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Category: Innovation

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Keith Ellenbogen Brings Underwater Photography to the New England Aquarium

July 28, 2022 Jonathan Vatner Faculty/Staff, Faculty/Staff Home, Innovation, School of Art & Design, Sustainability, Top Stories

Underwater photographer and Boston native Keith Ellenbogen’s exhibition, Space to Sea: A Photographic Journey into Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, […]

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Michael Posso and CJ Yeh

FIT Faculty Present at New York’s Digital Fashion Week

April 29, 2022 Irina Ivanova Faculty/Staff, FIT + Industry, Innovation, School of Art & Design

FIT’s digital faculty made an appearance at New York’s Digital Fashion Week earlier this year. C.J. Yeh and Michael Posso, […]

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Werewool Wins Competition Seeking Solutions to Microplastics Pollution

April 18, 2022 Jonathan Vatner Alumni, Innovation, School of Liberal Arts, Students, Sustainability, Top Stories

A biotech team formed at FIT has won the Conservation X Labs Microfiber Innovation Challenge, a competition seeking solutions to […]

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FIT’s DTech Lab Launches the PETE Prize for Entrepreneurs

March 7, 2022 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Featured, Innovation, Students

On Tuesday, March 1, FIT’s DTech Lab launched the PETE Prize for Entrepreneurs, a student award that recognizes excellence in […]

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Linen, Without the Wrinkles

January 11, 2022 Irina Ivanova College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Innovation, School of Business & Technology, Sustainability

Linen has long bedeviled designers: The durable, renewable, and sustainable fabric is extremely prone to wrinkling, particularly in the humid […]

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MIT & FIT Playbook

The Future of Textiles Is Collaborative: MIT and FIT Develop Transdisciplinary Innovation Playbook

August 30, 2021 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, FIT + Industry, Innovation, Top Stories

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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Inside FIT’s Four National Science Foundation–Funded Projects

July 22, 2021 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Featured, Innovation, Sustainability

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

April 12, 2021 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Innovation, Sustainability, Top Stories

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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work by 7 recent graduates of FIT's Fashion Design MFA program

FIT’s First Online Interactive Fashion Event Launches April 6 with Made-to-Order Shopping

April 5, 2021 Alexandra Mann Alumni, College & Campus, Innovation, School of Graduate Studies, Top Stories

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

March 26, 2021 Jonathan Vatner Alumni, Alumni Home, College & Campus, Innovation, School of Art & Design, Top Stories

At the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering in Boston, Fashion Design alum Vanessa Sanchez developed robotic textiles that could […]

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