After 27 years of service to the Fashion Institute of Technology, Dr. Joyce F. Brown has left her mark and now there is a namesake building to prove it.

Brown, who announced last year that the 2024-25 academic year would be her finale as president, helped to cut the ribbon Thursday for the Joyce F. Brown Academic Building in New York . She will step down as president at the end of December.

Located on West 28th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, the 10-story building has more than 100,000 square feet and an eye-catching glass façade so that passersby can glimpse FIT in action. Its naming was green-lighted by a unanimous vote by FIT ’s board of trustees.

The years-long project was funded by New York state, New York City, and individual and corporate supporters. The ai

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