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Tag: innovation

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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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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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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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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The World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship

March 28, 2019 Laura Hatmaker

The 13th Edition of The World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (WSIE) takes place April 9 and 10, 2019, at […]

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In DTech, Student Interns Experiment with Technology to Advance Industry

November 2, 2018 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Innovation, Students, Top Stories

Since its inception in 2017, the FIT/Infor DTech Lab has collaborated with 16 faculty members and hired 60 student interns […]

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New Exhibition Space Takes an Unconventional Approach

October 30, 2018 Vanessa Machir College & Campus, Events, Faculty/Staff, Faculty/Staff Home, Featured, Innovation, School of Art & Design, Students

The current exhibition on view in the new gallery space of the Pomerantz Art and Design Center is groundbreaking in more […]

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Fashion Matters

October 12, 2018 Alex Joseph College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Featured, Hue Feature, Hue Magazine, School of Business & Technology, School of Liberal Arts, Students, Top Stories

Technical Design student Sidney Nobleza ’18 took her plea to heart. Breast cancer, she learned, is a common illness. Each […]

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Gwen Sanchirico leans over a drawer of colorful glass petri dishes Building a Biomaterials Reference Library, One Avocado Skin at a Time

From 60,000-year-old Neanderthal “super-glue” to WWII-era milk-spun fabric, humans have always found ways to forge useful materials from whatever is on hand. Today, in Room C806 of the Feldman Center, FIT researcher Gwen Sanchirico is carrying that spirit of innovation into the future.

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