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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 […]

Model in an elaborate white dress walking toward an audience in a glass-walled room

FIT in 2025: The Year in Photos

December 18, 2025 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Sustainability, Top Stories

As 2025 comes to a close, we look back and marvel at the images that defined a year of discovery, […]

rendering of the inside of the Gotham Foundry with chairs and glassed-in offices with lab tables

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 […]

Whitney Crutchfield Named a SUNY Sustainability Faculty Fellow

October 15, 2025 Kim Masibay College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Business & Technology, SUNY, Sustainability

Whitney Crutchfield, assistant professor of Textile Development and Marketing in FIT’s Jay and Patty Baker School of Business and Technology, […]

students on the FIT Breezeway smiling and waving with cups of herbs

8 Ways to Weave Sustainability Into Your Life at FIT

August 25, 2025 Kim Masibay College & Campus, Featured, Students, Sustainability

Sustainability is a core value at FIT. On campus and off, FIT students, staff, and faculty are working to make […]

model stands with two dress forms presenting the three winning garments of the RealReal competition

FIT and The RealReal Partner for a Second Upcycled Collaboration

April 21, 2025 Ivana Cepeda College & Campus, FIT + Industry, School of Art & Design, Students, Sustainability, Top Stories

This spring, The RealReal, the online marketplace for authenticated resale luxury goods, partnered with FIT for the second upcycled collaboration […]

Professor and student creating a redding material in a beaker

Student-Faculty Duo Creates Compostable Leather Alternative

April 21, 2025 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Business & Technology, Students, Sustainability, Top Stories

For the capstone project in Technical Design this spring, graduating students were asked to create an innovative garment. Isabella Estevez, […]

FIT President Joyce F. Brown with Sustainability Council Chair Karen R. Peterson at the FIT Changemaker Award ceremony, where Dr. Brown received the award for her legacy of contributions to sustainability at FIT.

Sustainability Conference Welcomes Circularity Trailblazers

April 14, 2025 Kim Masibay College & Campus, Sustainability, Top Stories

On April 8 and 9, FIT’s 19th Annual Sustainable Business and Design Conference, Charting a Course Toward Circularity, brought together […]

Students feeling mohair yarn in a laboratory setting

Slow Fashion Capstone Project Highlights Four Sustainable Fibers

May 28, 2024 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Business & Technology, Students, Sustainability, Top Stories

The 33 students who developed this year’s Textile Development and Marketing capstone project, titled “Farm to Fabric,” describe it […]

Two cylindrical containers with green pipes coming out of them

FIT Invests in Energy-Efficient Infrastructure

April 29, 2024 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Sustainability, Top Stories

In the fight against climate change, individual action is important, but upgrading infrastructure makes a much larger impact. This spring, […]