Pratt Institute School of Information

Pratt Institute School of Information We reimagine information and technology to design more equitable, resilient and diverse futures. Contact us for more information [email protected].

We offer Masters programs in Library and Information Science, Museums and Digital Culture, Information Experience Design, and Data Analytics and Visualization.

Dean Cocciolo and Associate Director Brull paid a visit to our neighbors to explore the option of using their backyard f...
06/05/2026

Dean Cocciolo and Associate Director Brull paid a visit to our neighbors to explore the option of using their backyard for a school event or two. Interesting to see the OSGEMEOS mural from a different perspective!

🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈 Don't forget to look up - our Pride Flags are being installed this Saturday morning and will be up for the mon...
05/28/2026

🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈 Don't forget to look up - our Pride Flags are being installed this Saturday morning and will be up for the month of June! 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈

Students in INFO 634 Conservation Lab with Prof. Slava Polishchuk finished up their custom enclosures for rare books. S...
05/21/2026

Students in INFO 634 Conservation Lab with Prof. Slava Polishchuk finished up their custom enclosures for rare books. Sometimes, it is nice to get off a screen!

Congratulations to our award winners at InfoShow26! They are:Best Individual Project – $500Neighborhood Corridor: Estima...
05/18/2026

Congratulations to our award winners at InfoShow26! They are:

Best Individual Project – $500
Neighborhood Corridor: Estimating Historical Refugee Routes
Makeda Tadesse

Best Group Project – $1,000 divided evenly
Inside Pratt Semantic Lab: Working with Sélavy
Alex Dean and Delaney Keck

Best Poster Award – $500
Beyond the Boroughs: Addressing the Geographic Inequities of NYC’s Foster Care System
Nisha Shrinivasan

People’s Choice Award – $500
Small Language Models (SLMs) in Programming for Cultural Heritage
Alana Maisel, Ellie Connors and Jace Steiner

Thank you to the donors to Fund for Pratt: School of Information for making possible the awards. Also thank you to the faculty awards jury (Profs. John Decker, Nancy Smith, and Benjamin Zweig), and to all attendees who submitted a ballot for the people’s choice award. And congratulations to the award winners and all presenters!

https://studentwork.prattsi.org/infoshow/2026/infoshow26-awards

05/05/2026

What does it take to make a museum experience more accessible, intuitive, and meaningful before a visitor even walks through the door?

For six Pratt graduate students, the answer is unfolding behind the scenes at The Museum of Modern Art through the School of Information’s annual fellowship program, which places students inside one of New York City’s most iconic cultural institutions.

From improving MoMA’s digital search experience across an archive of more than 106,000 works, to supporting research in the museum’s library, Pratt students are applying information design, emerging technology, art librarianship, and user research in real world settings that shape how people encounter art.

As Simran Kaur, MS Information Experience Design ’26, shared: “Being a fellow at MoMA has been one of those rare experiences where the reality actually lives up to the dream.”

Read more about how Pratt students are powering the museum experience behind the scenes: https://bit.ly/3QXhKiF

Did you know that the School of Information funds five fellows at the MoMA The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) to work for o...
04/22/2026

Did you know that the School of Information funds five fellows at the MoMA The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) to work for one school year on a project? This new article on Pratt.edu highlights three of these fellows: Simran Kaur (MSIXD '26), Shreesa Shrestha (MSIXD '26) and Akua Amponsah (MSLIS and MA History of Art and Design ’28). School of Information fellowships are made possible by generous donations to the Fund for Pratt: School of Information. Read the article here: https://www.pratt.edu/news/behind-the-art-information-fellowships-at-moma/

Photos from this year's Research Open House! And congrats to Prof. Nancy Smith who won the Excellence in Research Award...
04/17/2026

Photos from this year's Research Open House! And congrats to Prof. Nancy Smith who won the Excellence in Research Award!

Data Textiles: Exploring Data Physicalization in Quilts, Embroidery, and Fiber Arts
Nancy Smith, Associate Professor

Decoding Mental Health Conversations with GenAI
Irene Lopatovska, Professor
Marc Lobo, Graduate Student

Exploring Student Use of Generative AI Tools in Prototyping Physical Computing Projects
Monica Maceli, Associate Professor

The Migrant Mortality Mapping Portal Project (M3P2) – A Humanitarian Data-Provision Project in Process
Rachel Daniell, Visiting Assistant Professor

National Gentrification Intensity Map
John Lauerman, Associate Professor
Alice Viggiani, Graduate Student
Emely Perkins, Graduate Student

Product Architecture Method: Architectural Thinking for Digital Product Design
Hasan Hachem, Visiting Assistant Professor

Regulation-Informed Design: Developing Ways to Integrate Legal Knowledge into UX Practices
Sai Shruthi Chivukula, Assistant Professor
Kirsten Segeren, Graduate Student
Maanya Agarwal, Graduate Student

Value Lanes: Toolkit to Build Ethical Argumentation in Design Students
Sai Shruthi Chivukula, Assistant Professor
Aayushi Bharadwaj, Graduate Student
Xin Jiang, Graduate Student

Exploring MohenjoDaro in Virtual Reality
Jack Young, Researcher
Uzma Rizvi, Professor (SLAS)
Jacob Welch, Graduate student

Museum Accession Cards in Mohenjo-Daro: Archives, Labor, and Decolonial Practice
Sophia Trifoli, Graduate Student
Uzma Rizvi, Professor

Course-Based Civic Engagement at Pratt
Michael Kelly, Adjunct Professor
Irine Le, Graduate Student
Ewa Miano, Undergraduate Student

Pratt Popup Library with alums Alex Austin (MSLIS '22) and Elizabeth Berg (MSLIS + MAHAD '15)

04/15/2026

School of Information faculty and students present at this year's Pratt Research Open House, this Friday from 1-5pm at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Presenters include:

Data Textiles: Exploring Data Physicalization in Quilts, Embroidery, and Fiber Arts
Nancy Smith, Associate Professor

Decoding Mental Health Conversations with GenAI
Irene Lopatovska, Professor
Marc Lobo, Graduate Student

Exploring Student Use of Generative AI Tools in Prototyping Physical Computing Projects
Monica Maceli, Associate Professor

The Migrant Mortality Mapping Portal Project (M3P2) – A Humanitarian Data-Provision Project in Process
Rachel Daniell, Visiting Assistant Professor

National Gentrification Intensity Map
John Lauerman, Associate Professor
Alice Viggiani, Graduate Student
Emely Perkins, Graduate Student

Product Architecture Method: Architectural Thinking for Digital Product Design
Hasan Hachem, Visiting Assistant Professor

Regulation-Informed Design: Developing Ways to Integrate Legal Knowledge into UX Practices
Sai Shruthi Chivukula, Assistant Professor
Kirsten Segeren, Graduate Student
Maanya Agarwal, Graduate Student

Value Lanes: Toolkit to Build Ethical Argumentation in Design Students
Sai Shruthi Chivukula, Assistant Professor
Aayushi Bharadwaj, Graduate Student
Xin Jiang, Graduate Student

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