Kim Masibay

We Have Questions for … Rebecca Hoffman

May 4, 2026 Kim Masibay College & Campus, Diversity, Faculty/Staff, Featured, Students

Newsroom: Your career reads like a series of distinct, deliberate chapters—from an English degree at Oberlin to leadership at the […]

Photographer and FIT professor Praveen K. Chaudhry in a chiaroscuro photograhic portrait.

Documenting Vanishing Cultures: Praveen Chaudhry Named Fulbright Specialist

March 27, 2026 Kim Masibay College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Graduate Studies, School of Liberal Arts

Praveen K. Chaudhry, professor of Social Sciences and Global Fashion Management, has been named a Fulbright Specialist by the U.S. […]

Stacy Flynn to Keynote 20th Anniversary Sustainability Conference

March 27, 2026 Kim Masibay Alumni, College & Campus, Sustainability, Top Stories

When Stacy Flynn, Textile Development and Marketing ’99, returns to campus on April 9, she brings more than a success […]

Building a Biomaterials Reference Library, One Avocado Skin at a Time

February 20, 2026 Kim Masibay College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts, Sustainability

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 […]

Freelance conservator Janet Lee demonstrates to a group of graduate students, surrounding her work table, how to construct storage mounts for textile fragments in the first year Collections Management course in FIT's School of Graduate Studies.

Callie O’Connor Publishes Article on FIT’s Textile Studies in Leading Conservation Journal

November 6, 2025 Kim Masibay College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Museum, School of Graduate Studies

Callie O’Connor, assistant conservator at The Museum at FIT (MFIT), was lead author of a feature published in the October […]

Whitney Crutchfield Named a SUNY Sustainability Faculty Fellow

October 15, 2025 Kim Masibay College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Business & Technology, SUNY, Sustainability

Whitney Crutchfield, assistant professor of Textile Development and Marketing in FIT’s Jay and Patty Baker School of Business and Technology, […]

FIT EED MFA program chair Christina Lyons at the World Expolympics 2025 in Osaka, Japan.

Christina Lyons in Osaka at “The Olympics of Experiential Design”

October 15, 2025 Kim Masibay College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Graduate Studies

Christina Lyons, chair, Exhibition and Experience Design, is currently on a one-semester sabbatical in Osaka, Japan, to conduct research on […]

Actor Jim Newman sits with an acoustic guitar in a photographic portrait shot by FIT Professor Ron Amato.

‘Out’ Features Ron Amato’s Photos of ‘Mamma Mia’ Star

September 3, 2025 Kim Masibay Diversity, Faculty/Staff, Press, School of Art & Design

In June, Ron Amato, professor of Photography and Related Media, photographed actor Jim Newman, who is currently starring in the […]

students on the FIT Breezeway smiling and waving with cups of herbs

8 Ways to Weave Sustainability Into Your Life at FIT

August 25, 2025 Kim Masibay College & Campus, Featured, Students, Sustainability

Sustainability is a core value at FIT. On campus and off, FIT students, staff, and faculty are working to make […]

Model wearing patchwork topcoat and brown fedora-style hat.

‘Sourcing Journal’ Spotlights FIT Materials Scientist’s Biotextile

August 4, 2025 Kim Masibay College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Art & Design, School of Liberal Arts

Associate Professor of Science and Math Theanne Schiros’ bioleather is finding broader recognition. Recently, Sourcing Journal’s 2025 Material Innovations Report […]