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Week of Events
Civility Week 2024
October 14–18, 2024 The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion hosts Civility Week, a week of activities, talks, and workshops aimed at achieving the goals of FIT’s civility initiative. The initiative is aimed at engaging our community in a discussion of respectful ways of living and learning in a higher education environment. FIT encourages our community to […]
Civility Week 2024
October 14–18, 2024 The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion hosts Civility Week, a week of activities, talks, and workshops aimed at achieving the goals of FIT’s civility initiative. The initiative is aimed at engaging our community in a discussion of respectful ways of living and learning in a higher education environment. FIT encourages our community to […]
Civility Week 2024
October 14–18, 2024 The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion hosts Civility Week, a week of activities, talks, and workshops aimed at achieving the goals of FIT’s civility initiative. The initiative is aimed at engaging our community in a discussion of respectful ways of living and learning in a higher education environment. FIT encourages our community to […]
Civility Week 2024
October 14–18, 2024 The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion hosts Civility Week, a week of activities, talks, and workshops aimed at achieving the goals of FIT’s civility initiative. The initiative is aimed at engaging our community in a discussion of respectful ways of living and learning in a higher education environment. FIT encourages our community to […]
Civility Week 2024
October 14–18, 2024 The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion hosts Civility Week, a week of activities, talks, and workshops aimed at achieving the goals of FIT’s civility initiative. The initiative is aimed at engaging our community in a discussion of respectful ways of living and learning in a higher education environment. FIT encourages our community to […]
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Academic Minors Fair
Academic Minors Fair
By completing five courses in a subject area that interests you, you can earn an additional certification on your transcript: a minor in that topic. It could be a competitive […]
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‘This Is Strategy’ with Seth Godin
‘This Is Strategy’ with Seth Godin
The Entrepreneurship Department presents a fireside chat–style conversation with entrepreneur Seth Godin for the FIT community. This event will focus on Godin's new book, This Is Strategy, and concepts. A […]
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‘NEGRITA’ Documentary Screening with Q&A
‘NEGRITA’ Documentary Screening with Q&A
https://youtu.be/nuJve4FMXFQ?si=fOiKI6TxxloF-WT3 NEGRITA, the debut documentary film from director Magdalena Albizu, interrogates the cultural prejudice and presumptions surrounding the lives of Afro-Latina women in America. Albizu, a self-described negrita, explores an […]
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Balancing Acts: Diversity and Civility in Media
Balancing Acts: Diversity and Civility in Media
In an unprecedented year of social upheaval and civil unrest, citizens around the country feel challenged by violence, xenophobia, bullying, and threats to our humanity and our democracy. This has been a lightning rod in the center of the 2024 election—and the heart of America. FIT invites renowned journalist Don Lemon to discuss the importance […]
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Drag Banned Book Story Hour and Voter Registration Drive
Drag Banned Book Story Hour and Voter Registration Drive
FIT student Artiegh Fischel. Come out in support of LGBTQ+ History Month and your First Amendment freedoms and sign up to make your voice count in the upcoming election. Featuring readings of banned books by performers Arteigh Fischel and Scarlet Foxx, with special guest Stonewall veteran Joe Negrelli. Students and members of Services and Advocacy […]
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World Affairs Lecture Series: India And the U.S. Elections: Democracies at a Crossroads
World Affairs Lecture Series: India And the U.S. Elections: Democracies at a Crossroads
Siddhartha Deb. Photo by Nina Subin. In this virtual World Affairs Lecture, writer Siddhartha Deb will be in conversation with Dr. Souzeina Mushtaq, assistant professor of Communication and Media Studies at University of Wisconsin–River Falls, on the topic of “India and the U.S. Elections: Democracies at a Crossroad.” Born in Shillong, north-eastern India, Siddhartha Deb lives […]
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Fashion Culture: CBK: Carolyn Bessette Kennedy—A Life in Fashion
Fashion Culture: CBK: Carolyn Bessette Kennedy—A Life in Fashion
Courtesy of Harry N. Abrams. Fashion creative director Sunita Kumar Nair and CFDA CEO Steven Kolb will discuss her book CBK: Carolyn Bessette Kennedy—A Life in Fashion, which gathers the greats of the fashion world to speak about Bessette Kennedy's timeless style. The author will share personal anecdotes from family and friends, including Calvin Klein, […]
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A Conversation with Norman Hill, Civil Rights Legend
A Conversation with Norman Hill, Civil Rights Legend
Norman Hill is a legend of the Civil Rights Movement and a neighbor of FIT. A protégé of A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin, Hill desegregated beaches in Chicago and restaurants along Route 40 between New York and Washington, D.C. He helped plan the March on Washington, where he stood on the stage with Dr. […]