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

October 31, 2025 Alexandra Mann All Stories, 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 […]

FIT EED MFA program chair Christina Lyons at the World Expolympics 2025 in Osaka, Japan.

Christina Lyons in Osaka at “The Olympics of Experiential Design”

October 15, 2025 Kim Masibay All Stories, Faculty/Staff, School of Graduate Studies

Christina Lyons, chair, Exhibition and Experience Design, is currently on a one-semester sabbatical in Osaka, Japan, to conduct research on […]

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FIT Announces New Master of Fine Arts in Exhibition and Experience Design

October 1, 2025 Laura Hatmaker All Stories, School of Graduate Studies, Students, Top Stories

The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), a part of the State University of New York (SUNY), has announced the establishment […]

Transformation, Dialogue, and Revelation at the Fashion Design MFA Show

September 15, 2025 Alexandra Mann Featured, School of Graduate Studies, Students

On September 9, FIT presented Act 5, the 2025 Fashion Design Master of Fine Arts (MFA) graduate runway show, spotlighting […]

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Ryan Hartley Smith Illustrates ‘The New York Times’ Wordle Review

August 27, 2025 Laura Hatmaker All Stories, Faculty/Staff, School of Graduate Studies

For the month of August, Ryan Hartley Smith, associate professor of Graduate Illustration, was the featured artist for The New […]

new faculty member stands up to be recognized at convocation

FIT Welcomes 23 New Full-Time Faculty Members at Fall 2025 Convocation

August 18, 2025 Laura Hatmaker All Stories, Faculty/Staff, School of Art & Design, School of Business & Technology, School of Graduate Studies, School of Liberal Arts, Top Stories

For fall 2025, FIT welcomed 23 new classroom and non-classroom faculty members. Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs Yasemin Jones […]

Hilary Davidson and the Jane Austen pelisse she reconstructed on a dress form

Hilary Davidson’s Jane Austen Expertise on Full Display

July 9, 2025 Kim Masibay All Stories, Faculty/Staff, FIT in the News, School of Graduate Studies

A silk pelisse coat created by Associate Professor Hilary Davidson, chair of FIT’s Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum […]

Paving the Way for Beauty’s Next Frontier

July 7, 2025 Alexandra Mann All Stories, FIT + Industry, Innovation, School of Graduate Studies, Students, Top Stories

On June 25, graduate students from FIT’s master’s program in Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing and Management (CFMM)—widely recognized as the […]

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Experience ‘Syndicate XVI,’ the Work of FIT’s 2025 Illustration MFA Graduates

June 9, 2025 Laura Hatmaker All Stories, School of Graduate Studies, Students, Top Stories

On Saturday, June 14, the culminating work of the graduating class of the 2025 Master of Fine Arts in Illustration […]

Bob Fisch stands between the four winners of his Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards.

CulturClasm and Brooks Avenue Each Receive $25,000 for Entrepreneurial Excellence

May 27, 2025 Laura Hatmaker All Stories, FIT + Industry, School of Graduate Studies, Students, Top Stories

On May 14, one team and one student from the School of Graduate Studies each received a $25,000 Bob Fisch […]