Updates from & for Faculty – RISD Academic Affairs

Graduate Hooding + Commencement 2018

Written on May 29, 2018. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Updates from & for Faculty.

The Graduate Hooding Ceremony will take place on Friday, June 1 at the First Baptist Church in America, 75 North Main Street. This will be a combined ceremony for all graduate departments. Doors will open at 1:00 pm, and the program begins at 1:30...

Professional Development Fund (Spring 2018) Awardees

Written on May 29, 2018. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Updates from & for Faculty.

Academic Affairs is pleased to announce the recipients for the Spring 2018 cycle of the Professional Development Fund. For more information on grants available to full and part-time RISD faculty members, click here. The total amount granted in this...

Crit Schedule Spring 2018 Now Avalible

Written on May 1, 2018. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Updates from & for Faculty.

Spring 2018 Crit Schedule The Spring crit schedule will be available for viewing to anybody with a risd.edu email; please click HERE to view the schedule. Please note that you must be logged in with your risd.edu email account in order to access the...

Bhabha/Wilson/Rasheed: A Conversation on Cultural Appropriation, 05/02/18, 6:30PM

Written on April 17, 2018. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Updates from & for Faculty.

Bhabha/Wilson/Rasheed: A Conversation on Cultural Appropriation, Representation and Free Speech, 05/02/18 Please join postcolonial scholar and Harvard professor Homi Bhabha and artists Fred Wilson and Kameelah Janan Rasheed for a panel discussion...

Henrybuilt / RISD x NYC Design Reception, 05/21/18

Written on April 17, 2018. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Updates from & for Faculty.

RISD’s Office of Institutional Engagement invites you to a special reception at the Soho showroom of Henrybuilt, founded by Miranda BArch 88 and Scott Hudson, to celebrate RISD alumni and students showing during NYCxDesign. Meet alumni, faculty,...

Cavicchi Publishes Essay on Audience History

Written on April 3, 2018. Posted in Updates from & for Faculty.

Daniel Cavicchi (Associate Provost, Research|Global|Practice) published an essay, entitled, Foundational Discourses of Fandom, in A Companion to Fandom and Fan Studies, edited by Paul Booth and published by Wiley. The essay argues that by making explicit...

CfP: 2018 AICAD Symposium

Written on April 3, 2018. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Updates from & for Faculty.

2018 AICAD Symposium Call for Proposals The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) seeks proposals for presentations to be delivered at the 2018 Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD) Symposium, Artists/Designers/Citizens,...

REMINDER: Academic Town Hall, Thur. 05/10, 11:30am RISD Auditorium

Written on April 3, 2018. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Updates from & for Faculty.

As a continuation to all of the work our faculty and staff have put into the Academic Plan to date, Tracie Costantino, Provost, and Daniel Cavicchi, Associate Provost Research|Global|Practice will be leading an Academic Affairs Town Hall meeting on...

Event: Allison Hedge Coke, 04/16/18, 7:00PM

Written on April 3, 2018. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Updates from & for Faculty.

Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, Measuring Up Monday, April 16, 7:00PM, Metcalf Auditorium Chace Center/RISD Museum The talk will be a moment for understanding our measure in life through contemplation, dedication, active living, and application of creative...

Opening Reception: RISD Research Space, 04/23/18. 6:00PM

Written on April 3, 2018. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Updates from & for Faculty.

Opening Reception: RISD Research Space, April 23rd at 6:00pm – 7:30pm RISD Research extends an invitation to the broader RISD community to visit its new space on the 3rd floor of ProvWash (20 Washington Place). After a toast at 6:30pm, we’ll...