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Category: Top Stories

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Students Win Three Coveted CFDA Awards

October 16, 2023 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, School of Art & Design, Students, Top Stories

Each year, the CFDA awards a handful of highly competitive scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students at institutions across the […]

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A Conference at FIT Focuses on Designing for Empathy

October 13, 2023 Alex Joseph College & Campus, Innovation, School of Graduate Studies, Sustainability, Top Stories

On October 26 and 27, FIT’s Exhibition and Experience Design MA program will host the annual Designing for Empathy summit. […]

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Hee Jin Hwang standing with a garment on a hanger; model on a runway wearing that same garment

A Supima Competition Finalist’s Sculptural Works

October 9, 2023 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, School of Art & Design, Top Stories

When you look at Fashion Design BFA alumna Hee Jin Hwang’s exquisite designs, you are also seeing the impact and […]

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Joel Sanders Awarded 2023 Lawrence Israel Prize

October 2, 2023 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, School of Art & Design, Top Stories

For the first time since 2019, FIT’s Lawrence Israel Prize has been presented, this year to architect Joel Sanders, principal […]

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FIT’s Fashion Design MFA Class of 2023 Presents UNI / VERSAL

September 18, 2023 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, School of Graduate Studies, Top Stories

FIT’s Fashion Design MFA Class of 2023 presented UNI / VERSAL, a runway show featuring their graduate collections, at Spring […]

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Gabriela Hearst sitting at a table at the Couture Council luncheon

Gabriela Hearst Honored at Couture Council Luncheon

September 11, 2023 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Events, Featured, Museum, Students, Top Stories

On September 6, at the David Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, The Museum at FIT (MFIT) held its annual Couture […]

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FIT Is No. 1 for Interior Design

September 11, 2023 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Rankings, School of Art & Design, Top Stories

Intelligent.com, a site that helps prospective students choose colleges, has ranked two FIT majors at the top of its list […]

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Faculty Collaborate on Bioleather Accessories

September 11, 2023 Jonathan Vatner Faculty/Staff, Innovation, Sustainability, Top Stories

Preeti Arya, Textile Development and Marketing, has developed a bio-based, biodegradable textile using a combination of lab-grown materials including SCOBY […]

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Hilary Davidson

Jane Austen Scholar Hilary Davidson Publishes Three Articles

September 5, 2023 Irina Ivanova Faculty/Staff, School of Graduate Studies, Top Stories

Historian Hilary Davidson, chair, Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice, has been busy this summer. Ahead of the […]

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Delphine Horvath and Lindsay Karchin hold their book on a bench

Professor and Alumna Team Up to Write the Book on the Beauty Industry

August 28, 2023 Irina Ivanova Alumni, Faculty/Staff, School of Business & Technology, Top Stories

Delphine Horvath, assistant professor, Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing, teamed up with alumna Lindsay Karchin six years ago to fill a […]

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FROM HUE MAGAZINE

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Just Call Her JP

Fresh off One Battle After Another‘s Oscar win for Best Picture, we’re celebrating one of its standout stars: FIT Fashion Merchandising Management alumna Shayna McHayle, also known as Junglepussy, also known as JP. Check out our profile of the alum in FIT’s magazine, Hue.

SUSTAINABILITY SPOTLIGHT

Gwen Sanchirico leans over a drawer of colorful glass petri dishes Building a Biomaterials Reference Library, One Avocado Skin at a Time

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 on hand. Today, in Room C806 of the Feldman Center, FIT researcher Gwen Sanchirico is carrying that spirit of innovation into the future.

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