SEI Stories
Crafting Connections
Visiting scholar Namita Gupta Wiggers encourages RISD students to use research as a way of catalyzing community, action and visibility.
RISD Welcomes New Hires Focused on Race and Decolonization
Full-time faculty members to join RISD in fall 2021 as a result of the “Race in Art & Design” cluster hire initiative.
New Scholarships Boost Accessibility
RISD’s Continuing Education division partners with multiple nonprofits to support BIPOC youth interested in pursuing careers in art and design.
You Belong Here
Three rising museum professionals help to make the RISD Museum a place where everyone feels welcome and represented.
RISD Establishes Center for Community Partnerships
New hub for community engagement will support and build upon existing initiatives and develop new opportunities for mutually beneficial relationships.
RISD Exhibits Woolworth Lunch Counter Stools That Played Part in Civil Rights History
The Providence Journal reflects on Don’t You Sit Down: Shades of Jim Crow, 1960– exhibition designed by RISD’s Interior Architecture department.
Closing the Healthcare Gap
RISD’s Center for Complexity designs a suite of solutions intended to advance health equity and reduce adverse medical outcomes for patients of color.
Echoes of Jim Crow
An interactive on-campus exhibition brings to life the civil rights movement and ongoing struggle against racism and segregation in the US.
Indigenous Landscapes
Husband-and-wife educators endawnis Spears and Cassius Spears, Jr. kick off the Liberal Arts division’s spring lecture series.