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Professor and student creating a redding material in a beaker

Student-Faculty Duo Creates Compostable Leather Alternative

April 21, 2025 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Business & Technology, Students, Sustainability, Top Stories

For the capstone project in Technical Design this spring, graduating students were asked to create an innovative garment. Isabella Estevez, […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Promise of Animal-Free, Plastic-Free Fur

July 3, 2019 Julianna Dow School of Business & Technology, Students, Sustainability, Top Stories

Most faux fur, made from synthetic compounds, is not biodegradable and can shed microplastics. A student research project holds promise […]

Using Biodesign, Students Invent Sustainable Textiles

June 25, 2019 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Innovation, Sustainability, Top Stories

What if our world’s most pressing environmental crises could be solved by looking to nature? The Biodesign Challenge, now in […]

Students Research Synthetic Biology at Brooklyn Lab

June 17, 2019 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Innovation, Sustainability, Top Stories

For two years, FIT has partnered with Genspace, a synthetic biology lab in Brooklyn, to provide bench space and mentorship […]

FIT’s Team Werewool Honored for “Best Presentation” in 2018 Biodesign Challenge

June 19, 2018 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Top Stories

Team Werewool — chosen to represent FIT in the 2018 international Biodesign Challenge Summit on June 21 and 22 at the Museum of Modern […]

The Fashion Innovators

February 16, 2018 FIT Newsroom College & Campus, FIT in the News, School of Art & Design, School of Business & Technology, Sustainability

Two of FIT’s research teams–AlgiKnit and #GROWAPAIR–were featured on NY1’s morning and daytime shows on Friday, February 16, capturing the collaborative […]

Contribute to FIT’s Team AlgiKnit and Their CrowdRise Campaign to Raise $10,000

October 5, 2017 Alexandra Mann College & Campus

FIT’s Team AlgiKnit, winner of 2016’s Biodesign Challenge for its sustainable textile materials for the future, has been selected to […]

AlgiKnit Wins a National Geographic Chasing Genius Award

September 18, 2017 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Students

National Geographic has awarded FIT’s Team AlgiKnit $25,000 to develop a groundbreaking, sustainable textile. A panel composed of a scientist, […]