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Hilary Davidson and the Jane Austen pelisse she reconstructed on a dress form

Hilary Davidson’s Jane Austen Expertise on Full Display

July 9, 2025 Kim Masibay College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, FIT in the News, School of Graduate Studies

A silk pelisse coat created by Associate Professor Hilary Davidson, chair of FIT’s Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum […]

newly designed Vibrant Health logos and typefaces

Yeh and Shin Win Muse Creative Awards for Rebranding Project

June 23, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Art & Design

C.J. Yeh and Christie Shin, both professors of Creative Technology and Design, led a Vibrant Health rebranding project that was […]

Co-director of FIT Dance Company Quiantae Mapenzi Johnson smiles at the camera. She has her black hair in a topknot and wears a black open blazer with a navy blue scoop-neck top underneath.

Dance Team Co-Director Performs in Off-Broadway Musical

May 2, 2025 Kim Masibay Athletics, College & Campus, Faculty/Staff

Quiantae Mapenzi Johnson (née Thomas), co-director of the FIT Dance Company team, is a member of the ensemble cast in the […]

Actor Claybourne Elder photographed by FIT Professor Ron Amato.

Ron Amato Photographs Actor Claybourne Elder for ‘Out’

April 21, 2025 Kim Masibay College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Art & Design

Professor Ron Amato’s photos of The Gilded Age star Claybourne Elder ran recently in an Out magazine fashion feature. The […]

Portrait of a child with his pet rabbit.

Adrian Jones’ Photographs Receive Honors at Gallery Shows

March 14, 2025 Kim Masibay College & Campus, Faculty/Staff

Assistant Professor Adrian Jones, a fine arts and commercial photographer, as well as a counselor in Career and Internship Services, […]

The Best Versions of Ourself Wellness Series — Begins

March 13, 2025 Laura Hatmaker

“Despite the forecast, live like it’s spring!” —Lilly Pulitzer Join the Diversity Collective Academic Administrative Subcommittee (DCAAS) in a paced […]

Alexander Nagel; Nagel accepting award from Iranian officials

Nagel Nabs Iran’s World Book Award for Studies on Ancient Pigments

March 10, 2025 Kim Masibay College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

Color and Meaning in the Art of Achaemenid Persia (Cambridge University Press, 2023) by Alexander Nagel, chair, Art History and […]

Teaching with The Museum at FIT

March 5, 2025 Laura Hatmaker

Explore what The Museum at FIT can offer your courses, especially through its many publicly available resources and activities planned […]

Collaborative and Cooperative Strategies in the Teaching and Learning Space

March 5, 2025 Laura Hatmaker

This workshop will focus on two ways to guide peer interaction to support deeper learning and improve assignment outcomes. Peer-to-peer […]

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 […]