Category: Sustainability

Werewool Wins Competition Seeking Solutions to Microplastics Pollution

Linen, Without the Wrinkles

Amber Valletta Named FIT’s First Sustainability Ambassador

Inside FIT’s Four National Science Foundation–Funded Projects

Preeti Arya Talks Sustainable and Performance Fabrics

Kelly Burton Named Associate Editor of Peer-Reviewed Journal on Sustainable Fashion and Textiles

Students Advocate for Sustainability at Clinton Global Initiative University

Albert Palmaccio Wins Sustainability Changemaker Award

Students Take the Lead in Sustainability

NEA Grant Funds Sustainability STEAM Education

April 18, 2022 Jonathan Vatner Alumni, Innovation, School of Liberal Arts, Students, Sustainability, Top Stories

A biotech team formed at FIT has won the Conservation X Labs Microfiber Innovation Challenge, a competition seeking solutions to […]

January 11, 2022 Irina Ivanova College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Innovation, School of Business & Technology, Sustainability

Linen has long bedeviled designers: The durable, renewable, and sustainable fabric is extremely prone to wrinkling, particularly in the humid […]

September 23, 2021 Corey Lacey College & Campus, Sustainability, Top Stories

FIT announced that model, actress, and activist Amber Valletta has been named the college’s first sustainability ambassador, further solidifying FIT’s […]

Chart with scanning electron microscope images of cotton

July 22, 2021 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Featured, Innovation, Sustainability

FIT faculty and student research activity has never been more robust. Case in point: The National Science Foundation (NSF) has […]

May 12, 2021 Jonathan Vatner Faculty/Staff, Faculty/Staff Home, Sustainability

Dr. Preeti Arya, assistant professor of Textile Development and Marketing, has become a go-to source for journalists writing about performance […]

Kelly Burton and cover of International Journal of Sustainable Fashion & Textiles

May 7, 2021 Laura Hatmaker Center for Continuing & Professional Studies, College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Business & Technology, Sustainability

Kelly Burton, adjunct instructor, International Trade and Marketing and the Center for Continuing and Professional Studies, has been named an associate […]

May 6, 2021 Jonathan Vatner Students, Sustainability, Top Stories

For the eighth year in a row, FIT students have been accepted to the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U). […]

April 21, 2021 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Sustainability, Top Stories

Each spring, the president’s Sustainability Council honors one member of the FIT community with the Changemaker Award for lifetime contributions […]

call for student submissions with illustrations of figures holding a globe

April 12, 2021 Jonathan Vatner Students, Sustainability

FIT has long attracted students passionate about sustainability, eager to research natural materials and promote earth-friendly practices. This year, students […]

earthy-looking materials on a gray placemat

April 12, 2021 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Innovation, Sustainability, Top Stories

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has awarded FIT a $25,000 grant titled “Unconventional Innovation: New Design for a […]

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