College & Campus – FIT Newsroom

Julian Silverman in his classroom pouring a yellow substance into a beaker

We Have Questions for … Julian Silverman

December 5, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Featured, School of Liberal Arts

Julian Silverman is an assistant professor in the Department of Science and Math, where he focuses on developing hands-on activities […]

rendering of the inside of the Gotham Foundry with chairs and glassed-in offices with lab tables

FIT Joins New York City Sustainable Materials Research Center

December 1, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Innovation, School of Liberal Arts, Sustainability, Top Stories

FIT has joined a major city-backed initiative to push forward sustainable materials research. Gotham Foundry, a hub focused on developing […]

Bob Fisch Makes Future Student Sculpture Project Possible in Union Square

November 24, 2025 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, School of Art & Design, Students, Top Stories

Seven Fine Arts students are collaborating with the Union Square Partnership and the design collective Scale Rule to develop a […]

display in FIT's Art and Design window of products created by FIT students

Come See a Winter Tale in FIT’s Gallery Windows

November 24, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, School of Art & Design, Students, Top Stories

The college is pleased to announce the unveiling of its winter windows—Gift of Making: A Whimsical Celebration of Art, Design, […]

Second Live Art Duel Showcases FIT Creatives at Work

November 17, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Featured, School of Art & Design, School of Business & Technology, School of Graduate Studies, Students

On Nov. 13, FIT hosted the Second Annual Live Art Duel in the John E. Reeves Great Hall, bringing together […]

Amy Denet Deal and Dr. Joyce F. Brown sitting in chairs onstage at the Native American Heritage Month event

Indigenous Creators Share Their Career Journeys

November 17, 2025 Laura Hatmaker Alumni, College & Campus, Diversity, Events, Top Stories

What makes a successful career? That was the question posed at the panel “Native American Voices: Crafting a Successful Career […]

Rebecca Jumper Matheson and cover of the book Artisans and Designers

Rebecca Jumper Matheson Publishes Book on Phelps Associates

November 11, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Graduate Studies

Rebecca Jumper Matheson, adjunct instructor in Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice, has published a new monograph, Artisans […]

Six dramatic sketches of coats and dresses

Three FIT Students Win CFDA x Veronica Beard Scholarship

November 7, 2025 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, School of Art & Design, Students, Top Stories

Since its inception in 1996, the CFDA Scholarship Fund has awarded $4.4 million to 384 students, supporting the next generation […]

Jennifer Shloming Gives Presentation for National Distance Learning Week

November 6, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts, SUNY

Jennifer R. Shloming, associate professor and assistant chair of Science and Math, gave a presentation during National Distance Learning Week […]

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 […]