caption Where Creativity Gets Down to Business I want to See What's New News Miss Communication, a Public Interactive Installation, on View Through February “Communication is supposed to be easy,” Pansum Cheng, sculpture technologist, Fine Arts, said while watching people connect with his new site-specific sculptural installation, Miss Communication, outside of the Pomerantz Center. “It’s the most direct way to interact with someone.” But the assemblage of 2,400 empty cans attached to two walls with a grid system and connected with fishing wire gives the viewer no instructions on how to use it. Ending Campus Sexual Assault: A Conversation About Changing the Conversation MSNBC national reporter Irin Carmon led a discussion at FIT with New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, AFT president Randi Weingarten, Howard University professor Tricia Bent-Goodley, and student activists Andrea Pino and Annie Clark. A Q&A followed the panel discussion. 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Give to FIT Special Delivery Illustration faculty member William Low used a stylus and tablet to "paint" the poinsettia, featured on this classic holiday stamp available from the U.S. Postal Service. #EndCampusRape Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) was on a panel at FIT hosted by the American Federation of Teachers on ending campus sexual assault, which included national education and student leaders. Read more Happy Holidays! Best wishes for a joyous 2014 season and happy new year from President Joyce F. Brown. Watch the full animation Listen Up! Grammy winner Michele McGonigle, Advertising and Marketing Communications '99, shares her experience producing audiobooks by stars such as Stephen Colbert, Keith Richards, Ellen DeGeneres, and Jon Stewart. UPCOMING EXHIBITION: Faking It: Originals, Copies, and Counterfeits explores complexities in authenticity through 100 pieces from The Museum at FIT’s permanent collection. Dec. 2, 2014-Apr. 25, 2015. CROSSING WIRES Challenging viewers to consider the complexities of cross-cultural communication, the sculpture Miss Communication consists of two walls constructed of 1,200 tin cans and in a grid system made of conduit pipes. Installation by FIT's Pansum Cheng Honorable Service FIT has been named to President Obama's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, which recognizes institutions that support exemplary community service programs and partnerships. 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