Tour the FIT Green Roofs and learn about their history and how they positively impact our environment. Hosted by professors Grazyna Pilatowicz, Interior Design, and Evelyn Rynkiewicz, Science and Math. This event is part of Fall 2017 Sustainability Awareness Week, which is held throughout campus the week of October 2–6. fitnyc.edu/saw  •  #FITsustainability

The Department of Modern Languages and Cultures presents a screening of the documentary BlaxploItalian 100 Years of Blackness in Italian Cinema (2016), followed by a Q&A with director and activist Fred Kuwornu. Fred Kuwornu is an Italian-Ghanaian filmmaker and activist best known for his documentaries Inside Buffalo (2010), about the Black American soldiers who participated in the liberation […]

Bring your own light colored natural textile (silk, wool, cotton) to learn the unique, free form technique of bundle dyeing using fresh dyestuffs from FIT’s Natural Dye Garden. Student leaders from Full-Cycle Fashion and Associate Professor Ajoy Sarkar of Textile Development and Marketing will host. This event is part of Fall 2017 Sustainability Awareness Week, […]

Learn about how to apply for a $5,000 Sustainability Grant, given by FIT’s Sustainability Council in support of projects related to social, environmental, and/or economic areas of sustainability at this workshop. Topics discussed include prior grant topics, eligibility and guidelines, grant objectives and criteria, the submission process, and brainstorming or feedback on grant ideas. This […]

President Joyce F. Brown will hold an “open hours” session in her office for those interested in meeting with her one on one. Please sign in upon arrival; meetings take place on a first come, first served basis. Each meeting will be limited to 15 minutes.

Join us outside for fresh fruits and vegetables, a freecycle station where you can exchange items, a table where you can learn about joining FIT Hives, and info from GrowNYC on recycling and composting in New York City. Farmers Market: 8 am–6 pm Freecycle: 12:15–3 pm GrowNYC: 11am–3 pm This event is part of Fall […]

Dr. Ivette Romero, director of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies program at Marist College and co-editor of the Repeating Islands blog—a site for news and commentary on Caribbean literature and culture—will discuss the blog, social media, and creating communities. Romero is also professor of Spanish and chair of the department of Modern Languages and […]

Join Lucy Collins and Daniel Benkendorf of Social Sciences and the Sustainability Council as they facilitate conversation with fellow faculty members and brainstorm about how to engage students in conversations about sustainability in the classroom. We hope this initial conversation will be a springboard for more events that will help both full-time and part-time instructors […]

The FIT Board of Trustees holds its October meeting. For more information, contact the Office of the President, 212 217.4000. This event is open to the public.

The FIT community is invited to participate in two Town Hall meetings: The first is on Thursday, October 5 from 1-2 pm in the Katie Murphy Amphitheatre and the second on Thursday, October 5 from 5-6 pm in the John E. Reeves Great Hall. Langdon Morris, founder of the consulting firm Innovation Labs, who led the effort to create the plan, […]

Assistant Professor Theanne Schiros, Science and Math, will teach you the ancient practice of combining beeswax and cotton to create a sustainable, reusable food storage option that can replace plastic cling wrap. This event is part of Fall 2017 Sustainability Awareness Week, which is held throughout campus the week of October 2–6. fitnyc.edu/saw  •  #FITsustainability […]

The FIT community is invited to participate in two Town Hall meetings: The first is on Thursday, October 5 from 1-2 pm in the Katie Murphy Amphitheatre and the second on Thursday, October 5 from 5-6 pm in the John E. Reeves Great Hall. Langdon Morris, founder of the consulting firm Innovation Labs, who led the effort to create the plan, […]

Learn about how to apply for a $5,000 Sustainability Grant, given by FIT’s Sustainability Council in support of projects related to social, environmental, and/or economic areas of sustainability at this workshop. Topics discussed include prior grant topics, eligibility and guidelines, grant objectives and criteria, the submission process, and brainstorming or feedback on grant ideas. This […]

This talk, "The Honeybee Conservancy and FIT Hives," is an exploration of the diverse types of bees in New York, the complex relationship between pollinators and people, and a discussion of why urban beekeeping benefits the city and how we can protect bees in a time of abrupt environmental change. It will be accompanied by […]

  FIT and the Department of Social Sciences hosts a panel discussion on the successes and failures of the New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) in providing accessibility to wheelchair users, in compliance with the federal Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990.  Panelists will discuss their efforts to push the MTA to improve […]