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Category: Diversity

FIT Connections to Civil Rights History Honored Throughout Fall 2023

November 27, 2023 Alex Joseph College & Campus, Diversity, Events, Faculty/Staff, School of Art & Design, School of Business & Technology, School of Graduate Studies, School of Liberal Arts, Students, Top Stories

In 2023, two monumental events in U.S. civil rights history had significant anniversaries—the New York City Draft Riots in 1863 […]

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Life and Death on India’s Yamuna River

August 14, 2023 Alex Joseph College & Campus, Diversity, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts, Top Stories

For thousands of years, the Yamuna River has been considered one of the most sacred bodies of water in Vedic […]

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President Brown on the Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision

June 30, 2023 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Diversity

FIT President Joyce F. Brown has issued comments about the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 29 ruling on Students for Fair […]

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FIT and SUNY Celebrate Pride Month

June 7, 2023 FIT Newsroom Alumni, College & Campus, Diversity, Featured, Students, SUNY, Video

June is Pride Month, but FIT proudly embraces the LGBTQIA+ community year-round, with student events like the ever-popular Drag Pageant […]

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EOP Student Wins SUNY Honor

May 24, 2023 Jonathan Vatner Diversity, Students, Top Stories

Tajahanae Aiken, Interior Design ’23, won the Norman R. McConney, Jr. Award for Student Excellence, which recognizes exceptional students in […]

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Studying Iran’s Feminist Revolution

April 10, 2023 Alex Joseph College & Campus, Diversity, School of Liberal Arts, Top Stories

For generations, women’s rights have been restricted in Iran. As recent political tensions have grown, so have the restrictions. Women’s […]

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SJC Executive Director on the Justice Film Fest and Upcoming Activities

March 6, 2023 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Diversity, Students, Top Stories

On March 3 and 4, FIT hosted two days of programming for the Justice Film Festival, brought to the college […]

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What Was FIT’s Soul Club? Four Alums Remember

February 27, 2023 Alex Joseph Alumni, College & Campus, Diversity, Featured

From 1968 to 1991, FIT’s Soul Club provided an essential service to FIT. Founded after the assassination of Martin Luther […]

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Students Create Hip Hop Block Party in A&D Gallery

February 6, 2023 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Diversity, Faculty/Staff, School of Art & Design, Students

Step into hip hop. Literally. In their first three-dimensional exhibition, students from Interior Design, Illustration, Graphic Design, and Spatial Experience […]

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FIT Ranks High for Social Mobility

January 9, 2023 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Diversity, Rankings, Top Stories

The Social Mobility Index (SMI) is a nontraditional college ranking that emphasizes indicators of economic opportunity rather than prestige. In […]

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Sun 03

Exhibition: Pattern, the Grid, and Other Systems — Closes

December 3
Tue 05

AHMP and SPARC Honoring World AIDS Day

December 5 at 2:15 pm - 3:00 pm
Wed 06

FIT Board of Trustees Meeting — Canceled

December 6 at 9:45 am - 11:00 am
Thu 07

Fashion Design AAS Exhibition: Postmodernism: Irony and Contradiction — Opens

December 7
Thu 07

Film and Media Screening Series: ‘Halston’ with Costume Designer Jeriana San Juan

December 7 at 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

FOR YOUR HOLIDAY BAKING

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Alum Rose Levy Beranbaum, Baker Extraordinaire, Shares Wisdom and a Recipe

Elegant blond and black tahini crisps, from her Cookie Bible, will be a crowd pleaser at upcoming gatherings. Get the recipe

HUE: THE MAGAZINE OF FIT

cover of Hue fall 2023The fall 2023 issue of Hue features alumni in diverse fields: sustainable beauty, branding, lighting design, and textiles, among others. Now online at hue.fitnyc.edu.

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