New York can be a magical city for museumgoers. It can also be overwhelming and overcrowded at times, especially at the biggest, most famous museums. Luckily, the city has scores of great museums, everything from elegant gems housed in historic mansions to preserved Lower East Side tenement flats and hands-on experiences that might surprise even … Read more
More often than not in recent months, college and universities were in the news, due to student protests, encampments and in some instances on-campus arrests. Despite that upheaval, a more routine occasion — the annual student fashion show — continued as it has for years on end for some learning institutions like Pratt Institute and … Read more
After several tumultuous months due to a labor dispute with nonacademic workers and on-campus pro-Palestinian protests, The New School has tapped a new president — Joel Towers, who has a 20-year tie to the university. As the university professor of architecture and sustainable design and the former executive dean of Parsons School of Design at … Read more
Norma Kamali, Kenneth Cole and LoveShackFancy’s Rebecca Hessel Cohen were honored by the Fashion Institute of Technology at its annual awards gala Wednesday night. Guests at The Glasshouse event in New York City also caught the Future of Fashion runway show, which featured leading looks from the Fashion Design BFA class of 2024. Model and activist Carolyn Murphy served … Read more
ACTION TAKEN: After weeks of pro-Palestinian protests and an encampment, the Fashion Institute of Technology called in the New York Police Department Tuesday afternoon and 46 protesters were arrested. As of Wednesday afternoon, 41 of the protesters had been released and five were charged with summonses, according to a NYPD spokesman. Pro-Palestinian protesters occupied the … Read more
Wang was born and raised in New Jersey. Her Wuhan-born mother and her Shanghai-born father met when they were both studying at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Wang grew up in suburban New Jersey. Photo: Grace Gui “We would go back to Shanghai every year, which is where I get a lot of my … Read more
Less than 24 hours after The New School’s Students for Justice in Palestine called for an emergency vote by the school’s board of trustees to divest from companies with ties to Israel, 43 protesters had been taken into custody Friday morning at its downtown campus. While pro-Palestinian protesters continue to speak out at dozens of … Read more
The Fashion Institute of Technology will honor FIT alumna Norma Kamali, Kenneth Cole and Rebecca Hessel Cohen at their Annual Awards Gala, which will take place at The Glasshouse in New York on May 8. The event begins with FIT’s Future of Fashion Runway Show, presented by Macy’s, featuring looks from the fashion design BFA … Read more
