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FIT to Honor Gap Inc. President and CEO Richard Dickson at 2026 FIT Annual Gala

February 24, 2026 FIT Newsroom College & Campus, Featured, Press Release

The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) announces that Richard Dickson, president and chief executive officer of Gap Inc., will be […]

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FIT Welcomes Jason S. Schupbach as Its Seventh President

January 15, 2026 FIT Newsroom College & Campus, Press Release, Top Stories

The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), a global leader in creative education and part of the State University of New […]

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Juneteenth Resources

June 18, 2025 FIT Newsroom Diversity

Today we honor Juneteenth not only through remembrance, but through reflection and responsibility. We invite our community to learn with […]

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Alum Rose Levy Beranbaum, Baker Extraordinaire, Shares Wisdom and a Recipe

November 20, 2023 FIT Newsroom Alumni, College & Campus, Top Stories

With holiday baking season upon us, it’s time to check in with Rose Levy Beranbaum, Fashion Design ’70, the three-time […]

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Four Holiday Shopping Predictions From Fashion Business Management Faculty

November 20, 2023 FIT Newsroom Faculty/Staff, Featured, School of Business & Technology

Holiday spirit is back! For the first year since the pandemic, third-quarter spending is up, thanks to promotional doorbusters. The […]

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Summer Abroad 2023 Spotlight: FIT Student Nicholas Alexis

August 21, 2023 FIT Newsroom College & Campus, FIT + Industry, School of Business & Technology, Students, Top Stories

Students who study abroad in one of FIT’s 60 international programs consistently say it was one of the most meaningful […]

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FIT and SUNY Celebrate Pride Month

June 7, 2023 FIT Newsroom Alumni, College & Campus, Diversity, Featured, Students, SUNY, Video

June is Pride Month, but FIT proudly embraces the LGBTQIA+ community year-round, with student events like the ever-popular Drag Pageant […]

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Speakers Offer Wisdom and Inspiration to 2023 Graduates

May 30, 2023 FIT Newsroom Alumni, College & Campus, Events, Featured, Students

Central Park’s Rumsey Playfield was the site of FIT’s six 2023 undergraduate commencement ceremonies, held on May 24 and 25. […]

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FIT Honors Public Safety Officers

January 23, 2023 FIT Newsroom College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Top Stories

YourLocalSecurity.com named FIT the safest college in America for 2021 (the most recent year available), based on statistics for violent […]

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FIT Students Return to Study Abroad in Italy

August 1, 2022 FIT Newsroom College & Campus, School of Art & Design, Students, Top Stories

This summer, the Study Abroad program resumed for FIT students seeking an educational experience off American soil after two years […]

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FROM HUE MAGAZINE

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Just Call Her JP

Fresh off One Battle After Another‘s Oscar win for Best Picture, we’re celebrating one of its standout stars: FIT Fashion Merchandising Management alumna Shayna McHayle, also known as Junglepussy, also known as JP. Check out our profile of the alum in FIT’s magazine, Hue.

SUSTAINABILITY SPOTLIGHT

Gwen Sanchirico leans over a drawer of colorful glass petri dishes Building a Biomaterials Reference Library, One Avocado Skin at a Time

From 60,000-year-old Neanderthal “super-glue” to WWII-era milk-spun fabric, humans have always found ways to forge useful materials from whatever is on hand. Today, in Room C806 of the Feldman Center, FIT researcher Gwen Sanchirico is carrying that spirit of innovation into the future.

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