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Werewool Wins Competition Seeking Solutions to Microplastics Pollution

April 18, 2022 Jonathan Vatner Alumni, Innovation, School of Liberal Arts, Students, Sustainability, Top Stories

A biotech team formed at FIT has won the Conservation X Labs Microfiber Innovation Challenge, a competition seeking solutions to […]

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Amber Valletta Named FIT’s First Sustainability Ambassador

September 23, 2021 Corey Lacey College & Campus, Sustainability, Top Stories

FIT announced that model, actress, and activist Amber Valletta has been named the college’s first sustainability ambassador, further solidifying FIT’s […]

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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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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
Thu 28

Lawrence Israel Prize Lecture: Joel Sanders

September 28 at 6:00 pm - 7:30 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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