Alumni Stories

New grants totaling over $1.6 million fund the study of everything from inclusive research approaches to carbon exchange in the Antarctic’s Southern Ocean to automated 3D textile manufacturing.

RISD alums Sophia-Yemisi Adeyemo and Sasha Gordon make the 2026 Art & Style list, and Pave Robotics, co-founded by Mason Landon Smith, is included in the Manufacturing & Industry category.

The empathic industrial designer and educator discusses how his own identity enables him to find unique solutions and effect positive change.

The Brown | RISD Dual Degree Program grad discusses his worldly, discipline-melding approach to sculpture and installation.

Vanity Fair guide to emerging artists includes RISD alums Sasha Gordon, Sanya Kantarovsky, Anna Weyant, Jordan Wolfson, and Joseph Yaeger.

Open to students in every major, Interdisciplinary Hot Casting explores a range of traditional and non-traditional techniques and mold materials.

The unconventional designer creates unexpected, humorous objects with stories to tell about consumer culture. 

President Crystal Williams sits down with the award-winning filmmaker and RISD alum to hear how he defines creative freedom and how commercial success is impacting his work.

Moderated by Provost Touba Ghadessi and Assistant Provost Margot Nishimura, panelists discussed the role of artists and designers in building community and honoring diverse legacies.