Month: January 2017

  • Order On Immigration

    To the FIT  Community: In the wake of President Trump’s order on Friday to ban temporarily people from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States, I write to reaffirm FIT’s unyielding commitment to tolerance and inclusion.  Just the other day, at the FIT Faculty Convocation,  I spoke of our obligation as an educational…

  • Ready for a New Semester

    We are all just returning from our winter break—brief for some, a bit longer for others, a welcome respite for all. It is the start of a new semester, a time I always find exciting. We come together, faculty and staff, having had time to relax, to refresh our minds and spirits, about as prepared…