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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 […]

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We Have Questions for … Julian Silverman

December 5, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts, Top Stories

Julian Silverman is an assistant professor in the Department of Science and Math, where he focuses on developing hands-on activities […]

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FIT Joins New York City Sustainable Materials Research Center

December 1, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Innovation, School of Liberal Arts, Sustainability, Top Stories

FIT has joined a major city-backed initiative to push forward sustainable materials research. Gotham Foundry, a hub focused on developing […]

Jennifer Shloming Gives Presentation for National Distance Learning Week

November 6, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts, SUNY

Jennifer R. Shloming, associate professor and assistant chair of Science and Math, gave a presentation during National Distance Learning Week […]

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Kyunghee Pyun Presents at Symposium on Taiwanese Art

November 5, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

Kyunghee Pyun, professor of History of Art, participated in an international symposium held at the University of Edinburgh in conjunction […]

Line graphs illustrating the results of color-science experiment, co-authored by FIT assistant professor Luke Hellwig

Luke Hellwig’s Color Science Research in Major Journal

October 27, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

Luke Hellwig, assistant professor of Science and Math, co-authored a paper in the journal Scientific Reports titled “Influence of color […]

Kyunghee Pyun Gives Talk on Korean Megachurches

October 15, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

Professor Kyunghee Pyun, History of Art, gave a lecture at the University of California, Irvine, on October 8, on an […]

EOP at 50: Zackery Echevarria ’22

October 6, 2025 Laura Hatmaker Alumni, College & Campus, School of Liberal Arts, SUNY

Zackery Echevarria, Film and Media ’22, is an EOP program counselor at FIT, where he works in student development, event […]

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Yuni Kawamura Holds Charity Show in Tokyo, Publishes Second Edition of Book

September 18, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

Yuniya (Yuni) Kawamura, professor of Sociology, has published a second edition of Fashioning Japanese Subcultures (Bloomsbury 2025) with three additional […]

photo of cover of Pedagogical Reckoning: Decolonizing and Degendering the Art Historical Canon in the Classroom and Museum and photo of Nancy Eder in front of a bookcase holding a copy of the Pedagogical Reckoning book

Nancy Eder Contributes Chapter to Art History Pedagogy Book

September 18, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

Nancy Eder, adjunct assistant professor in the History of Art Department, contributed a chapter to the book Pedagogical Reckoning: Decolonizing and […]