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Participating undergrads gained valuable feedback on their own work from RISD alums working in the industry.
![Katia Zolotovsky and Varun Mehta gather plants from marsh](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2023-09/Biopods-Katia-Varun-Tillinghast.jpg?h=5b728bb6&itok=th2xIBnA)
Manini Banerjee, Varun Mehta, Avantika Velho and Katia Zolotovsky are developing mycelium-based biofiltration pods capable of reseeding lost wetlands.
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ExED is a new initiative to create educational opportunities for business people regardless of their level of formal design training.
![a new cohort of graduate-level Presidential Fellows poses for a photo with Crystal Williams](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2023-08/pres-fellows-23-group-with-cw_0.jpg?h=c11c9c1d&itok=zTSseMiZ)
Current scholarship-supported graduate students are using their talents and life experiences to effect positive change.
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RISD’s 2023 fiscal year closes with more than $17 million raised in support of undergraduate scholarships, graduate fellowships, internships and museum programming.
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Andrew Raftery’s ceramics and wallpaper energize the laborious art of engraving to explore contemporary life.
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The community welcomes 14 experienced art and design educators, including a new librarian for the Fleet Library.
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From being greeted at their dorm rooms during move-in by President Williams to enjoying an evening at the RISD Museum, the Class of 2027 had a lively first week on campus.