hands, Many Voices: Textile Histories and Entanglements, taught by RISD Museum curator Kate Irvin, highlights marginalized makers of the past.
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Korean-American architect and sculptor Janny Baek speaks about expressing “vibrancy, pleasure and hope” through her vivid ceramics, ahead of a major show at Culture Object, New York.
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Public service events included book drives, open studios and more in celebration of the school’s 146th Founders Day.
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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.