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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 College & Campus, 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 College & Campus, 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 College & Campus, 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 College & Campus, 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 College & Campus, 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 […]

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 […]