Skip to content
FIT Newsroom

FIT Newsroom

  • College & Campus
  • Students
  • Faculty/Staff
  • Alumni
  • Hue Magazine
  • Museum
  • Events
  • Contact Us
  • FIT Home

Category: Alumni

Ernest Washington and his wife, Mary Cooke Washington

EOP at 50: Ernest Washington ’85

September 8, 2025 Laura Hatmaker Alumni, College & Campus, School of Art & Design, SUNY, Top Stories

Ernest Washington, Photography ’85, is a celebrated commercial photographer whose career was profoundly shaped by the support and mentorship he […]

Read more
Yuchen Han

Alienant Arrives: Alum Yuchen Han Joins This Season’s ‘Project Runway’

July 30, 2025 Laura Hatmaker Alumni, College & Campus, Top Stories

Alum Yuchen Han (Fashion Design MFA ’19) is redefining what fashion can express—on the runway and beyond. As founder/creative director […]

Read more
Belania Daley wearing a dress from her BCD collection

Alum Belania Daley Brings BCD Planet to New Season of ‘Project Runway’

July 30, 2025 Laura Hatmaker Alumni, College & Campus, Top Stories

The legacy of the Project Runway reality TV show is deeply intertwined with FIT, with alumni serving as judges, contestants, […]

Read more
Sketch of costumes for the Broadway musical Chicago.

Tony Winner, Broadway Costume Legend, FIT Alum

June 9, 2025 Alex Joseph Alumni, College & Campus, Featured, School of Art & Design

It’s hard to imagine Broadway musical history without legendary costume designer and FIT alum Patricia Zipprodt (1925–99). She received 11 […]

Read more
Baker Scholars, Baker Scholar Alumni, Dr. Joyce F. Brown, and Jay and Patty Baker pose for a photo on the patio of the FIT Dubinsky Center

Inside the New Baker Scholar Mentorship Program

May 5, 2025 Laura Hatmaker Alumni, College & Campus, School of Business & Technology, Students, Top Stories

Jay and Patty Baker have a simple message that they live by and share with everyone they meet: Give back. […]

Read more

A Night for the Arts at the FIT Annual Gala

April 7, 2025 Laura Hatmaker Alumni, College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Art & Design, Top Stories

When FIT’s supporters came to the college’s Annual Gala to celebrate President Joyce F. Brown, they were invited to interact […]

Read more
Dr. Joyce F. Brown laughing at the gala event

Gala and Newly Established Dr. Joyce F. Brown Legacy Fund Raise $2.4 Million

April 7, 2025 Laura Hatmaker Alumni, College & Campus, Events, Featured

On Tuesday, April 1, FIT held its Annual Awards Gala, celebrating President Joyce F. Brown’s 27 years of transformative leadership, […]

Read more
Fragrance Marketing and Management students outside Natura in Brazil.

Graduate Cosmetics Students Conduct Field Studies in Latin America

March 10, 2025 Laura Hatmaker Alumni, College & Campus, School of Graduate Studies, Students, Top Stories

At FIT, what’s learned in the classroom is only part of the picture. There are internships, industry collaborations, and travel, […]

Read more
Irene Alexander Cubides on the FIT runway with a model; Cubides's designed clothes on a rack at Macy's

From FIT’s Runway to Macy’s Flagship in Just Nine Months

March 10, 2025 Laura Hatmaker Alumni, College & Campus, Featured, FIT + Industry, School of Art & Design, Students

Imagine flying in from graduate school in Rome to attend your capsule collection launch at Macy’s flagship store in New […]

Read more
Robin Givhan, President Joyce F. Brown, Debra Martin Chase, Julieanne Richardson

Cultural Luminaries Explore the Power of Imagery

February 24, 2025 Laura Hatmaker Alumni, College & Campus, Diversity, Events, Featured

On Wednesday, February 19, President Joyce F. Brown sat down with three influential Black female creatives to discuss how images […]

Read more

Posts pagination

«Previous Posts 1 2 3 4 … 27 Next Posts»

FIT Newsroom Direct

Subscribe to our mailing list

* indicates required

View previous campaigns

FIT EVENTS

FIT Events

Check out upcoming events at our new site: events.fitnyc.edu

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.

HUE: THE MAGAZINE OF FIT

cover of Hue's fall 2025 issue featuring several cute illustrations of FIT icons and text describing FIT highlights from the issueCheck out Hue Fall 2025: That’s So FIT. Now online at hue.fitnyc.edu.

FIT Newsroom is managed by the
Office of Communications and External Relations
Business and Liberal Arts Center, Room B905
227 West 27th Street
New York, NY 10001

Media Relations
Newsroom Direct Newsletter Archive
Submit an Item for Newsroom

 

Loading Comments...
 

You must be logged in to post a comment.