Faculty Stories
Architecture faculty members Jonathan Knowles and Laura Briggs are working with students to design and build a butterfly pavilion on an organic farm in Ponta Delgada.
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.
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.
Eleven arts educators and a full-time librarian join the community, bringing a wealth of new knowledge and perspectives to RISD students.
President Crystal Williams and Provost Touba Ghadessi welcome new and returning students and lead an emotional Convocation ceremony in the RISD Auditorium.
Faculty members Catherine Andreozzi and Michael Lye teach courses focused on apparel design and habitats for astronauts and have created an informal pipeline for alums interested in working for the space agency.
Faculty- and alum-led initiatives focus on everything from new materials to sustainable fishing practices to strategies for mitigating urban heat island effect.
RISD alum Rebecca J. Miller completes the film she began in 1976 about a 1940s Robert Flaherty documentary focused on RISD Professor John Howard Benson that never came to be.
SpaceSuits.US and Crossing the Pell, both conceived at RISD, use state-of-the-art technology to explore adaptive reuse.