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Category: Sustainability

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NEA Grant Funds Sustainability STEAM Education

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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Watch: Innovation and Circularity at New York Ethical Fashion Week

October 1, 2020 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Sustainability, Top Stories

Much of the clothing we wear is produced in factories with poor working conditions and few safeguards against pollution. New […]

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Seven Ways FIT Is Helping the Earth

October 1, 2020 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Featured, Sustainability

Sustainability Awareness Week, October 5 to 9, is a chance to take stock of past achievements in sustainability and plan […]

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More Ways to Get Involved with Sustainability at FIT

April 22, 2020 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Sustainability

Feeling inspired to help FIT become more sustainable? Whether you’re an employee of the college or a student, there are […]

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Take the Earth Day Student Bingo Challenge 

April 22, 2020 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Sustainability, Top Stories

In times of crisis, it is important to stay connected with those around us. This is why student members of […]

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Come to FIT’s Sustainability Showcase and Clothing Exchange

November 21, 2019 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Featured, FIT + Industry, School of Art & Design, School of Business & Technology, Sustainability

On Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 20 and 21, FIT will host The Loop for Good, a clothing swap and experiential […]

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Graduate Wins Prize for Outfit Made of Pineapple-Leaf Fabric

November 5, 2019 Alex Joseph College & Campus, FIT + Industry, Innovation, School of Business & Technology, Students, Sustainability, Top Stories

FIT crushed the competition recently in a contest for Ideation 2019, a conference arranged by the software company Gerber. Of […]

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Bringing Science and Numbers to Sustainability

October 14, 2019 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, School of Graduate Studies, Sustainability, Top Stories

Sustainability infuses the Global Fashion Management MPS program, which prepares emerging fashion executives for leadership roles in the industry. In […]

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FIT Receives $186K National Science Foundation Grant

September 3, 2019 Alex Joseph Faculty/Staff, Faculty/Staff Home, Innovation, School of Liberal Arts, Sustainability

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded FIT a $186,635 grant, which will help further the college’s goal of developing […]

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Fourth-Year Swimwear Designer Wins UpCycle Challenge

August 23, 2019 Julianna Dow College & Campus, School of Art & Design, Sustainability, Top Stories

Be sustainable, but make it fashion! That’s exactly what Hannah Myers, a fourth-year Fashion Design student, did this summer when […]

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Fri 22

Film Screening: ‘Bayard & Me’ and ‘Brother Outsider’ With Walter Naegle

September 22 at 4:10 pm - 7:00 pm
Tue 26

Book Launch Event: Jane Austen’s Wardrobe, with Hilary Davidson

September 26 at 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Wed 27

Fashion Culture: Rodney Smith: A Leap of Faith

September 27 at 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Thu 28

Spotlight: Experts Talk [the Age of AI in] Writing and Speaking Pedagogy

September 28 at 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Thu 28

Globally Connected 2023: Meet Our New Faculty—Part 2

September 28 at 1:15 pm - 2:00 pm

THE MUSEUM AT FIT

dress made to look like a Hershey's chocolate barFood & Fashion on Display Through Nov. 26

The exhibition explores how food themes and motifs are used to comment on critical topics from luxury, gender, and consumerism to sustainability, social activism, and body politics. More details

FROM THE SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN BLOG

“ROPA PINTADA” BY DEBORAH KRUGER (FORM BASED ON TUNIC-LIKE HUIPIL FROM CHIAPAS AND GUATEMALA)
“Ropa Pintada,” by Deborah Kruger.

Flight Patterns

Internationally recognized artist and alumna Deborah Kruger credits FIT for the textile and design influences in her feathered works that will soon be touring across the U.S. Read more

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