Faculty Stories
![Amanda Lee MFA 21 GL observed the optical behavior of isomalt, a beet-derived sweetener](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1590607265345_Lee01-higher-res-3x2-crop.jpg?h=5b728bb6&itok=17g4FX4Q)
Assistant Professor Sean Salstrom encourages students to make discoveries within—and beyond—the constraints of remote learning.
![ventilatorproject.org signage](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1588194591214_ventilator-project-listing.jpg?h=d8102449&itok=4jV0GssQ)
Through the RI-based Ventilator Project, three alumni are working to get much-needed equipment to hospitalized COVID patients.
![Phillipsdale Historic Village abandoned site (drone photo)](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1588102486240_unnamed.jpg?h=9eabcbec&itok=xWGDyDiL)
Remote learning has inspired a dynamic revamp of a core Landscape Architecture studio—and a heightened sense of mission.
![Schimert talks to former graduate student Dove Drury MFA 18 CR](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1587433411107_Schimert-listing-alt.jpg?h=25e7054f&itok=LFVEbAQk)
Ceramics Department Head Katy Schimert earns awards from both the Guggenheim and the Joan Mitchell foundations.
![Corrine Ang 20 GD and Jada Akoto 20 GD collaborated on the book design for Dialogues—Spring 2020](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1586891186680_EDU-hero-Corrine-Ang-21-GD-and-Jada-Akoto-21-GD-Dialogues-book-%7C-telephone-game-work-in-progress.jpg?h=f7d9296c&itok=kOpQdj_o)
Connecting from home this spring, Graphic Design students and faculty are rethinking what—and how—they make.
![Junior Sydney Mills 21 FAV improvised stop-motion animation space at her home in Texas](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1586537601403_Sydney_Mills-hero-cropped%2B%2B.jpg?h=c67cbe6b&itok=DExtt469)
In the face of the COVID-19 crisis, Film/Animation/Video students and faculty are embracing the department’s core values.
![Image of many photographs of every-day objects](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1586364267231_BirdHeroHighRes.jpg?h=fa5c889f&itok=B7Y0Lvr9)
Industrial Design sophomores are tuning in from around the world for Matthew Bird’s popular course on the history of everything.
![Assistant Professor of Illustration Eric Telfort 05 IL, with student](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1583935216825_Telfort.jpg?h=3cc0d8c8&itok=kXsmNv_-)
The Rhode Island Foundation names Assistant Professor of Illustration Eric Telfort a 2020 MacColl Johnson Fellow.
![Students in three Wintersession travel courses learn through hands-on work with local artisans in Mexico](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1582767240080_MexicoKateWeavingMentor-tighter-crop.jpg?h=b49e56c3&itok=6WYoDRoX)
Students in three Wintersession travel courses learn through hands-on work with local artisans in Mexico.