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Two Decades in, the Art History and Museum Professions Major Evolves

May 4, 2026 Cynthia Robinson College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts, Students, Top Stories

The Art History and Museum Professions (AHMP) program celebrated its 20th anniversary with a symposium this April that highlighted both […]

We Have Questions for … Rebecca Hoffman

May 4, 2026 Kim Masibay College & Campus, Diversity, Faculty/Staff, Featured, Students

Newsroom: Your career reads like a series of distinct, deliberate chapters—from an English degree at Oberlin to leadership at the […]

Pacifico Silano’s Acne Studios Collaboration Celebrated at Soho Store

April 15, 2026 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, FIT + Industry, School of Art & Design

Adjunct instructor and technician Pacifico Silano, Photography, had an event at Acne Studios in Soho to celebrate his artist collaboration […]

Mallorie Dunn presents to an audience at rows of tables

Mallorie Dunn Discusses Size Inclusivity at U.N. Women’s Conference

April 8, 2026 Laura Hatmaker Center for Continuing & Professional Studies, College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Sustainability

On March 19, Mallorie Dunn, adjunct faculty member in both the Center for Continuing and Professional Studies and Precollege Programs, […]

Photographer and FIT professor Praveen K. Chaudhry in a chiaroscuro photograhic portrait.

Documenting Vanishing Cultures: Praveen Chaudhry Named Fulbright Specialist

March 27, 2026 Kim Masibay College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Graduate Studies, School of Liberal Arts

Praveen K. Chaudhry, professor of Social Sciences and Global Fashion Management, has been named a Fulbright Specialist by the U.S. […]

Yanhong Zuo Presents Research on AI in Education

March 25, 2026 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

Yanhong Zuo, assistant professor of English and Communication Studies, contributed to an article in the Journal of Applied Learning and […]

‘Adorned Futures’ Explores Indigenous Futurism and Cultural Resistance

March 16, 2026 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Diversity, Faculty/Staff, Press Release, School of Art & Design, Students, Top Stories

Adorned Futures: Fabric, Form, and Indigenous Resistance, opened in the Art and Design Gallery on February 25. The exhibition brings […]

Christie Shin and C.J. Yeh Speak at SUNY Albany AI Conference

March 12, 2026 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Art & Design

Christie Shin and C.J. Yeh, both professors of Illustration and Interactive Media and coordinators of Creative Technology and Design, spoke […]

José Blanco Publishes Textbook Contextualizing Contemporary Global Fashion History

March 12, 2026 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

Global Perspectives: Dress and Fashion in the 20th and 21st Centuries, a textbook by José Blanco, associate professor of History […]

Building a Biomaterials Reference Library, One Avocado Skin at a Time

February 20, 2026 Kim Masibay College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts, Sustainability

From 60,000-year-old Neanderthal “super-glue” to WWII-era milk-spun fabric, humans have always found ways to forge useful materials from whatever is […]