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Category: Diversity

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Ana Bergero Wins SUNY Curation Award

December 23, 2020 Jonathan Vatner Alumni, Alumni Home, Diversity, School of Graduate Studies, Top Stories

In November, Ana Bergero, Fashion Design MFA ’20, won the inaugural SUNY Performing Arts Creation and Curation Prize for her […]

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A Bosnian Muslim Describes His War Experience

November 5, 2020 Alex Joseph College & Campus, Diversity, Events, Hue Magazine, School of Liberal Arts

Between 1992 and 1995, a war killed more than 100,000 people in the country formerly known as Yugoslavia. Kenan Trebincevic was […]

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Central Park Birder Christian Cooper Speaks at Diversity Comic Con

November 4, 2020 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Diversity, Events, Top Stories

Millions were outraged earlier this year when a woman called the cops on Central Park birdwatcher Christian Cooper claiming, “An […]

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Jericho Brown

Pulitzer-Winning Poet Speaks During Civility Week

October 22, 2020 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Diversity, Events, Top Stories

Jericho Brown’s poetry takes inspiration from a wide variety of sources, including Greek myth, American civil rights, and Alabama vernacular. […]

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#ChalkThatTalk: FIT’s Black Student Union Presents Exhibition In Honor of Black Lives Matter Movement

June 19, 2020 Corey Lacey College & Campus, Diversity, Newsroom Homepage Featured Story, School of Art & Design, Students, Top Stories

  On Friday, June 19, FIT’s Black Student Union supported the Black Lives Matter movement by installing a powerful exhibition […]

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UCE of FIT Remembers Victims of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

February 14, 2020 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Diversity

On Tuesday, February 11, the United College Employees (UCE) of FIT hosted a commemorative event on the history of transatlantic […]

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Advertising and Marketing Communications Student Receives an Inaugural SUNY EOP Award

November 27, 2019 Corey Lacey Diversity, School of Business & Technology, Students, Top Stories

Last month, the State University of New York announced the recipients of the inaugural Norman R. McConney, Jr. Award for […]

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A Nazi Rally in New York City? It Did Happen Here

April 12, 2019 Alex Joseph College & Campus, Diversity, Events, School of Liberal Arts, Top Stories

One night in February 1939, 20,000 people gathered at Madison Square Garden to celebrate the rise of Nazism in the […]

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Ron Milon Quoted in CFDA Briefing on Diversity and Inclusion

March 13, 2019 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Diversity, Faculty/Staff, FIT + Industry

Chief Diversity Officer Ron Milon participated in the creation of the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s Insider/Outsider publication earlier this […]

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The Business of Modest Fashion at FIT

October 16, 2018 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Diversity, Events, School of Business & Technology, Top Stories

On October 10, the Jay and Patty Baker School of Business and Technology presented the Dean’s Forum The Business of Modest […]

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Thu 15

15th Annual Sustainable Business and Design Conference: Changemakers in Action

April 15
Thu 15

World Affairs Lecture Series: Seeking Tomorrow: Women’s Agency and Murders in Turkey

April 15 at 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Thu 15

SUNY Distinguished Academy Inaugural Webinar: Health and Wellness in the Age of COVID: A Call to Action for Higher Education

April 15 at 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Thu 15

Fashion Culture Online Event: Alexander McQueen: Unseen

April 15 at 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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15th Annual Sustainable Business and Design Conference: Changemakers in Action

April 16

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“They’re like photos of the crazy year of 2020—spring, summer, fall, winter,” says Williams Perez about his four-panel illustration with scenes from his desk that depict each season. For Perez, a recent Illustration grad, getting a running start to his career took place mainly from his home studio. Read more

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