How-to manual codifies successful textiles partnership between designers, engineers When MIT and the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) joined forces […]
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Category: Innovation
Inside FIT’s Four National Science Foundation–Funded Projects
FIT faculty and student research activity has never been more robust. Case in point: The National Science Foundation (NSF) has […]
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NEA Grant Funds Sustainability STEAM Education
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has awarded FIT a $25,000 grant titled “Unconventional Innovation: New Design for a […]
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FIT’s First Online Interactive Fashion Event Launches April 6 with Made-to-Order Shopping
An inaugural pilot program—powered by Bambuser—launched April 6 and features an online interactive fashion event with made-to-order shopping from debut […]
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Engineering Smart Textiles That Can Save Lives
At the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering in Boston, Fashion Design alum Vanessa Sanchez developed robotic textiles that could […]
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Faculty Member Wins Fulbright to Study Syrian Refugee Experience
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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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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