Top Stories – Page 15

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Fall 2023 convocation in Katie Murphy Amphitheatre, audience, with Yasemin Jones at the podium

Meet FIT’s 24 New Faculty Members

August 21, 2023 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Art & Design, School of Business & Technology, School of Graduate Studies, School of Liberal Arts, Top Stories

For fall 2023, FIT welcomed 24 new classroom and non-classroom faculty members. Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs Yasemin Jones […]

Student crouching down on the pavement with the London Tower behind him.

Summer Abroad 2023 Spotlight: FIT Student Nicholas Alexis

August 21, 2023 FIT Newsroom College & Campus, FIT + Industry, School of Business & Technology, Students, Top Stories

Students who study abroad in one of FIT’s 60 international programs consistently say it was one of the most meaningful […]

Life and Death on India’s Yamuna River

August 14, 2023 Alex Joseph College & Campus, Diversity, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts, Top Stories

For thousands of years, the Yamuna River has been considered one of the most sacred bodies of water in Vedic […]

Karen Trivette and archival photo of Max Meyer sitting painting with his wife

Curator Discusses Her Show about FIT Founder Max Meyer and Alumna Artist Daria Dorosh

August 7, 2023 Alex Joseph Alumni, College & Campus, FIT + Industry, School of Graduate Studies, Top Stories

In the early decades of the 20th century, FIT founder and president Max Meyer (1876–1953), then a buyer for a […]

Elena Romero’s ‘LATiNAS’ Nominated for an Emmy

July 20, 2023 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Business & Technology, Top Stories

Elena Romero, assistant chair, Marketing Communications, has received her first New York Emmy nomination for Best Public Affairs Program (Series) […]

One woman is gesturing toward a garment on a mannequin in a museum exhibition.

Is Fashion Corrupting Art? A Conversation With Natasha Degen

June 23, 2023 Alex Joseph College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Graduate Studies, Top Stories

Fashion exhibitions have become an increasingly popular mainstay at museums—nearly 1.7 million people visited The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 2018 […]

students and professors in front of the Taj Mahal in India

The Future of Global Beauty Consumers and Talent

June 13, 2023 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Graduate Studies, Top Stories

On June 22, the Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing and Management (CFMM) Class of 2023 gave its capstone presentation, titled Beauty […]