Last fall, Jeffrey Silberman, chair, Textile Development and Marketing, moderated a panel on e-commerce at Egytex2018, a textile and apparel sourcing trade […]
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Tag: Textile Development and Marketing
Tracking Cotton with DNA, from Dirt to Shirt
Sean Cormier ’92, associate professor of Textile Development and Marketing, studied the effect of harsh denim washes on cotton that […]
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Knitting for Civility
As part of their community service requirement, the FIT student chapter of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) […]
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The Floating Classroom: 15 Facts About the Ocean Plastics Crisis
Ocean plastics pollution has become a crisis, with some predicting that by 2050 there will be more plastic by weight in the world’s oceans than […]
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Sean Cormier Publishes Paper on DNA-Tagged Denim in Textile Research Journal
Sean Cormier, assistant chair, Textile Development and Marketing, published a paper in the September/October 2018 issue of AATCC Review (Vol. […]
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Ajoy Sarkar Quoted in Textile Research Journal
Ajoy Sarkar, Textile Development and Marketing, was quoted in an article titled “Natural Dyes: Return of the Classics” in the […]
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The MAGIC of FIT
FIT has made its presence in the sustainability arena known to a whole new audience by participating in February at […]
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Students Team with IBM and Tommy Hilfiger to Use AI
Fifteen FIT students from three majors—Textile Development and Marketing, International Trade and Marketing for the Fashion Industries, and Fashion Design—plus […]
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The Archroma Color Center Opens
Archroma, a Swiss resource for color and specialty chemicals, has partnered with FIT to open the new Archroma Color Center, […]
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Ajoy Sarkar Gives Lecture in South Africa
Ajoy Sarkar, Textile Development and Marketing, presented a lecture titled “Current Advances in Sustainable Textiles” at the Cape Peninsula University […]
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