Student Stories
![Graduate Student Simone Nemes stands on a ladder while painting stalks of kale on a shipping container at ECO City Farms](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2023-04/23ASBSimonePaint_0.jpg?h=fcf25457&itok=iMiKVJ-Z)
Twelve students spent their spring break painting murals and working on the farm as part of this year’s Alternative Spring Break project.
![students at work in the Nature Lab](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2023-02/NatureLabHeroImage.jpg?h=7fc3d584&itok=RXa6zVW7)
Current students Jacob Sussman and Valerie Mirra discuss the impact of the lab’s founding principles on their creative practices.
![Amy Devers, host of the event, stands on stage in the Chase Auditorium with the TEDxRISD sign behind her](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2023-03/23TEDxRISDHero.jpg?h=fcf25457&itok=3S5GZ6Pn)
Current students, alums and faculty members disentangled their life stories on stage in the Metcalf Auditorium at RISD.
![on set with senior Victoria Kong](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2023-03/JordenoKongListing.jpg?h=0362b3fa&itok=R1NN3KEO)
Assistant Professors Sara Jordenö and Judy Kim guide students through post-production in preparation for early May film festival.
![Navajo blanket from RISD Museum collection](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2023-03/BlanketRecrop3%20copy.jpg?h=deca4175&itok=WntXo9Et)
Undergraduate students Pei-Yu Hung and Andres Guevara organize a wide-ranging storytelling series for a Collaborative Study Project focused on Indigenous oral traditions.
![SPUR fund logo](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2023-03/SpurListing%20copy_0.jpg?h=b69e0e0e&itok=VWKTbRx_)
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.
![Changsong Li collage related to Colorado River](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2023-03/KatzHeroColoradoRiverSaltonSeaChangsongLi_0.jpg?h=a796d147&itok=0Tu0ODLZ)
Faculty member Marisa Mazria Katz helps students tell real-world stories using unconventional forms of expression.
![It's Nice That logo](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2023-03/ItsNiceThatLogo.jpg?h=038bd0f8&itok=oJvNJahW)
The designer, who is currently studying for a Graphic Design MFA at RISD, shares how activism and design can be intertwined.
![A hand-embroidered acordian book made of fabric and painted with watercolor by Ashely Castañeda](/sites/g/files/upbtqy111/files/styles/landscape_3_2_250x166/public/2023-03/23ArtistsBookHero.jpg?h=fcf25457&itok=fdQ-wMs_)
The contest attracted 68 handmade student submissions and awarded four purchase prizes of up to $500 and four honorable mentions.