Student Stories

The 50th anniversary of RISD’s residential Pre-College program brings 430 high school students to campus for immersive six-week experience.

Project Open Door students are back on campus this summer, trying their hands at everything from textiles to toy design in long-running RISD program.

RISD students and recent grads are using design thinking skills to support positive change in Africa, Asia and North and South America.

Students examine a local island habitat through the lenses of environmental justice and Indigenous perspectives.

Students are exploring European cultural and design traditions this summer in Denmark, France, Italy and the Azores.

Hundreds of current RISD students are learning the ropes this summer by working for design firms, nonprofits, publishing companies and more. 

A SPUR-funded project by grad student Zoë Pulley presents positive images of Black people to counteract the negative imagery flooding the media.

RISD students working across disciplines explore the relationship between nature, art and design in third year of synergistic partnership.

RISD and Elisava School of Design and Engineering students use Formica panels in an inclusive and sustainable collaboration.