Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment
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Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment
Pratt Names Courtney Knapp New Chair of the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment
An award-winning scholar and professor in the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment’s Urban and Community Planning program, Knapp will assume the role on July 1, 2025, succeeding Eve Baron, who is stepping down to join the full-time faculty.
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Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment
Amplifying an Unsung Site of Queer History on Staten Island
The GCPE students visiting the Alice Austen House Museum (courtesy Vicki Weiner) Students in the Historic Preservation/Urban Placemaking Joint Advanced Studio worked closely with AAHM to propose ideas to help it become a stronger community anchor.
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Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment
Putting the Community First in Planning for a Brooklyn Neighborhood’s Future
As New York City rebuilds in the aftermath of a long pandemic year, Pratt students are partnering in the local Brooklyn community and beyond to support a better, more equitable future with innovative solutions. In the…
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Graduate Architecture and Urban Design
School of Architecture Advocates for Climate Education with Pavilions & Projects on Governors Island
A “slice” of Harrison Atelier’s Pollinators Pavilion at the Bee Conservancy on Governors Island (photo by Adam Elstein) As New York City rebuilds in the aftermath of a long pandemic year, Pratt students are partnering in…
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Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment
Brooklyn Historical Society Opens Ronald Shiffman Collection on the Pratt Center
The diversity of the long Pratt Institute career of Ronald Shiffman, BS Architecture ’61, MS City and Regional Planning ’66, is reflected in the 75 linear feet of material in the new Ronald Shiffman collection on the…
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Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment
Pratt Summer Abroad: Dispatch from Tokyo II
This summer, Pratt students are traveling the world to engage with international cultures and global perspectives in their disciplines. Pratt’s news page is featuring these experiences in a series of dispatches from around the world. Over two weeks…
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Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment
Center for Planning and the Environment Chair Eve Baron Named to NYC Civic Engagement Commission
Eve Baron, chair of the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment in the Pratt Institute School of Architecture, was appointed by Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams to serve as an inaugural member of New York…
