Student Stories
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In keeping with RISD’s strategic plan, this summer’s 10 Maharam fellows use their design skills to promote social justice and sustainability.
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The Architect’s Newspaper includes RISD Architecture in its roundup of student work.
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Filipino New Englander Bhen Alan makes award-winning work expanding on his cultural heritage.
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The Film/Animation/Video Class of 2021 takes audiences on a transformative journey into real and imagined worlds far away from the here and now.
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An in-person and online Commencement ceremony features student leaders from the classes of 2020 and 2021 and an eclectic array of honorary degree recipients.
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Intensely personal work by more than 200 RISD graduate students is now on view virtually and in limited-access Providence galleries.
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Women’s Wear Daily interviews five outstanding Apparel Design seniors.
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Students in an Industrial Design class called Urbanist Interactions propose design strategies to the Boston Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics.
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Students in a cross-disciplinary spring studio experiment with projection and glass.