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Amy Lemmon Poem Selected for The Slowdown Podcast

May 18, 2026 Cynthia Robinson College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

English and Communication Studies professor Amy Lemmon was recently featured in The Slowdown, a nationally recognized poetry podcast hosted by […]

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 […]

stickers featuring different works of art with the text "Get AHMP'd Up!"

Two Decades in, the Art History and Museum Professions Major Evolves

May 4, 2026 Cynthia Robinson College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts, Students, Top Stories

The Art History and Museum Professions (AHMP) program celebrated its 20th anniversary with a symposium this April that highlighted both […]

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. […]

Yanhong Zuo Presents Research on AI in Education

March 25, 2026 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

Yanhong Zuo, assistant professor of English and Communication Studies, contributed to an article in the Journal of Applied Learning and […]

José Blanco Publishes Textbook Contextualizing Contemporary Global Fashion History

March 12, 2026 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

Global Perspectives: Dress and Fashion in the 20th and 21st Centuries, a textbook by José Blanco, associate professor of History […]

Building a Biomaterials Reference Library, One Avocado Skin at a Time

February 20, 2026 Kim Masibay College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts, Sustainability

From 60,000-year-old Neanderthal “super-glue” to WWII-era milk-spun fabric, humans have always found ways to forge useful materials from whatever is […]

Tanya Melendez-Escalante stands in front of the Museum at FIT entrance; Natalie Nudell stands on Seventh Avenue near the Garment District

Tanya Meléndez-Escalante and Natalie Nudell Win Vilcek Prizes

February 9, 2026 Laura Hatmaker Alumni, College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Featured, Museum, School of Liberal Arts

Since its inception in 2006, the Vilcek Foundation has awarded more than $9.6 million to support the achievements of immigrants […]

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 […]