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Theanne Schiros; Test tubes filled with fluids with different colors

FIT and Columbia Work Together on a New Sustainable Fiber

August 3, 2026 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Featured, Innovation, School of Liberal Arts, Sustainability

FIT, in partnership with Columbia University, has been awarded an $11.5 million grant from the Bezos Earth Fund to develop […]

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FIT Joins New York City Sustainable Materials Research Center

December 1, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Innovation, School of Liberal Arts, Sustainability, Top Stories

FIT has joined a major city-backed initiative to push forward sustainable materials research. Gotham Foundry, a hub focused on developing […]

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‘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 […]

Susanne Goetz and Theanne Schiros Exhibit at William Paterson University

March 11, 2024 Irina Ivanova Faculty/Staff, School of Art & Design, School of Liberal Arts

Susanne Goetz, chair, Textile/Surface Design, and Theanne Schiros, associate professor, Science and Math, have been selected to take part in […]

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Theanne Schiros Is on a ‘Mission Unstoppable’

January 23, 2023 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Featured, School of Liberal Arts

CBS-TV’s Mission Unstoppable, which focuses on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education and is shown on Saturday mornings and […]

Theanne Schiros and an illustration from Environmental Science Advances shows bio-leather dyed with various natural substances and two applications of the material.

Major Recognition for Theanne Schiros’s Bioleather Research

September 28, 2022 Irina Ivanova College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Innovation, School of Liberal Arts, Sustainability, Top Stories

Theanne Schiros’s research into microbial leather is finding broad recognition in the academic and popular press. Schiros, associate professor of […]

Bio-Sneakers Find an Audience in Switzerland

May 22, 2022 Irina Ivanova Faculty/Staff, School of Art & Design, School of Liberal Arts, Sustainability, Top Stories

A pair of fully biodegradable sneakers that two FIT faculty members worked on were featured in an exhibition on circularity […]

Werewool Wins Competition Seeking Solutions to Microplastics Pollution

April 18, 2022 Jonathan Vatner Alumni, Innovation, School of Liberal Arts, Students, Sustainability, Top Stories

A biotech team formed at FIT has won the Conservation X Labs Microfiber Innovation Challenge, a competition seeking solutions to […]

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Inside FIT’s Four National Science Foundation–Funded Projects

July 22, 2021 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Featured, Innovation, Sustainability

FIT faculty and student research activity has never been more robust. Case in point: The National Science Foundation (NSF) has […]

Online Exhibition: 6876 km — Opens

April 15, 2021 Laura Hatmaker

6876 km is the distance from the Garment District in Manhattan to The Association of Women Tie-Dyers in Modiya, Kindia. […]