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Picturing the Presidents: A Venerable Illustration Faculty Member Renders All 45 for a Special Project

October 5, 2026 Alex Joseph All Stories, Faculty/Staff, School of Art & Design, Top Stories

You’ve never seen George Washington quite like this. Rendered in crisp pen and ink on cream-colored paper, America’s first president […]

FIT Writing and Speaking Studio Director Sarah Blazer and her team of peer consulates offer one-on-one and group support to students and faculty.

We Have Questions … for Sarah Blazer

September 22, 2026 Laura Hatmaker All Stories, Faculty/Staff, Featured

The FIT Writing and Speaking Studio offers one-on-one and group sessions for students, faculty, and staff, under the leadership of […]

We Have Questions for … Rebecca Hoffman

May 4, 2026 Kim Masibay All Stories, Diversity, Faculty/Staff, Featured, Students

Newsroom: Your career reads like a series of distinct, deliberate chapters—from an English degree at Oberlin to leadership at the […]

Photographer and FIT professor Praveen K. Chaudhry in a chiaroscuro photograhic portrait.

Documenting Vanishing Cultures: Praveen Chaudhry Named Fulbright Specialist

March 27, 2026 Kim Masibay All Stories, Faculty/Staff, School of Graduate Studies, School of Liberal Arts

Praveen K. Chaudhry, professor of Social Sciences and Global Fashion Management, has been named a Fulbright Specialist by the U.S. […]

Freelance conservator Janet Lee demonstrates to a group of graduate students, surrounding her work table, how to construct storage mounts for textile fragments in the first year Collections Management course in FIT's School of Graduate Studies.

Callie O’Connor Publishes Article on FIT’s Textile Studies in Leading Conservation Journal

November 6, 2025 Kim Masibay All Stories, Faculty/Staff, Museum, School of Graduate Studies

Callie O’Connor, assistant conservator at The Museum at FIT (MFIT), was lead author of a feature published in the October […]

Line graphs illustrating the results of color-science experiment, co-authored by FIT assistant professor Luke Hellwig

Luke Hellwig’s Color Science Research in Major Journal

October 27, 2025 Laura Hatmaker All Stories, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

Luke Hellwig, assistant professor of Science and Math, co-authored a paper in the journal Scientific Reports titled “Influence of color […]

Whitney Crutchfield Named a SUNY Sustainability Faculty Fellow

October 15, 2025 Kim Masibay All Stories, Faculty/Staff, School of Business & Technology, SUNY, Sustainability

Whitney Crutchfield, assistant professor of Textile Development and Marketing in FIT’s Jay and Patty Baker School of Business and Technology, […]

Actor Jim Newman sits with an acoustic guitar in a photographic portrait shot by FIT Professor Ron Amato.

‘Out’ Features Ron Amato’s Photos of ‘Mamma Mia’ Star

September 3, 2025 Kim Masibay Diversity, Faculty/Staff, Press, School of Art & Design

In June, Ron Amato, professor of Photography and Related Media, photographed actor Jim Newman, who is currently starring in the […]

new faculty member stands up to be recognized at convocation

FIT Welcomes 23 New Full-Time Faculty Members at Fall 2025 Convocation

August 18, 2025 Laura Hatmaker All Stories, Faculty/Staff, School of Art & Design, School of Business & Technology, School of Graduate Studies, School of Liberal Arts, Top Stories

For fall 2025, FIT welcomed 23 new classroom and non-classroom faculty members. Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs Yasemin Jones […]

Model wearing patchwork topcoat and brown fedora-style hat.

‘Sourcing Journal’ Spotlights FIT Materials Scientist’s Biotextile

August 4, 2025 Kim Masibay All Stories, Faculty/Staff, School of Art & Design, School of Liberal Arts

Associate Professor of Science and Math Theanne Schiros’ bioleather is finding broader recognition. Recently, Sourcing Journal’s 2025 Material Innovations Report […]