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How a Student Got 550,000 Hits for a Fashion Filter

July 24, 2023 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Featured, School of Art & Design, Students

Fashion Design student Tessa Kent ’23 got over 550,000 hits for an augmented reality filter she created on Snapchat. The […]

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Exhibition and Experience Design Students Design for GE and Present at Industry Summit

August 1, 2022 Irina Ivanova College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, FIT + Industry, School of Graduate Studies, Top Stories

Students in FIT’s School of Graduate Studies Exhibition and Experience Design program wrapped up a spring semester chock-full of industry […]

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Virtual Talk: “What Would Benjamin Franklin Think About Facebook?”

April 21, 2020 Laura Hatmaker

Amy Werbel, History of Art Professor and Fulbright Scholar to the United Kingdom, will deliver—online—the 2020 Annual Fulbright Lecture at […]

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Corey Lacey Appointed FIT’s Social Media Coordinator

July 16, 2019 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Faculty/Staff Home

In June, Corey Lacey joined the Division of Communications and External Relations as FIT’s social media coordinator. In his position, […]

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Uncommon Pursuits: Lyn Slater

February 12, 2019 Alex Joseph Alumni, Center for Continuing & Professional Studies, Hue Magazine, Top Stories

Hue: You have half a million followers on your Instagram account and related blog, An Accidental Icon, that document your […]

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FIT’s Most Popular Stories of 2018

January 24, 2019 FIT Newsroom College & Campus, Featured, Top Stories

Whew, what a year! As we look back on 2018, we are reminded of the great accomplishments of our students, […]

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The Beckerman Twins: Fashion’s Social Media Superstars

August 15, 2017 Laura Hatmaker

FIT welcomes the charismatic Canadian bloggers/fashion influencers The Beckerman Twins back to their alma mater to talk about how branding […]

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Just Call Her JP

Fresh off One Battle After Another‘s Oscar win for Best Picture, we’re celebrating one of its standout stars: FIT Fashion Merchandising Management alumna Shayna McHayle, also known as Junglepussy, also known as JP. Check out our profile of the alum in FIT’s magazine, Hue.

SUSTAINABILITY SPOTLIGHT

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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