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Whitney Crutchfield Named a SUNY Sustainability Faculty Fellow

October 15, 2025 Kim Masibay College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Business & Technology, SUNY, Sustainability

Whitney Crutchfield, assistant professor of Textile Development and Marketing in FIT’s Jay and Patty Baker School of Business and Technology, […]

FIT EED MFA program chair Christina Lyons at the World Expolympics 2025 in Osaka, Japan.

Christina Lyons in Osaka at “The Olympics of Experiential Design”

October 15, 2025 Kim Masibay College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Graduate Studies

Christina Lyons, chair, Exhibition and Experience Design, is currently on a one-semester sabbatical in Osaka, Japan, to conduct research on […]

Kyunghee Pyun Gives Talk on Korean Megachurches

October 15, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

Professor Kyunghee Pyun, History of Art, gave a lecture at the University of California, Irvine, on October 8, on an […]

The Educational Opportunity Programs at 50: An Interview with Director Taur Orange

October 13, 2025 Laura Hatmaker Alumni, College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Featured, SUNY

For over 40 years, Taur Orange has led FIT’s Educational Opportunity Programs (EOP), a vital support system that guides socioeconomically […]

event space for Acne Studios s/s 2026 runway show with work by Pacifico Silano on the walls

Pacifico Silano Collaborates with Acne Studios

October 7, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Art & Design

Technologist and adjunct instructor Pacifico Silano collaborated with the fashion label Acne Studios for their spring/summer 2026 women’s wear collection. […]

Carolyn D’Angelo Honored by the Home Products Industry

September 18, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Business & Technology

Carolyn D’Angelo, adjunct assistant professor of Home Products Development and Fashion Business Management, has received the Home Excellence Award for […]

cover of Fashioning Japanese Subcultures and photo of Yuni Kawamura

Yuni Kawamura Holds Charity Show in Tokyo, Publishes Second Edition of Book

September 18, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

Yuniya (Yuni) Kawamura, professor of Sociology, has published a second edition of Fashioning Japanese Subcultures (Bloomsbury 2025) with three additional […]

photo of cover of Pedagogical Reckoning: Decolonizing and Degendering the Art Historical Canon in the Classroom and Museum and photo of Nancy Eder in front of a bookcase holding a copy of the Pedagogical Reckoning book

Nancy Eder Contributes Chapter to Art History Pedagogy Book

September 18, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

Nancy Eder, adjunct assistant professor in the History of Art Department, contributed a chapter to the book Pedagogical Reckoning: Decolonizing and […]

Three men wearing 18th century clown costumes in a production of an opera.

Daniel James Cole Wins Prestigious Award for Costume Design

September 12, 2025 Alex Joseph College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Art & Design

Daniel James Cole, adjunct assistant professor in the Fashion Department, has won the prestigious 2024 Costume Society of America’s Annual […]

Actor Jim Newman sits with an acoustic guitar in a photographic portrait shot by FIT Professor Ron Amato.

‘Out’ Features Ron Amato’s Photos of ‘Mamma Mia’ Star

September 3, 2025 Kim Masibay Diversity, Faculty/Staff, Press, School of Art & Design

In June, Ron Amato, professor of Photography and Related Media, photographed actor Jim Newman, who is currently starring in the […]