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Category: Diversity

Angie Cruz and cover of book How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water

Literary Star Angie Cruz ’94 Discusses Her New Novel

October 14, 2022 Alex Joseph Alumni, Alumni Home, Diversity, Top Stories

In September, the fourth novel by Angie Cruz, Fashion Design ’94, was reviewed on the cover of The New York […]

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(From left) FIT fashion and accessories design alumni Juliana Bui, Jake Valliere, and Desiree DiCarlo join Chris (Ludacris) Bridges during the FAO Schwarz "Kick It with Karma's World" event celebrating the launch of the toy line.

‘Karma’s World’ Designers Kick It With Ludacris

August 24, 2022 Alexandra Mann Alumni, College & Campus, Diversity, Featured, FIT + Industry, School of Art & Design, Students

On August 10, “Kick It with Karma’s World” was held at legendary toy store FAO Schwarz. The all-day event was […]

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FIT student Genique Smith.

President Brown on Juneteenth 2022

June 15, 2022 Corey Lacey College & Campus, Diversity

FIT President Joyce F. Brown has issued comments about the Juneteenth holiday, celebrated and commemorated by the college this Sunday. […]

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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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collage of photos of all 2021 scholarship winners

Two FIT Students Chosen as Gucci Changemakers

July 22, 2021 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Diversity, Students, Top Stories

Elijah Huggins-English and Dinasty Ly may change the fashion world once they graduate from FIT. Thanks to a major scholarship […]

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FIT student Yamilet Almonte.

BSU’s Juneteenth Mural Reflects on ‘Love and Resilience’

June 30, 2021 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Diversity, Students, Top Stories

On Saturday, June 19, FIT’s Black Student Union (BSU) commemorated Juneteenth by hosting an intimate outdoor gathering of artists and […]

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President Brown’s Statement on the Derek Chauvin Trial Verdict

April 21, 2021 Corey Lacey College & Campus, Diversity, Faculty/Staff

For me, one of yesterday’s most moving moments came when a man standing in the crowd in George Floyd Square […]

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Collage of brightly colored dresses

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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Bosnian graveyard

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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Film Screening: ‘Bayard & Me’ and ‘Brother Outsider’ With Walter Naegle

September 22 at 4:10 pm - 7:00 pm
Tue 26

Book Launch Event: Jane Austen’s Wardrobe, with Hilary Davidson

September 26 at 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Wed 27

Fashion Culture: Rodney Smith: A Leap of Faith

September 27 at 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Thu 28

Spotlight: Experts Talk [the Age of AI in] Writing and Speaking Pedagogy

September 28 at 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Thu 28

Globally Connected 2023: Meet Our New Faculty—Part 2

September 28 at 1:15 pm - 2:00 pm

THE MUSEUM AT FIT

dress made to look like a Hershey's chocolate barFood & Fashion on Display Through Nov. 26

The exhibition explores how food themes and motifs are used to comment on critical topics from luxury, gender, and consumerism to sustainability, social activism, and body politics. More details

FROM THE SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN BLOG

“ROPA PINTADA” BY DEBORAH KRUGER (FORM BASED ON TUNIC-LIKE HUIPIL FROM CHIAPAS AND GUATEMALA)
“Ropa Pintada,” by Deborah Kruger.

Flight Patterns

Internationally recognized artist and alumna Deborah Kruger credits FIT for the textile and design influences in her feathered works that will soon be touring across the U.S. Read more

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