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Bambuser and DTech Live
Our D-Tech Lab, an extension of the FIT Center for Innovation, continues to deliver a holistic vision of business in the creative industries, and with student interns, faculty and academic and industry partners, it is developing new local, national and international markets in branding and in technology-driven sustainable production. It is also gaining a glowing…
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Time Magazine Essay
On the occasion of my 20th anniversary as president of FIT, Time.com asked if I would contribute my thoughts on leadership—which I was happy to do. My essay was posted recently and I am delighted to share it here with you.
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FIT Grows a Pair of Baby Shoes
If you had told me when I first arrived at FIT—almost 20 years ago—that during my tenure, FIT students will be creating their own color dyes from plants they grow on our terraces, developing knitting yarn from fungi, and “growing” baby shoes from plant materials, I would certainly have accused you of indulging in too…
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FIT Students Present Three Proposals at Clinton Global Initiative University
The blossoming relationship between FIT and the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U), I am happy to report, continues to flourish. A year ago, I posted about a pair of FIT students—Lydia Baird and Willa Tsokanis—who presented their plans for an innovative muslin-composting project at the 2015 CGI U in Miami. Their project is now fully functioning and…
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Edit the Statistic
What a delight to see every workstation occupied with student writers and editors typing away in the computer lab at Gladys Marcus Library for the Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon. A quick glance revealed students working on pages ranging from “Pattern Grading” to “Gothic Cathedrals” to the “British Fashion Council,” to name just a few. The event, which…