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Category: Diversity

(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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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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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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