Student Stories
President Crystal Williams and Provost Touba Ghadessi welcome new and returning students and lead an emotional Convocation ceremony in the RISD Auditorium.
Students prepared for life after RISD this summer by visiting alums and other creative professionals at studios, galleries, arts nonprofits, and museums in upstate New York.
From Providence to Pakistan, this year’s Maharam fellows are putting their creative problem-solving skills to good use.
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.
Hundreds of rising juniors and seniors are learning the ropes working for arts organizations and design firms from coast to coast.
The daylong May 2025 event highlighted novel, hands-on approaches to storytelling, spatial computing and sensory augmentation.
Rhode Island School of Design is among the schools that showcased their seniors’ work on the runway
The annual RISD Careers event helps graduating students navigate the fine arts ecosystem.
From the Furniture Design department’s Grounding Space exhibition at WANTED to participation in NYCxDESIGN events across the city, RISD work stood out at this year’s exposition.