12/19/2011Interior Architecture graduate students design and install handcrafted furniture to help families living at a shelter in Woonsocket, RI.
12/06/2011Tino Chow 09 ID, cofounder of the multidisciplinary design studio Big New Ideas, spoke about dreaming and designing at TedxHunstville.
11/18/2011A new healthcare internship program at the Department of Health and Human Services grew out of RISD’s 2011 Make It Better symposium.
11/15/2011The RISD Career Center held its first-ever Entrepreneur Mindshare on Saturday, November 12. Billed as part TED conference and part boot camp, the all-day event was designed to get RISD students and alumni energized about creative entrepreneurship.
11/09/2011The Wassaic Project connects artists with each other and with the local community.
11/01/2011A new fellowship opportunity announced by the Rhode Island Foundation will provide substantial seed money to Rhode Islanders with good ideas about how to solve statewide problems.
10/04/2011A Better World by Design, a student-led conference organized by RISD and Brown University, addressed sustainable solutions to complex social issues such as food, health care and the built environment in the developing world.
09/29/2011On September 26, artists, designers, scientists, educators, business leaders and policymakers came together to celebrate Rhode Island’s leadership role in advocating for the role of art and design in fostering innovation.
10/24/2011Four young alumni continue the RISD tradition of winning national grants to study abroad.
09/08/2011Under the leadership of Professor Paul Sproll, RISD’s Project Open Door college access program for urban teens looks to build on its successes.