Innovation – Page 2 – FIT Newsroom

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2023 PETE Prize Winners Develop Therapeutic Athletic Wear for People with Injuries

December 4, 2023 Alexandra Mann Alumni, College & Campus, FIT + Industry, Innovation, Students, Top Stories

The winners of FIT’s second annual PETE Prize for Entrepreneurs were announced during Entrepreneurship Month on Thursday, November 30, at a breakfast […]

A Conference at FIT Focuses on Designing for Empathy

October 13, 2023 Alex Joseph College & Campus, Innovation, School of Graduate Studies, Sustainability, Top Stories

On October 26 and 27, FIT’s Exhibition and Experience Design MA program will host the annual Designing for Empathy summit. […]

Faculty Collaborate on Bioleather Accessories

September 11, 2023 Jonathan Vatner Faculty/Staff, Innovation, Sustainability, Top Stories

Preeti Arya, Textile Development and Marketing, has developed a bio-based, biodegradable textile using a combination of lab-grown materials including SCOBY […]

Unwearable Collection: Uncertainty design; student designers at a table

Impossible to Wear. Impossible to Ignore.

July 3, 2023 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Featured, Innovation, School of Graduate Studies, Students

Fashion Design MFA students, in consultation with world-renowned designer Bart Hess, designed a garment that will be part of his […]

FIT’s First Student NFT Contest

June 7, 2023 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, FIT + Industry, Innovation, School of Business & Technology, Students, Top Stories

Fabriq Labs, a startup that empowers creatives to use Web3 technologies to improve society, sponsored an NFT contest through FIT’s […]

One male student in front of an academic poster

Textile Development and Marketing Students Present Their Research

May 1, 2023 Jonathan Vatner Innovation, School of Business & Technology, Students, Top Stories

On April 14, a record 27 students in the Textile Development and Marketing (TDM) program presented research projects at the […]

Applications Now Open for 2023 PETE Prize for Entrepreneurs

February 21, 2023 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Innovation, Students, Top Stories

The PETE Prize for Entrepreneurs, a student award that recognizes excellence in the development of fresh and creative ideas that […]

Deborah Berhanu holds a sphere in front of a projector during a presentation

FIT-Barnard Collaboration Challenges Students to Make Art with Code

January 17, 2023 Irina Ivanova College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Featured, Innovation, School of Liberal Arts, Students

FIT, like the creative industries it serves, thrives on collaboration. One professor took that to an entirely new level with […]

Alum Curates CFDA’s First Metaverse Fashion Show

December 16, 2022 Alex Joseph Alumni, Featured, Innovation

Starting December 19, enter the online game The Sandbox and you can see an exhibition of digital fashion, curated by […]

Theanne Schiros and an illustration from Environmental Science Advances shows bio-leather dyed with various natural substances and two applications of the material.

Major Recognition for Theanne Schiros’s Bioleather Research

September 28, 2022 Irina Ivanova College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Innovation, School of Liberal Arts, Sustainability, Top Stories

Theanne Schiros’s research into microbial leather is finding broad recognition in the academic and popular press. Schiros, associate professor of […]