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Category: Diversity

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Creating a Latinx Networking Event for the FIT Community

April 22, 2024 Laura Hatmaker Alumni, College & Campus, Diversity, Events, Museum

When Dana Flores, Advertising and Marketing Communications ’22, arrived at FIT, she had three specific goals in mind: to meet […]

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Opening Our Eyes to Colorblindness

February 26, 2024 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Diversity, Faculty/Staff, School of Art & Design, Top Stories

An estimated 300 million people in the world are colorblind, but according to Italian artist Fabrizio Tiribilli, an expert in […]

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Designer B Michael and Cicely Tyson: Fashion and Friendship

February 5, 2024 Alex Joseph Alumni, Center for Continuing & Professional Studies, College & Campus, Diversity, Events, Top Stories

Designer B Michael has dressed Beyoncé, Lena Horne, and Whitney Houston. When the alumnus came to FIT Jan. 31 to […]

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Fashion Arts Xchange Fetes Fashion Designer Stephen Burrows at FIT

December 4, 2023 Laura Hatmaker Alumni, College & Campus, Diversity, Top Stories

On Tuesday, November 28, in the Haft Theater, a celebration was held in honor of Stephen Burrows, Fashion Design ’66. […]

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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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