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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 […]

Faculty Member Wins Fulbright to Study Syrian Refugee Experience

March 18, 2020 Alex Joseph Faculty/Staff, Faculty/Staff Home, Innovation, School of Graduate Studies

Museums have long been places for people seeking refuge; just ask anyone who’s ever visited The Met on a rainy […]

FIT Alumni Set Record for Female Entrepreneurs

November 6, 2019 Jonathan Vatner Alumni, College & Campus, Innovation

A recent study confirms FIT’s strong track record of empowering women leaders. Among founders of startups with more than $1 […]

Marketing AI Shoots for the Moon

November 6, 2019 FIT Newsroom College & Campus, Innovation, School of Business & Technology, Top Stories

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

November 5, 2019 Alex Joseph College & Campus, FIT + Industry, Innovation, School of Business & Technology, Students, Sustainability, Top Stories

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 18, 2019 Alex Joseph Alumni, Faculty/Staff, Innovation, School of Business & Technology, School of Liberal Arts, Top Stories

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Here, we update a story we published in 2018 about a collaboration between a […]

Experimenting With New Technologies at FIT’s Maker Space

October 11, 2019 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Innovation, Top Stories

A few times a semester, students and faculty flock to the sixth floor of the Gladys Marcus Library to try […]

FIT Receives $186K National Science Foundation Grant

September 3, 2019 Alex Joseph Faculty/Staff, Faculty/Staff Home, Innovation, School of Liberal Arts, Sustainability

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded FIT a $186,635 grant, which will help further the college’s goal of developing […]

Disney on Broadway Partners with FIT in Celebration of 25th Anniversary

August 19, 2019 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, FIT + Industry, FIT + Industry Home, Innovation, School of Art & Design, Students, Top Stories

Disney on Broadway continues its 25th anniversary celebration in partnership with the Fashion Institute of Technology, creating a unique design […]

FIT and MIT Join Forces to Create Innovative Textiles

July 22, 2019 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Innovation, Sustainability, Top Stories

Advanced functional fabrics workshop, held jointly with Advanced Functional Fabrics of America and industrial partner New Balance, develops concepts for […]