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Elena Romero and Omi Hopper sit on stage in the Great Hall

What We Learned From Internet Kitchen Sensation Omi Hopper

October 16, 2026 Laura Hatmaker All Stories, Events, Faculty/Staff, SUNY, Top Stories

Fans filled the John E. Reeves Great Hall on Thursday to see Omi Hopper, the internet sensation behind the Cooking […]

Picturing the Presidents: A Venerable Illustration Faculty Member Renders All 45 for a Special Project

October 5, 2026 Alex Joseph All Stories, Faculty/Staff, School of Art & Design, Top Stories

You’ve never seen George Washington quite like this. Rendered in crisp pen and ink on cream-colored paper, America’s first president […]

8 squares of different marbleized colors

Faculty/Staff Accomplishments, Summer 2026

September 22, 2026 Laura Hatmaker All Stories, Faculty/Staff, School of Art & Design, School of Business & Technology, School of Liberal Arts

School of Art and Design Adjunct Assistant Professor Deborah Hernandez, Textile/Surface Design, traveled to Thailand in April on an FDGA […]

FIT Writing and Speaking Studio Director Sarah Blazer and her team of peer consulates offer one-on-one and group support to students and faculty.

We Have Questions … for Sarah Blazer

September 22, 2026 Laura Hatmaker All Stories, Faculty/Staff, Featured

The FIT Writing and Speaking Studio offers one-on-one and group sessions for students, faculty, and staff, under the leadership of […]

President Schupbach at a podium in front of an audience at convocation

FIT Begins a New Academic Year With Big Ideas

August 31, 2026 Laura Hatmaker Faculty/Staff, School of Art & Design, School of Business & Technology, School of Graduate Studies, School of Liberal Arts, Top Stories

At fall convocation, FIT’s leadership welcomed new faculty and administrators while looking ahead to the next phase of FIT Future//Forward. […]

FIT Appoints Kimberly Fasting-Berg Inaugural Chief Marketing Officer

August 24, 2026 Laura Hatmaker All Stories, Faculty/Staff, Top Stories

Fasting-Berg brings extensive experience building iconic brands across fashion, media, design, and arts and culture The Fashion Institute of Technology, […]

‘Transformative’ Harnisch Gift Expands Special Collections and Fashion History Timeline

August 3, 2026 Laura Hatmaker All Stories, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts, Top Stories

A $400,000 donation from philanthropist Ruth Ann Harnisch via the Harnisch Foundation is bolstering two of FIT’s scholarly initiatives. The […]

Theanne Schiros; Test tubes filled with fluids with different colors

FIT and Columbia Work Together on a New Sustainable Fiber

August 3, 2026 Jonathan Vatner All Stories, Faculty/Staff, Featured, Innovation, School of Liberal Arts, Sustainability

FIT, in partnership with Columbia University, has been awarded an $11.5 million grant from the Bezos Earth Fund to develop […]

three students sit at laptops in a computer lab with orange wall behind them

How Can Faculty Evaluate AI Assignments?

July 16, 2026 Jonathan Vatner All Stories, Faculty/Staff, Featured, Innovation, School of Art & Design

In most creative academic environments, educators evaluate a student’s process and final project to gauge understanding of the concepts taught. […]

Joseph Altieri standing at a podium at a conference with large screens behind him

Joseph Altieri Presents at International Symposium in China

June 4, 2026 Cynthia Robinson All Stories, Faculty/Staff, School of Business & Technology

Earlier this spring, Joseph Altieri, adjunct instructor in Production Management, presented at the 2026 International Symposium on Industry-University-Research Collaborative Innovation, […]