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Building Aspirations
After getting a taste for the field through the Great Gumdrop Pasta Tower Challenge, local high school students participating in the Rhode Island ACE Mentor Program are continuing to learn about space, scale, planning and building.
Biennial Showcases Teachers’ Talents
Despite the bone-chilling winter weather, hordes of art lovers turned out last Thursday evening for the opening of the RISD Faculty Biennial at the RISD Museum.
Glover Connects with Campus Community
Actor, producer and humanitarian Danny Glover wrapped up his visit to RISD last Friday with a heartfelt, stream-of-conscious talk delivered to a packed house in RISD’s main auditorium.
Sound Vision
Foundation Studies Programs Head Shawn Greenlee 96 PR has earned a MacColl Johnson Fellowship to explore ancient Asian instruments in the context of new technology.
Making a Living Making Art
Late last summer Tomas Hernando Kofman 16 PT climbed a ladder and wriggled his way into a tiny white-walled room in the center of a Brooklyn art studio.
Iron in Winter
Students in a Sculpture studio learn about the surprises of working with molten metal during a full-day “iron pour.”
Rosanne Somerson Named 17th President
Four decades after first coming to campus as a student, this award-winning designer and academic leader is well poised to lead RISD.
The Synergy of Discovery
More than 350 scientists, engineers, students and educators ranging in age from 18 to 86 and from as far away as Poland converged on campus last weekend for STEM to STEAM thru Synergy, the fourth design science symposium RISD has hosted since 2007.
The Seduction of Skin
Students in a cross-disciplinary studio make visceral works inspired by our largest – and perhaps most alluring – organ.