Individual donors, foundations, and corporate partners stepped up to improve access and the student experience at RISD ...

Students, staff, and faculty got to their feet to applaud Provost Touba Ghadessi’s moving welcome at this year’s Convocation ceremony in the RISD Auditorium. After introducing academic leaders to the ...

“I have always been a little nervous about networking and thought of the professional world as cold and intimidating,” says rising senior Maggie McCreery 26 FD. “But conversations with the alums and ...

To meet your Liberal Arts requirements, you will take courses from three of our departments: History, Philosophy, and the Social Sciences (HPSS), Literary Arts and Studies (LAS) and Theory and History ...

What if an astronaut gets injured while exploring the surface of the moon and needs to be rescued by a remotely controlled crane? How should the space suit they are wearing be designed to guarantee ...

Alum Adam Krueger will teach the Illustration course Introduction to Tattooing, which aims to introduce students to tattooing as a recognized art form and viable career path “RISD’s Illustration ...

Modeled on our EFS curriculum, this one-semester program for first-year students is a unique, immersive option for students beginning their RISD journey. James Baldwin once wrote that the role of the ...

Liberal Arts’ graduate programs advance the division’s commitment to transdisciplinary education by integrating critical perspectives from across the humanities, social sciences and studio arts. Our ...