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Professor and student creating a redding material in a beaker

Student-Faculty Duo Creates Compostable Leather Alternative

April 21, 2025 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Business & Technology, Students, Sustainability, Top Stories

For the capstone project in Technical Design this spring, graduating students were asked to create an innovative garment. Isabella Estevez, […]

FIT President Joyce F. Brown with Sustainability Council Chair Karen R. Peterson at the FIT Changemaker Award ceremony, where Dr. Brown received the award for her legacy of contributions to sustainability at FIT.

Sustainability Conference Welcomes Circularity Trailblazers

April 14, 2025 Kim Masibay College & Campus, Sustainability, Top Stories

On April 8 and 9, FIT’s 19th Annual Sustainable Business and Design Conference, Charting a Course Toward Circularity, brought together […]

A Night for the Arts at the FIT Annual Gala

April 7, 2025 Laura Hatmaker Alumni, College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Art & Design, Top Stories

When FIT’s supporters came to the college’s Annual Gala to celebrate President Joyce F. Brown, they were invited to interact […]

members of INC Architecture, FIT Interior Design faculty, and an FIT student stand on stage at Katie Murphy Amphitheatre; a member of the architecture firm holds the Lawrence Israel Prize which is an orange triangle

INC Architecture and Design Awarded Lawrence Israel Prize

April 4, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, FIT + Industry, School of Art & Design, Top Stories

INC Architecture and Design has been named this year’s recipient of the Lawrence Israel Prize, awarded by the Interior Design […]

Fragrance Marketing and Management students outside Natura in Brazil.

Graduate Cosmetics Students Conduct Field Studies in Latin America

March 10, 2025 Laura Hatmaker Alumni, College & Campus, School of Graduate Studies, Students, Top Stories

At FIT, what’s learned in the classroom is only part of the picture. There are internships, industry collaborations, and travel, […]

executives from Shiseido on stage standing together

Shiseido Executives Share Business Philosophy with Students

March 10, 2025 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, School of Business & Technology, Students, Top Stories

It’s best to be scrappy. That’s some of the career advice three executives from Shiseido agreed upon on February 18 […]

Encountering Nature in the Urban Landscape in ‘City in Bloom’

March 3, 2025 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Events, Faculty/Staff, School of Art & Design, Students, Top Stories

The exhibition currently on display in the Pomerantz Center’s Art and Design Gallery, CiTY iN BLOOM, features the work of […]

Wilbekin Moderates a Harlem Renaissance Roundtable

February 21, 2025 Kim Masibay Diversity, Faculty/Staff, FIT in the News, School of Liberal Arts, Top Stories

In honor of the Harlem Renaissance centennial, Assistant Professor Emil Wilbekin, Marketing Communications, moderated a roundtable with four other Black […]

Amy Lemmon Receives Grant for Travel and Research

February 18, 2025 Kim Masibay Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts, Top Stories

In January, Professor Amy Lemmon, a poet and the acting assistant chair of English and Communication Studies, received a 2025 […]

Faryl Robin Takes a Step FRTHR with FIT’s DTech Lab

February 10, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, School of Art & Design, Students, Top Stories

When Faryl Robin Gilston, Accessories Design ’89, Marketing: Fashion and Related Industries ’88, and her footwear company, Faryl Robin, came […]