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"Maintain distance, facemask required" signage
Ready for Spring

The RISD community prepares to safely reopen campus for a spring semester comprised of virtual, in-person and hybrid classes.

Portrait of a Boy (detail), a 17th-century Dutch Golden Age painting from the RISD Museum’s collection
Recasting the Dutch Golden Age

SEI Fellow Jane’a Johnson studies violence, visual culture and how race is reflected in archives and museums.

Photograph of a stream by Associate Professor Jennifer Prewitt-Freilino
Positive Psychology

Students in a liberal arts class developed by Associate Professor Jennifer Prewitt-Freilino practice techniques for improving well-being and building resilience.

Arts Researchers Can Help America

Associate Provost Sarah Bainter Cunningham, Research and Strategic Partnerships, coauthors an op-ed urging government leaders to tackle challenges using creative thinking.

Detail from a still life in progress by first-year student Suwen Han 24 EFS
Still Life with Zoom

Faculty member Claudia Bitran inspires students in her virtual painting class to take risks and mix mediums.

Five Questions

Executive Director of Integrated Health & Wellness Bob Samuels speaks with Providence Business News about how RISD is keeping students healthy through the pandemic.

Winning Dorner Prize entry Lost in Translation explores words whose meanings cannot be easily translated across languages.
Dorner Prize Revived

Winning 2020 proposals for RISD Museum installations on hold since last March are finally coming to fruition.

Power of Play

Healthy Roots doll designed by alumna Yelitsa Jean-Charles featured on Today Show segment about inclusive toys.