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The Studio: Artists in Residence
It is altogether possible to walk through our Art and Design Gallery in the Pomerantz lobby and never notice the glass-encased balcony-like space situated directly over the entrance turnstiles. After all, the gallery is so dazzling and its displays so captivating that your attention is riveted to what is immediately before you. However, for several…
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FIT’s Global Reach: Fulbrights
I was so proud to learn that this year, FIT had three Fulbright scholarship winners—our highest number ever. It was so high in fact, that FIT was included, for the first time ever, in the list of U.S. colleges and universities that produced the highest number of U.S. Fulbright scholars. The Fulbright, like the Rhodes…
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Prom Plus
It was like a scene from “Yes to the Dress;” all it lacked was Randy Fenoli and wedding plans. It was, instead, all about proms—and it was taking place on the 8 th floor of Dubinsky on a Sunday afternoon in April. There were racks of gowns; stacks of dancing shoes; tables filled with sparkling…
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The Museum at FIT 50th Anniversary
The 50th anniversary party for the Museum at FIT offered a welcome opportunity, in the middle of a dreary February, for celebration. To acknowledge this milestone moment in the museum’s history, its director and chief curator, Valerie Steele, and curator of costume and accessories, Colleen Hill, selected from 33 of the museum’s most influential—and often…
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Civility for the Season
It’s holiday time—the time of year for me to say thank you to you—the members of the FIT community for all of your good work…for all that you contribute to our legacy and to the students whose lives are transformed within our walls. Year after year, we send thousands of eager, well-educated young people out…