School of Graduate Studies

photo grid featuring all of the 2026 commencement speakers: Robert Geronimo, Brandice Daniel, Chris Mazzilli, Abigail DeVille, Jeriana San Juan, and Malene Barnett

FIT Alumni Announced as Speakers for the 2026 Commencement Ceremonies

May 13, 2026 Laura Hatmaker Alumni, College & Campus, Events, School of Art & Design, School of Business & Technology, School of Graduate Studies, School of Liberal Arts, Students, Top Stories

FIT is pleased to announce the keynote speakers and schedules for its 2026 commencement ceremonies. The speakers, all of whom […]

Beatrix Mak's mood board for her winning Roc Nation project

Roc Nation and FIT Announce Winner of Inaugural Student Design Competition

April 24, 2026 Alex Joseph College & Campus, FIT + Industry, School of Art & Design, School of Graduate Studies, Students, Top Stories

Roc Nation and FIT today announced the winners and finalists of a design competition hosted by Roc Nation, exclusively for […]

Photographer and FIT professor Praveen K. Chaudhry in a chiaroscuro photograhic portrait.

Documenting Vanishing Cultures: Praveen Chaudhry Named Fulbright Specialist

March 27, 2026 Kim Masibay College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Graduate Studies, School of Liberal Arts

Praveen K. Chaudhry, professor of Social Sciences and Global Fashion Management, has been named a Fulbright Specialist by the U.S. […]

Fashion and Textile Studies’ Exhibition Examines Utilitarian Fashion

March 9, 2026 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, School of Graduate Studies, Students, Top Stories

What happens when garments designed for protection, durability, and labor move beyond necessity and into the realm of fashion? Beyond […]

student working on a garment at a dress form in an FIT classroom

FIT Named One of the World’s Best Fashion Schools by ‘Vogue Business’

January 20, 2026 Laura Hatmaker Alumni, College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, FIT + Industry, Rankings, School of Art & Design, School of Business & Technology, School of Graduate Studies, School of Liberal Arts, Top Stories

FIT has been named one of the world’s top fashion schools by Vogue Business in its latest global roundup. The […]

Second Live Art Duel Showcases FIT Creatives at Work

November 17, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Featured, School of Art & Design, School of Business & Technology, School of Graduate Studies, Students

On Nov. 13, FIT hosted the Second Annual Live Art Duel in the John E. Reeves Great Hall, bringing together […]

Rebecca Jumper Matheson and cover of the book Artisans and Designers

Rebecca Jumper Matheson Publishes Book on Phelps Associates

November 11, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Graduate Studies

Rebecca Jumper Matheson, adjunct instructor in Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice, has published a new monograph, Artisans […]

Freelance conservator Janet Lee demonstrates to a group of graduate students, surrounding her work table, how to construct storage mounts for textile fragments in the first year Collections Management course in FIT's School of Graduate Studies.

Callie O’Connor Publishes Article on FIT’s Textile Studies in Leading Conservation Journal

November 6, 2025 Kim Masibay College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Museum, School of Graduate Studies

Callie O’Connor, assistant conservator at The Museum at FIT (MFIT), was lead author of a feature published in the October […]

Stephan Kanlian Receives Award From Beauty New York

November 3, 2025 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Graduate Studies

Stephan Kanlian, professor and associate chair of Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing and Management, received the Impact in Shaping Future Leaders […]

Bob Fisch Gifts $1.5 Million to FIT to Name Presentation Hall in New Building

October 31, 2025 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, School of Graduate Studies

FIT has announced that Bob Fisch—philanthropist, retail entrepreneur, motivational author, and FIT Foundation Board member—has gifted $1.5 million to the […]