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Tying for the largest gift ever made to the art and design college, the gift establishes the Karen Frank Merit Scholars Program

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Six SAIC artists honored with 2025 USA Creative Impact Awards.

SAIC alumni and faculty honored in Newcity’s Music 45 2025 list of Chicago music producers.

SAIC faculty Sara Levine featured in Publishers Weekly and the New York Times for new novel The Hitch.

SAIC student Lauren Nickels brings her design practice to the CTA’s internal creative work.

SAIC alum Cynthia Rowley earns CFDA Founder’s Award for her lasting influence on fashion.

PBS spotlights SAIC alum Maryam Taghavi in a new short documentary.

From loss, grief, and retribution—Pedro Montilla Pineros’ opens up about his graduate piece U, Empty Vessel.

Tanya Malhotra (BFA 2022) merges experimentation and artistic curiosity in her job at luxury fashion house COACH.