National Voter Registration Day

Various locations on campus Fashion Institute of Technology, 227 West 27th Street, New York City, NY, United States

Voter registration assistance will take place during the 26th Annual Volunteer Expo. Tables will be located in the Breezeway, Gladys Marcus Library and the FIT-ABLE Office (Dubinsky Center, A570). This event is sponsored by FIT diversity council, FIT Student Government Association, FIT Department of Student Life: Student Volunteer Community Services, FIT Residential Life, The UCE of FIT ,Gladys […]

EAP Lunchtime Seminar: Breathing Meditation Workshop

Dubinsky Student Center, Room A803 Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City , NY, United States

The FIT/UCE Employee Assistance Program and the Wellness Program are pleased to present a Lunchtime Seminar: Breathing Meditation Workshop Learn to develop the practice of breathing meditation: •    To reduce stress •    Calm the mind and body •    Reduce anxiety and improve emotional well-being •    Improve your health For further information, please contact Bob Silverstein, […]

Film and Media Screening Series: ‘The Washing Society’ with Lizzie Olesker and Lynne Sachs

Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center, New York City , NY, United States

Collaborating together for the first time, filmmaker Lynne Sachs and playwright Lizzie Olesker observe the disappearing public space of the neighborhood laundromat and the continual, intimate labor that happens there. With a title inspired by the 1881 organization of African-American laundresses, The Washing Society (44 minutes, 2008) investigates the intersection of history, underpaid work, immigration, and […]

Talking Trade at FIT Lecture: A Day in the Life of a President

Katie Murphy Amphitheatre Pomerantz Art and Design Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

Ida Simonsen. Image via WorldRedeye. Steven Frumkin, dean of the Jay and Patty Baker School of Business and Technology, will present Ida Simonsen, president of Stella McCartney (Americas), at this event, which is part of the International Trade and Marketing Talking Trade at FIT series. Simonsen will share her experiences through the lens on a day […]

Exhibition: The Commonwealth Fashion Exchange — Opens

Pomerantz Center, First Floor 227 W. 27th St., New York, NY

September 27–October 9, 2018 The Commonwealth Fashion Exchange is a fashion showcase of 32 ball gowns—an initiative conceived by Eco-Age that celebrates artisanal fashion and skilled craftsmanship from the Commonwealth’s 53 countries. (The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 53 independent and equal sovereign states, mostly former territories of the British Empire, that includes Canada, Australia, […]