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Encouraging Global Research: Using First Language Sources in the College Classroom

FIT faculty are cordially invited to a symposium “Encouraging Global Research: Using First Language Sources in the College Classroom,” a

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has 0 events, 1 0 events, 1	has 1 event, 2 1 event, 2 2026-02-02 Exhibition: Africa’s Fashion Heritage: Eight African Countries — Opens Exhibition: Africa’s Fashion Heritage: Eight African Countries — Opens February 2 Exhibition: Africa’s Fashion Heritage: Eight African Countries — Opens February 2–16, Goodman Center Lobby February 9–28, Goodman Center, Room D223 This 3D virtual fashion exhibition presents 28 looks created by Professor Jennifer Lee, Ph.D. (Fashion Business Management, FIT). The exhibition brings together traditional African ensembles from prestigious museum collections alongside contemporary reinterpretations from The Museum at FIT, curated by Elizabeth Way, Ph.D., and designed […]	has 1 event, 3 1 event, 3 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Diversity Grant Virtual Workshop February 3 at 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Diversity Grant Virtual Workshop Please join us on Tuesday, February 3, at noon for a one-hour FIT Diversity Grant workshop. Taking part in a workshop is mandatory for those who wish to submit a Diversity Grant proposal. We hope to be able to share information which help you coordinate of many crucial activities of grant writing such as: Determining […]	has 0 events, 4 0 events, 4	has 2 events, 5 2 events, 5 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Brooklyn Navy Yard Internship Program Information Session February 5 at 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Brooklyn Navy Yard Internship Program Information Session In this virtual event, Brooklyn Navy Yard's program manager will provide an overview of the paid college internship opportunities, including full-time and part-time internships offered for their upcoming summer program. This virtual event is for the FIT community only. REGISTER VIA THE CSJB, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Fly Girls: Women, Hip Hop, and the Power of Style February 5 at 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Fly Girls: Women, Hip Hop, and the Power of Style From oversized gold nameplate chains to bamboo hoop earrings, women in hip hop have long crafted a visual language of empowerment. Join us for a powerful conversation about Fly Girls, aimed to not only celebrate fashion and style, but also to spark dialogue about race, gender, identity, and self-expression. Join us for a panel discussion […]	has 0 events, 6 0 events, 6	has 0 events, 7 0 events, 7
has 0 events, 8 0 events, 8	has 0 events, 9 0 events, 9	has 2 events, 10 2 events, 10 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Career and Internship Services Open House February 10 at 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Career and Internship Services Open House Meet with the Career and Internship Services team to learn about our online job and internship portal (CSJB), paid job opportunities, credited internships, branding yourself, resumes and cover letters, portfolio development, networking, interviewing, professional outreach, employer events, and more! This event is for the FIT community only. REGISTER VIA THE CSJB, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Emma Bowen Foundation Virtual Information Session February 10 at 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Emma Bowen Foundation Virtual Information Session The Emma Bowen Foundation is recruiting for paid summer internships in Photography, Video Editing, Graphic Design, E-Commerce, Marketing and Communications. Get a head start on your summer paid internship search and learn how EBF programs can help you land a need-based scholarship, and industry mentor, career guidance, and more. This virtual event is for the […]	has 2 events, 11 2 events, 11 9:00 am - 6:30 pm Biannual FIT X Tracks Licensing Summit February 11 at 9:00 am - 6:30 pm Biannual FIT X Tracks Licensing Summit Fashion is entertainment. Licensing is the engine. Join top executives from fashion, entertainment, retail, and consumer products for a one-day deep dive into how brands are built, extended, and scaled through licensing, culture, and fandom. HIGHLIGHTS Licensing Fundamentals, Trends, and Brand Architecture Licensing 101 for Students and Emerging Professionals Trends in Licensing: What’s Actually Driving […], 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Behavioral Interviewing Skills with Nordstrom February 11 at 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Behavioral Interviewing Skills with Nordstrom Nordstrom's NYC-based recruiter will be on campus to give her unique insight into how you can show up ready to absolutely crush your fashion industry job interviews. Learn from an expert how to navigate the most common and most difficult behavioral interview questions. Nordstrom Merchandising and Design team members will also join for a virtual […]	has 1 event, 12 1 event, 12 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm From Application to Offer: How to Tell Your Story and Get Hired With Confidence February 12 at 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm From Application to Offer: How to Tell Your Story and Get Hired With Confidence Join our guest speaker and Career Coach Julie Gartell from Career Prep Solutions for an interactive workshop covering resumes, LinkedIn, interviews, networking, and salary negotiation. Don't miss this unique opportunity to ask an expert all your questions about entering the workforce! This event is for the FIT community only. REGISTER VIA THE CSJB	has 1 event, 13 1 event, 13 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Diversity Grant Virtual Workshop February 13 at 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Diversity Grant Virtual Workshop Please join us on Friday, February 13, at noon for a virtual one-hour FIT Diversity Grant workshop. Taking part in a workshop is mandatory for those who wish to submit a Diversity Grant proposal. We hope to be able to share information which help you coordinate of many crucial activities of grant writing such as: Determining […]	has 0 events, 14 0 events, 14
has 1 event, 15 1 event, 15 2026-02-15 Exhibition: Rewind, Play, Fast Forward: Animation and Game Design at FIT and Beyond — Closes Exhibition: Rewind, Play, Fast Forward: Animation and Game Design at FIT and Beyond — Closes February 15 Exhibition: Rewind, Play, Fast Forward: Animation and Game Design at FIT and Beyond — Closes Image by Dan Shefelman/The Animation Project. January 17–February 15, 2026 Art and Design Gallery Rewind, Play, Fast Forward: Animation and Game Design at FIT and Beyond celebrates animation and game design work by FIT students, faculty, and alumni of the School of Art and Design and the School of Graduate Studies. The exhibition surveys works […]	has 0 events, 16 0 events, 16	has 1 event, 17 1 event, 17 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Career Information Session with URBN February 17 at 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Career Information Session with URBN Are you a 2026 senior with a passion for fashion and a sharp eye for trends? Join URBN to learn more about their Merchant Development Program! Their 12-week Merchant Development Program is your gateway to the fast-paced world of retail strategy and production curation. They're seeking students majoring in Fashion, Buying, or Merchandising—or those with […]	has 1 event, 18 1 event, 18 2026-02-18 Exhibition: Art X Fashion — Opens Exhibition: Art X Fashion — Opens February 18 Exhibition: Art X Fashion — Opens Wales Bonner X Kerry James Marshall, cotton t-shirt reproducing Lost Boys: AKA Black Sonny (1993) by Kerry James Marshall, spring 2023, museum purchase, 2022.55.1 February 18–April 19, 2026 Special Exhibitions Gallery The Museum at FIT Art X Fashion is a major exhibition exploring the entangled and shifting relationship between fine art and fashion—typically considered a […]	has 0 events, 19 0 events, 19	has 0 events, 20 0 events, 20	has 0 events, 21 0 events, 21
has 0 events, 22 0 events, 22	has 1 event, 23 1 event, 23 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm The Barneys Oral Histories: A Symposium February 23 at 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm The Barneys Oral Histories: A Symposium Developed in response to a perceived sense of loss surrounding the closing of Barneys New York, a beloved institution. The Barneys Oral Histories were created to preserve memory and meaning. These interviews give voice to the people who worked there, buyers, creative directors, advertising executives, and visual merchandizers, whose labor shaped Barneys’ singular identity. The […]	has 0 events, 24 0 events, 24	has 2 events, 25 2 events, 25 2026-02-25 Exhibition: Beyond Utility — Opens Exhibition: Beyond Utility — Opens February 25 Exhibition: Beyond Utility — Opens Yvonne Schichtel, Trench Dress, 2021. Photo courtesy of designer. February 25–March 22, 2026 Goodman Center Lobby Beyond Utility, curated by graduate students in the Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice MA program in collaboration with The Museum at FIT, examines the perpetual transformation of utilitarian design within and beyond the fashion system. Throughout […] 2026-02-25 Exhibition: Adorned Futures: Fabric, Form, and Indigenous Resistance — Opens Exhibition: Adorned Futures: Fabric, Form, and Indigenous Resistance — Opens February 25 Exhibition: Adorned Futures: Fabric, Form, and Indigenous Resistance — Opens Tammie Dupuis, War Shirt detail. February 25–March 29, 2026 Art and Design Gallery Adorned Futures: Fabric, Form, and Indigenous Resistance brings together Ma’s House resident artists, Shinnecock Indian Nation artisans, and FIT students and faculty to explore contemporary art and design as expressions of cultural resilience, Indigenous futurism, and environmental storytelling. Rooted in the community-centered […]	has 3 events, 26 3 events, 26 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Mental Health Resources Team’s All-Employee Training Sessions February 26 at 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Mental Health Resources Team’s All-Employee Training Sessions Have you ever had a difficult encounter with a student that left you unsure of what to do or where to go? There is a support network at FIT for you! In the upcoming spring 2026 trainings we will: —Share what the Mental Health Resources Team does —Review FIT’s online resources available to help you […], 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Job and Internship Information Session with UNIQLO February 26 at 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Job and Internship Information Session with UNIQLO Representatives from UNIQLO will be on campus discussing their Summer Store Management Internship Program as well as full- and part-time sales opportunities and their UMC store management program for new graduates. Don't miss this opportunity to learn about UNIQLO's unique company culture and their ongoing job and internship recruitment activities. This event is for the […], 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Fashion Culture: The Regency Era: Fashion or Fantasy February 26 at 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Fashion Culture: The Regency Era: Fashion or Fantasy FIT professor Dr. Hilary Davidson, chair of FIT's Fashion and Textile Studies department, uses her latest book, A Guide to Regency Dress: From Corsets and Breeches to Bonnets and Muslins, to explore the intersections between historic fashion of the early 19th century and its fantasy fictions on screen and the runway. In conversation with FIT faculty […]	has 0 events, 27 0 events, 27	has 1 event, 28 1 event, 28 2026-02-28 Exhibition: Africa’s Fashion Heritage: Eight African Countries — Closes Exhibition: Africa’s Fashion Heritage: Eight African Countries — Closes February 28 Exhibition: Africa’s Fashion Heritage: Eight African Countries — Closes February 2–16, Goodman Center Lobby February 9–28, Goodman Center, Room D223 This 3D virtual fashion exhibition presents 28 looks created by Professor Jennifer Lee, Ph.D. (Fashion Business Management, FIT). The exhibition brings together traditional African ensembles from prestigious museum collections alongside contemporary reinterpretations from The Museum at FIT, curated by Elizabeth Way, Ph.D., and designed by […]

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February 2

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Exhibition: Africa’s Fashion Heritage: Eight African Countries — Opens

February 3

February 3 at 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Diversity Grant Virtual Workshop

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February 5

February 5 at 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Brooklyn Navy Yard Internship Program Information Session

February 5 at 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Fly Girls: Women, Hip Hop, and the Power of Style

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February 10

February 10 at 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Career and Internship Services Open House

February 10 at 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Emma Bowen Foundation Virtual Information Session

February 11

February 11 at 9:00 am - 6:30 pm

Biannual FIT X Tracks Licensing Summit

February 11 at 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Behavioral Interviewing Skills with Nordstrom

February 12

February 12 at 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

From Application to Offer: How to Tell Your Story and Get Hired With Confidence

February 13

February 13 at 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Diversity Grant Virtual Workshop

February 17

February 17 at 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Career Information Session with URBN

February 23

February 23 at 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

The Barneys Oral Histories: A Symposium

February 26

February 26 at 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Mental Health Resources Team’s All-Employee Training Sessions

February 26 at 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Job and Internship Information Session with UNIQLO

February 26 at 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Fashion Culture: The Regency Era: Fashion or Fantasy

February 15

All day

Exhibition: Rewind, Play, Fast Forward: Animation and Game Design at FIT and Beyond — Closes

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February 17

February 17 at 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Career Information Session with URBN

February 18

All day

Exhibition: Art X Fashion — Opens

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February 23

February 23 at 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

The Barneys Oral Histories: A Symposium

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February 25

All day

Exhibition: Beyond Utility — Opens

All day

Exhibition: Adorned Futures: Fabric, Form, and Indigenous Resistance — Opens

February 26

February 26 at 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Mental Health Resources Team’s All-Employee Training Sessions

February 26 at 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Job and Internship Information Session with UNIQLO

February 26 at 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Fashion Culture: The Regency Era: Fashion or Fantasy

There are no events on this day.

February 28

All day

Exhibition: Africa’s Fashion Heritage: Eight African Countries — Closes