Nicholas Byrne, MFA Lighting Design ’23, Co-Founder of recycleReality Awarded Two OBIE Awards as 2022 “Breakthrough Artist”

Parsons-founded creative technology studio, recycleReality, just won two OBIE Awards as part of the 2022 “Breakthrough Artist” ad campaign with Amazon Music and Overall Murals. The campaign won the OBIE Craft Award for Best Illustration and a Silver OBIE Award in the Billboards category. These awards are presented annually by …


IESNYC Announces Yun-Hsuan Tsai, MFA Lighting Design, as 2023 Merit Scholarship Recipient

The IESNYC is proud to announce that Yun-Hsuan Tsai have been selected as one of two recipients of the 2023 IESNYC Merit Scholarship. This year’s selection process was highly competitive, with two exceptional candidates. As a result, the committee made the rare decision to award two recipients, supporting each of …


Pamela Elizarrarás Acitores, Parsons SCE Alumni – Winner of The World Around Young Climate Prize 2023

The World Around is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to making the best ideas in architecture accessible to all. Its Young Climate Prize aims to amplify and accelerate the impact of projects for climate resilience by pairing 25 young climate leaders under 25 years old with their own mentor from the …


Namra Khalid, Parsons SCE Alumni – Winner of The World Around Young Climate Prize

The World Around is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to making the best ideas in architecture accessible to all. Its Young Climate Prize aims to amplify and accelerate the impact of projects for climate resilience by pairing 25 young climate leaders under 25 years old with their own mentor from the …


Fabian Malmhagen, an MFA Industrial Design student has been awarded the prestigious 2023 Green Good Design award for his piece: Last Chance.

Fabian Malmhagen, an MFA Industrial Design student has been awarded the prestigious 2023 Green Good Design award for his piece: Last Chance.    Last Chance is about directing materials away from the landfill and creating furniture from them. It is about hindering the use of any virgin materials as much …


MFA Industrial Design student, Jessica Thies at the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center

On April 20th, MFA Industrial Designstudent, Jessica Thies, spoke about her thesis work at the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center. As a part of The Bio-Inspired Green (BIG) Science & Technology Symposium, she was on the Sustainable & Smart Fashion panel along with another student and faculty from FIT.


Designing Change – Virtual Panel Discussion

SCE Faculty Rama Chorpash is participating in a Virtual Panel Discussion called Designing Change at the Museum of Vancouver as part of the Why I Design series. MOV is hosting this online panel inspired by the provocative messages and design elements of Tobias Wong’s art – featured artist in the All We Want …


Medal of Honor awarded to Andrew Bernheimer, FAIA AIANY 2023 Award Ceremony

Andy Bernheimer, Associate Professor of Architecture, received the AIANY Medal of Honor award at the Annual Award Lunch, April 20, 2023.  The Medal of Honor, conferred by AIANY since 1914, is the Chapter’s highest form of recognition. It acknowledges an architect or firm of architects for distinguished work and high professional …


Healthy Materials Lab: We’re hiring Student Assistants!

Are you looking to join a team of passionate and creative people working to make the world a healthier place for all people? Healthy Materials Lab and Donghia healthier Materials Library (DhML) is looking for Student Research Assistants and Student Library Assistants. Please read the description of the opportunities below …


Lighting Design Student Nayoun Ryu Receives Jules Horton International Student Achievement Award from the Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education

This annual award is given to an international student who is studying lighting design in the United States and has achieved outstanding performance. The award, named after Jules Horton, a pioneering lighting designer who immigrated to the United States from Poland, is intended to support international students in their pursuit …