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Category: Sustainability

Ethical Threads: Behind the Global Apparel Industry’s Push for Human Rights

August 28, 2018 Jonathan Vatner Alumni, Alumni Home, FIT + Industry Home, Sustainability

In 2013, dozens of American and European fashion firms were producing garments at the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh when […]

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FIT's Honeybees

Camera Ready: FIT’s Bees Celebrate National Honeybee Day Aug 18

August 16, 2018 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, FIT + Industry, Innovation, Students, Sustainability

FIT’s newest residents are not students, but rather a bevy of bees that have been living blissfully on the roof […]

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FIT Celebrates Earth Day

April 22, 2018 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Sustainability

While Earth Day is an annual event celebrated worldwide on April 22, FIT is committed to sustainability year round. So deeply […]

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Muslin that has been composted.

The MAGIC of FIT

March 1, 2018 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, FIT + Industry Home, Sustainability

FIT has made its presence in the sustainability arena known to a whole new audience by participating in February at […]

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The Fashion Innovators

February 16, 2018 FIT Newsroom College & Campus, FIT in the News, School of Art & Design, School of Business & Technology, Sustainability

Two of FIT’s research teams–AlgiKnit and #GROWAPAIR–were featured on NY1’s morning and daytime shows on Friday, February 16, capturing the collaborative […]

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Illustration of the bees found at FIT

Ten Things To Know About Bees

November 13, 2017 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Sustainability

FIT’s hives are part of a citywide effort to increase the local bee population. Guillermo Fernandez, founder and executive director […]

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Vote for FIT’s AlgiKnit Team in the NatGeo “Chasing Genius” Competition

September 7, 2017 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Sustainability

FIT’s Team AlgiKnit, winner of 2016’s Biodesign Challenge for its sustainable textile materials for the future, has been selected as […]

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Making Waves on Campus for World Ocean Day

May 30, 2017 Julianna Dow College & Campus, Sustainability

Although the Eye of Fashion sculpture has been taken down temporarily for restoration, FIT won’t suffer from a lack of public […]

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TDM Department Receives EPA Grant to Study Plant Growth with Muslin Compost

May 4, 2017 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, School of Business & Technology, Students, Sustainability, Top Stories

A garden grows at FIT (and it grows better with muslin compost). FIT’s Textile Development and Marketing (TDM) Department has […]

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FIT Hives Documentary Gets National Attention

March 30, 2017 Laura Hatmaker School of Liberal Arts, Students, Sustainability

Max Hechtman, a sophomore in the Film and Media program, screened his documentary FIT Hives: Sustainability—The Secret to Survival at the 2017 […]

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type treatment of 'Scholar Athlete of the Year' with SUNY logo and FIT Tiger logoThree Tigers Named SUNY Scholar Athletes of the Year

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