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Juneteenth Resources

June 18, 2025 FIT Newsroom Diversity

Today we honor Juneteenth not only through remembrance, but through reflection and responsibility. We invite our community to learn with […]

Wilbekin Moderates a Harlem Renaissance Roundtable

February 21, 2025 Kim Masibay Diversity, Faculty/Staff, FIT in the News, School of Liberal Arts, Top Stories

In honor of the Harlem Renaissance centennial, Assistant Professor Emil Wilbekin, Marketing Communications, moderated a roundtable with four other Black […]

Cover of books Multidisciplinary Representations of Home and Homeland in Diaspora and Home and Homeland in Asian Diaspora: Transnational Reflection in Art, Literature, and Film

New Anthologies Explore the Ideas of Home and Homeland

January 14, 2025 Kim Masibay Diversity, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

Jean Amato, professor of English and Communication Studies, and Kyunghee Pyun, professor of Art History and Museum Professions, have co-edited […]

‘OUT’ Previews First Issue of Ron Amato’s New Magazine

December 18, 2024 Kim Masibay Diversity, Faculty/Staff

A compelling selection of images from Photography and Related Media Professor Ron Amato’s new magazine, AMATO, was recently featured in […]

Amy Denet Deal holding a microphone and speaking

Indigenous Creator Amy Denet Deal on Career, Community, and Cultural Heritage

November 25, 2024 Laura Hatmaker Alumni, College & Campus, Diversity, Events, Top Stories

On November 19, FIT held A Celebration of National Native American Heritage Month, a full day of panel discussions and […]

Chloe M. Martin Selected to Attend Scholarly Retreat

November 22, 2024 Kim Masibay College & Campus, Diversity, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

Assistant Professor Chloe M. Martin, Social Sciences–Psychology, was recently selected to participate in the Society for Personality and Social Psychology […]

Graphic Design Students Partner with Indigenous Student Artists for ‘Lighted Earth’

November 4, 2024 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Diversity, Events, School of Art & Design, Students, Top Stories

In honor of National Native American History Month, FIT’s Art and Design Gallery—the school’s public contemporary art space—presents the exhibition […]

Don Lemon, Dr. Joyce F. Brown, and Emil Wilbekin.

Don Lemon Addresses Civility in the Media at FIT

October 21, 2024 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Diversity, Featured, School of Business & Technology

“I have a very strong perspective on things,” broadcast journalist Don Lemon said in an October 16 dialogue with Emil […]

a group of fashion industry people stand with Stephen Burrows

Fashion Arts Xchange Fetes Fashion Designer Stephen Burrows at FIT

December 4, 2023 Laura Hatmaker Alumni, College & Campus, Diversity, Top Stories

On Tuesday, November 28, in the Haft Theater, a celebration was held in honor of Stephen Burrows, Fashion Design ’66. […]

Jennifer Babcock behind a podium; banner flags outside a conference

Jennifer Babcock Speaks to Egyptologists About Diversity

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

Jennifer Miyuki Babcock, adjunct assistant professor, History of Art, presented her paper, “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access: How Local Communities […]