More Stories
![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.
![Character with plants, by Colin Stief 14 IA, for At Home—an online auction](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1586195720117_at-home-2.jpg?h=aaa1136e&itok=7Cz-Xlwp)
Interior architect Colin Stief brings the local design community together to support those on the frontlines of COVID-19 in NYC.
![Samples of different tree barks](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1585255905003_witness-3.jpg?h=2cb23ff7&itok=hD3ttrv8)
Students traveled to Australia over Wintersession for an intensive variation on RISD’s long-running Witness Tree course.
![](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1585764093977_unnamed.jpg?h=9eabcbec&itok=EPjUTod6)
President Somerson shares plans for Commencement, summer programs and more in light of the unpredictable nature of the pandemic.
![Many cloth face masks of different colors](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1585669875016_Masks.jpg?h=2529873d&itok=u2Nk0DbO)
RISD makers are helping to address the nationwide shortage of personal protective equipment.
![Hands working on clay piece](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1585669791892_remote-hands.jpg?h=a9d5f6ff&itok=WFOHqiMY)
An update from the president regarding the resumption of spring classes the week of March 30.
![RaMell Ross MFA 14 PH](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1585233056283_RossVerticalPortrait-3-2-2.jpg?h=2600a80b&itok=RhtuR1ED)
Photographer and filmmaker RaMell Ross—a self-described “liberated documentarian”—is now also a 2020 United States Artists Fellow.
![Still from RISD Community Town Hall March 2020](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2021-02/1585669331811_townhall-listing.jpg?h=f4f1029f&itok=Qpdn-FJe)
President Somerson, Provost Kleinman and others address questions about the impact of COVID-19 on teaching and learning this spring.