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Steve Aluotto '80 of NK Architects Reflects On Recent AIA Awards

Tuesday, November 23, 2021
NK Architects, headed up by President and CEO Steve Aluotto ‘80, has been awarded four distinctions by...

How the Largest African American Architecture Firm Walks the Talk

Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Brian Tibbs ‘91 was recently named the managing partner at Moody Nolan, the largest African-American-owned architecture firm in the United States  and recognized by...

Michael Rodriguez Takes A Winding Road to Success

Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Sometimes the road less traveled can lead to the most fertile grounds. Michael Rodriguez’s road led him to an internship, NJIT, construction management and back. College and a career don’t always follow neatly one after the other for him and for...

Bryan C. Lee Jr. '08 Named 2021 Cooper Hewitt Emerging Designer

Friday, September 24, 2021
Bryan Lee ‘08 and his firm Colloqate have been dismantling systemic racism in the broader social arena and in the practice of architecture for some time now.
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Learning and the Design of Equitable Education

Monday, April 26, 2021
Mark Thaler, M.Arch ‘94, is co-leading Gensler’s Global Education Practice, where they have set out to address the inequities in education and reimagine learning.

Embracing Change, New Directions and New Challenges

Friday, April 23, 2021
Not unlike the way interior design plans change as concepts develop and become better; Ida Colón knows that in professional life it is important to embrace change, because that is what brings about development, maturity and opportunity.  
Master Teacher Steve Zdepski has taught at the school since its opening in 1973

The Hillier College of Architecture and Design History Project

Tuesday, March 23, 2021
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Littman Library Hosts Interdisciplinary Alumni Event

Littman Library Hosts Interdisciplinary Alumni Event

Sunday, January 31, 2021
Thursday February 4th at noon, the Littman Library is hosting an interdisciplinary (online) gathering of alumni for tea and conversation with students about design careers and forging a path with the education and degree earned from Hillier...
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Industrial Design + Nudges from Friends + a Little Humility = Fulbright Scholarship

Thursday, January 21, 2021
Daniel Meza, Albert Dormans honors scholar, industrial design alum ‘20 and Fulbright scholarship recipient, has some...
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Alumna Masha Drozdov '09 on Responsibility and the Value of Technical Skills

Thursday, December 17, 2020
Masha Drozdov is a frequent guest critic for the advanced integrated architecture studios at Hillier College and Columbia GSAPP and has also participated as a guest for the Alumni Tea discussions at NJIT with students who are figuring out what...