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MIT & FIT Playbook

The Future of Textiles Is Collaborative: MIT and FIT Develop Transdisciplinary Innovation Playbook

August 30, 2021 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, FIT + Industry, Innovation, Top Stories

How-to manual codifies successful textiles partnership between designers, engineers When MIT and the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) joined forces […]

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7Collections Emerging MFA Fashion Designer Virtual Showcase

March 23, 2021 Laura Hatmaker

Powered by Bambuser, the FIT DTech Lab presents its DTech Live pilot program, “7Collections,” presented by alumni from FIT’s School […]

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work by 7 recent graduates of FIT's Fashion Design MFA program

FIT’s First Online Interactive Fashion Event Launches April 6 with Made-to-Order Shopping

April 5, 2021 Alexandra Mann Alumni, College & Campus, Innovation, School of Graduate Studies, Top Stories

An inaugural pilot program—powered by Bambuser—launched April 6 and features an online interactive fashion event with made-to-order shopping from debut […]

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Engineering Smart Textiles That Can Save Lives

March 26, 2021 Jonathan Vatner Alumni, Alumni Home, College & Campus, Innovation, School of Art & Design, Top Stories

At the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering in Boston, Fashion Design alum Vanessa Sanchez developed robotic textiles that could […]

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Inside the DTech Lab, an engine of FIT’s future

February 1, 2020 Damian Dominguez FIT + Industry, Hue Feature, Hue Magazine

Innovation is the lifeblood of FIT, and the FIT/Infor DTech Lab is one of the biggest drivers of that innovation. […]

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Graduate Wins Prize for Outfit Made of Pineapple-Leaf Fabric

November 5, 2019 Alex Joseph College & Campus, FIT + Industry, Innovation, School of Business & Technology, Students, Sustainability, Top Stories

FIT crushed the competition recently in a contest for Ideation 2019, a conference arranged by the software company Gerber. Of […]

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Fashion Tech Consortium: The Innovation Economy and Its Impact on Retail

October 3, 2019 Laura Hatmaker

The Fashion Tech Consortium holds its quarterly Retail Innovation Conference at FIT.  Leading retail technology solution providers such as Theory, […]

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Maker Minds Space

Experimenting With New Technologies at FIT’s Maker Space

October 11, 2019 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Innovation, Top Stories

A few times a semester, students and faculty flock to the sixth floor of the Gladys Marcus Library to try […]

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FIT Receives $186K National Science Foundation Grant

September 3, 2019 Alex Joseph Faculty/Staff, Faculty/Staff Home, Innovation, School of Liberal Arts, Sustainability

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded FIT a $186,635 grant, which will help further the college’s goal of developing […]

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MIT and FIT Join Forces

FIT and MIT Join Forces to Create Innovative Textiles

July 22, 2019 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Innovation, Sustainability, Top Stories

Advanced functional fabrics workshop, held jointly with Advanced Functional Fabrics of America and industrial partner New Balance, develops concepts for […]

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Sun 05

Exhibition: Chasing a Dying River: Ghat 24 Yamuna, Delhi, India — Opens

February 5
Wed 08

Exhibition: FIT Fabulous: A Modern Investigation of Hip Hop — Opens

February 8
Wed 08

Exhibition: Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop — Opens

February 8
Sun 12

Exhibition: Out of Body or Out of Place? — Closes

February 12
Mon 13

Diversity Collective Meet and Greet

February 13 at 10:00 am - 11:00 am

ON FITTIGERS.COM

Devin Rotunno and Andrea Distefano

Two Students Named SUNY Scholar-Athlete Award Winners

Congratulations to Andrea Distefano for being named the Fall SUNY Scholar Athlete Women’s Cross Country Award winner and to Devin Rotunno for being named the Fall SUNY Scholar Athlete Women’s Tennis Award winner during SUNY’s inaugural year of naming SUNY-wide Scholar Athletes. Full story at FIT’s sports website, FITTigers.com

THE MUSEUM AT FIT

two women standing in front of graffiti; photo by Jamel ShabazzFresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip Hop Style Opens Feb. 8

The exhibition will feature over 100 garments and accessories as well as images by New York photographer Jamel Shabazz. More details

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