Museums have long been places for people seeking refuge; just ask anyone who’s ever visited The Met on a rainy […]
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Category: Innovation
FIT Alumni Set Record for Female Entrepreneurs
A recent study confirms FIT’s strong track record of empowering women leaders. Among founders of startups with more than $1 […]
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Marketing AI Shoots for the Moon
Before launching into his October 30 talk about artificial intelligence for marketing, Michael Trapani, director of marketing at Acoustic (formerly […]
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Graduate Wins Prize for Outfit Made of Pineapple-Leaf Fabric
FIT crushed the competition recently in a contest for Ideation 2019, a conference arranged by the software company Gerber. Of […]
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Faculty Member and Alumna Produce Breast Cancer Garment
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Here, we update a story we published in 2018 about a collaboration between a […]
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Experimenting With New Technologies at FIT’s Maker Space
A few times a semester, students and faculty flock to the sixth floor of the Gladys Marcus Library to try […]
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FIT Receives $186K National Science Foundation Grant
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded FIT a $186,635 grant, which will help further the college’s goal of developing […]
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Disney on Broadway Partners with FIT in Celebration of 25th Anniversary
Disney on Broadway continues its 25th anniversary celebration in partnership with the Fashion Institute of Technology, creating a unique design […]
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FIT and MIT Join Forces to Create Innovative Textiles
Advanced functional fabrics workshop, held jointly with Advanced Functional Fabrics of America and industrial partner New Balance, develops concepts for […]
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Using Biodesign, Students Invent Sustainable Textiles
What if our world’s most pressing environmental crises could be solved by looking to nature? The Biodesign Challenge, now in […]
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