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RISD - Rhode Island School of Design

The following articles illustrate the wide range of research that takes place at RISD.

Building a Better Buggy: RISD Students Reach for the Moon

On April 1-2, a team of six RISD students participated in this year’s NASA Great Moonbuggy Race in Huntsville, AL, competing against teams from nearly 90 schools and colleges to design, build and race lightweight, human-powered vehicles over lunar-like terrain.

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Creativity Cubed

Professors Markus Berger and Peter Dean lead a collaborative triad between RISD, Brown University and a team of RISD alumni in thinking outside the box – or in this case, redesigning the box entirely to creatively repurpose shipping containers.

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Game Changer

The RISD Alumni Association’s 2011 Art + Education award will go to gaming design expert Katie Salen MFA 92 GD, who is experimenting with alternative approaches to K-12 education.

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Extraordinary Honorees at Commencement

At its June 4 Commencement ceremony, RISD will confer honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degrees on three individuals who have made groundbreaking contributions to the worlds of art, design and education.

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Seduced by Sugar

Alumna Melissa Armstrong’s latest rock candy sculpture is on view through April 8 in a show called Science is Fiction.

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Exploring New Materials

At the 2010 A Better World by Design conference, Professor Seth Stem led a workshop focused on the design potential of working with environmentally friendly natural fiber composites.

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RISD Alumni Win 2010 USA Fellowships

Two RISD alumni are among the 52 artists nationwide selected for prestigious 2010 fellowships from the United States Artists foundation.

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Appreciating the Ancient Art of Creativity

Furniture Design senior and HAVC concentrator Adam Hyman is a natural when it comes to researching and helping to conserve works of ancient art at the RISD Museum.

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Helping Astronauts to Manage Info Overload

When working to develop the Magic Windows communication project for NASA, students sought to simplify the manner in which astronauts receive and navigate massive amounts of information.

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Neonatal Incubator Built from Car Parts

Alumni help design an incubator for the developing world that makes use of the limited parts and expertise available in remote regions of the world.

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Research

The following articles illustrate the wide range of research that takes place at RISD.

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