Student Stories
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Sight Unseen editors highlight seating designs by RISD Furniture Design grad students shown in Material Opulence at WantedDesign.
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Grants are awarded for projects whose methodologies reflect diverse perspectives, utilize experimental approaches and provide innovative solutions.
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Four incoming first-year students discuss the enormous impact that POD has had on their lives.
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Off-campus exhibitions showcase the exceptional work graduate students make in RISD’s Ceramics, Painting, Photography and Sculpture departments.
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Sustainable Markets Initiative global judging panel to award £100,000 prizes to two of the innovative, scalable approaches to mitigating the global climate crisis.
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Nearly 200 juniors, seniors and grad students took part in the Career Center’s popular annual event.
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At a well-attended May presentation, Class of 2024 dual degree students discussed their challenging, five-year journeys.
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See all the looks from the Rhode Island School of Design’s senior runway show.
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Twenty-nine submitted pieces were included in the NYC exhibition, seven of which were awarded cash prizes.