02/28/2012Known for its interdisciplinary collaborations, international textile leader Maharam is sponsoring a new fellowship opportunity for RISD students to intern with governmental and nonprofit agencies.
02/28/2012Students are showing a huge interest in RISD’s growing science curriculum, which allows them to explore the many ways art, design and science inform and enhance each other.
02/23/2012 Known for her inspired mash-up videos and multimedia narratives, Jo Dery 00 FAV was invited to tell her own visual story as part of the deCordova’s 2012 biennial.
02/14/2012RISD is the only art and design school in the US to be engaged with the National Science Foundation’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).
02/08/2012When Sami Nerenberg 07 ID discovered that a small group of like-minded people shared her dream of using design to foster social change, she joined their effort to launch a national design movement on college campuses.
02/06/2012When Angela Davis visited RISD in January, students packed the auditorium to hear her speak.
10/10/2012In his second book about music and fandom, Associate Professor Daniel Cavicchi looks at how people listened to and performed music in the 19th century.
02/16/2012 More than half a century after RISD’s first hockey team hit the ice, fans of The Nads are still able to yell “Go Nads!” when cheering on their team.
01/31/2012Renowned sculptor Jim Drain 98 SC works with students during Wintersession to design a site-specific installation for an Art in Embassies project in Morocco.
01/26/2012When particle physicist Lisa Randall visits RISD as part of the Shared Voices series, she’ll shed light on the very nature of reality.
01/26/2012RISD students come together to play basketball for fun and for their fans, but their games aren’t for the faint of heart.
01/25/2012A new interdisciplinary studio co-taught by architect Lynnette Widder and architectural historian Ijlal Muzaffar culminated in a thought-provoking conference on architecture for the public good.
01/23/2012Author Daniel Handler and Illustrator Maira Kalman came to RISD to discuss their creative process with participants in RISD’s Project Open Door after-school program, the RISD Museum teen program and the broader RISD community.
01/13/2012A sponsored RISD studio by global fine crystal manufacturer Swarovski kicks off its visiting artist lecture series with contemporary artist Rashaad Newsome.
01/12/2012Students from Assistant Professor Wendy Seller’s Spatial Dynamics studio celebrate the opening of the 2012 Foundation Studies Triennial Exhibition by modeling outrageous hats created as their final project last semester.
01/04/2012Bundith Phunsombatlert MFA 10 DM recently won two grants to create a sound installation that metaphorically explores the refugee experience.
01/03/2012Painting Professor Donna Bruton finds that when she’s open to the experience, painting comes as naturally as teaching.
12/19/2011Interior Architecture graduate students design and install handcrafted furniture to help families living at a shelter in Woonsocket, RI.
12/13/2011As a graduate program guest critic in Glass and Furniture Design, Pierre-Alexis Dumas, chief creative officer at Hermès, was impressed with the experimentation, craftsmanship and passion RISD students pour into their work.
12/12/2011Author and life sciences expert Juan Enriquez talks about the game-changing impact of genomics in an open forum at the RISD Auditorium on Thursday, January 5.