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Yuniya Kawamura

What Japan Can Learn About Black Hairstyles

May 22, 2023 Irina Ivanova College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

Professor of Sociology Yuniya (Yuni) Kawamura recently contributed an article to Nikkei, Japan’s largest economic-focused daily paper. The commentary, “Teaching/Learning […]

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Erica Moretti

Erica Moretti Wins Preeminent Award for Italian Scholars

May 15, 2023 Irina Ivanova Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

Erica Moretti, assistant professor of Italian in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, has been awarded the Rome Prize […]

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Three young girls seated on carpets with books in front of them

Studying Iran’s Feminist Revolution

April 10, 2023 Alex Joseph College & Campus, Diversity, School of Liberal Arts, Top Stories

For generations, women’s rights have been restricted in Iran. As recent political tensions have grown, so have the restrictions. Women’s […]

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Grid of 16 multicolored squares

Turning Waste Cooking Oil Into Soap? It’s Possible

March 27, 2023 Irina Ivanova College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts, Top Stories

Many a home cook has struggled with the question of what to do with used cooking oil—to say nothing of […]

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Book covers of Cultural Appropriation and Fashion-ology,

Faculty Books Examine Cultural Appropriation, Contemporary Fashion

March 13, 2023 Irina Ivanova Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts, Top Stories

Yuniya Kawamura and Jung-Whan (Marc) de Jong, both Social Sciences, recently published a book on the thorny and timely question […]

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Theanne Schiros standing with students in classroom

Theanne Schiros Is on a ‘Mission Unstoppable’

January 23, 2023 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Featured, School of Liberal Arts

CBS-TV’s Mission Unstoppable, which focuses on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education and is shown on Saturday mornings and […]

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Deborah Berhanu holds a sphere in front of a projector during a presentation

FIT-Barnard Collaboration Challenges Students to Make Art with Code

January 17, 2023 Irina Ivanova College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Featured, Innovation, School of Liberal Arts, Students

FIT, like the creative industries it serves, thrives on collaboration. One professor took that to an entirely new level with […]

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A woman squats, modeling traditional Korean clothing in a red and white color scheme

Kyunghee Pyun Describes How Korean Fashion Went Global at GWU Colloquium

January 16, 2023 Irina Ivanova Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

History of Art Associate Professor Kyunghee Pyun delivered a talk about modern Korean fashion as part of a daylong symposium […]

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Yuniya Kawamura and a fan holding her book inside an auditorium.

Yuniya Kawamura Speaks at Phoenix Art Museum

January 4, 2023 Irina Ivanova College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

Yuniya (Yuni) Kawamura, professor of sociology, recently presented her work on Japanese fashion subcultures at a museum exhibition celebrating a […]

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Amy Werbel

For Historian Amy Werbel, Past Is Prologue

October 28, 2022 Irina Ivanova College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Featured, School of Liberal Arts

Those of us who aren’t historians might imagine that 19th-century efforts to impose morality on America have little to do […]

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Exhibition: ¡Moda Hoy! Latin American and Latinx Fashion Design Today — Opens

May 31

CONGRATULATIONS, GRADUATES!

Commencement banner2023 Commencement Ceremonies On Demand

All of our undergraduate and graduate 2023 ceremonies are now available to play on demand.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Future of Fashion logoExperience the Future of Fashion

Replay the 2023 Fashion Design BFA runway show and discover looks and details by all of this year’s students on the Future of Fashion website at fitnyc.edu/future.

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