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ByondXR Partners with FIT to Launch The Business of Virtual Merchandising

January 18, 2022 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, School of Business & Technology, Top Stories

A new course focuses on sustainability and technological advancements in fashion as the industry moves further toward the Metaverse. ByondXR, […]

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President Brown Encourages Reflection on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 17, 2022 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Top Stories

Today is the 39th anniversary of the legislation that made Martin Luther King Jr. Day a federal holiday—to be marked […]

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Linen, Without the Wrinkles

January 11, 2022 Irina Ivanova College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Innovation, School of Business & Technology, Sustainability

Linen has long bedeviled designers: The durable, renewable, and sustainable fabric is extremely prone to wrinkling, particularly in the humid […]

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The Most-Read FIT Newsroom Stories of 2021

January 3, 2022 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Top Stories

It was a big year for FIT. In 2021, the college topped more rankings than ever before. FIT orchestrated an unprecedented […]

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Illustration MFA Students Design and Paint Memorial Mural at Queens Hospital

December 21, 2021 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, School of Art & Design, Students, Top Stories

  Northwell Health LIJ Forest Hills, in Forest Hills, Queens, saw its first COVID-19 patient on March 11, 2020, and […]

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Aniyah Smith, founder of Push Beauty, an inclusive and accessible cosmetics startup, poses for a portrait on Friday, Sept 24, 2021. Smith has received an Innovator Award from Northeastern's Women Who Empower inclusion and entrepreneurship initiative. The awards recognize 19 women who are graduates or current students at Northeastern. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University

FIT Grad Developing Cosmetics Startup for Diverse Communities

December 14, 2021 Corey Lacey Alumni, College & Campus, Diversity, Top Stories

FIT alum Aniyah Smith, Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing BS ’20, has created Push Beauty, an inclusive and accessible cosmetics company […]

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Introducing FIT’s Social Justice Center

December 8, 2021 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Diversity, FIT + Industry, Top Stories

On Dec. 8, FIT launched an unprecedented initiative to transform the lives and careers of people of color in the […]

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This Cat-Tastic Holiday Window Gives Us a Special Glow

December 3, 2021 Alex Joseph Alumni, College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Art & Design, Top Stories

On a cold winter day in New York, there’s nothing like strolling past the holiday windows of upper Fifth Avenue. […]

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A Journalist’s Harrowing Escape from Afghanistan

December 2, 2021 Alex Joseph College & Campus, School of Liberal Arts, Top Stories

She almost didn’t escape. In August, the United States began withdrawing forces from Afghanistan, ending the longest war in U.S. […]

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Fair Trade Buyers, by the Numbers

December 2, 2021 Irina Ivanova College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Business & Technology

How are buyers of fair trade fashion different from other consumers? A new study co-authored by Shireen Musa, assistant professor […]

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School of Art and Design Graduating Student Exhibition — Closes

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FROM THE SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN BLOG

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Headress by Jess Roe.

Variety in Designs and Materials Mark the Work of This Year’s Jewelry Design Grads

From a class that began during COVID-19 lockdown with 18 students, eight are graduating this week, making it through the Jewelry Design program with “perseverance, dedication, and a whole lot of talent,” says Professor Michael Coan. Read more

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