• Globally Connected @ FIT: Deeply Layered and Beautiful Morocco: On Art, Design, and Cross-Cultural Exchange in January 2026

    Virtual event

    Join us for a conversation that introduces highlights from a three-week study abroad program to Morocco in January 2026. What did the students learn about Morocco's art, cultures, design, and craft traditions? By tracing encounters with local educators and artisans, History of Art Professor Jennifer Miyuki Babcock and participating students, Odalis Bonilla and Gherese Felipe, […]

  • ‘The Re in Refuge’ with Author Adrianne Kalfopoulou

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

    Adrianne Kalfopoulou will read from and discuss The re in refuge, a linked essay collection that examines refuge in its many forms: emotional, political, cultural, and geographic. Written alongside the unfolding European refugee crisis, the book moves between personal narrative, history, and social critique, attending closely to questions of belonging, exile, and ethical responsibility. The […]

  • Globally Connected @ FIT + Sustainable Business and Design Conference: Reimagining Educational Ecosystems

    Virtual event

    Join us for a virtual talk with Harita Kapur, lecturer at the School of Fashion and Sustainability, Whitecliffe College, Auckland, New Zealand. Built on research in ecological design thinking, Indigenous methodologies, and curriculum development, this presentation emphasizes how design education can adapt to address increasing planetary challenges. It highlights the importance of incorporating Earth-centered, regenerative, […]

  • Globally Connected @ FIT: Meet Our New Faculty

    Virtual event

    Meet three of our new faculty members and hear about the global aspects of their work. Jamyn Edis joins the Marketing Communications Department. He is a seasoned executive, data strategist, […]