NJIT's 2024 Master's and Doctoral Class Make Their Mark

Wednesday, May 15th, 2024
New Jersey Institute of Technology served up a full day of fanfare as its advanced degree graduates walked across the stage in the Wellness and Events Center in three commencement ceremonies on May 15. The 2024 class comprises more than 1,400 graduates and reflects the institution’s steady growth an...

Hillier College Alumni, Student Work Featured in Annual Design Showcase Event

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024
The Hillier College of Architecture and Design (HCAD) hosted its Design Showcase, the college’s flagship fundraising and networking event, which provides a chance for members of the Hillier College community to connect personally and professionally. This year’s event took place in the Jewel Box of O...

NJIT Center to Help NJ and NY Clean Up Environmentally and Be Energy Efficient

Thursday, December 21st, 2023
The Center for Community Systems at New Jersey Institute of Technology is partnering with the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico to help communities improve their environmental conditions and become more energy efficient. Inter-American is leading the multistate and territory effort, which is ...

NJIT Design Professor Providing Expertise, From NSF to Department of Homeland Security

Wednesday, December 20th, 2023
At the intersection of academia and innovation, Assistant Professor Mathew Schwartz at NJIT's Hillier College of Architecture and Design is involved in a diverse set of projects, from spearheading a National Science Foundation initiative to fortify America's infrastructure to collaborating on a nati...

Researchers Find Ethical Risks Where Mixed-Reality Gaming Meets AI

Monday, November 6th, 2023
Researchers at NJIT and Universidad Carlos III of Madrid wanted to know if mixed-reality games could be improved by handing control to artificial intelligence software in the form of conversational language applications — it turns out they can, but the results may put players in danger. The question...

Wall Street Journal/College Pulse Ranks NJIT No. 2 Public University in the US

Wednesday, September 6th, 2023
New Jersey Institute of Technology is the second-highest ranked public university in the Wall Street Journal/College Pulse 2024 list of the Best Colleges in the U.S. At No. 19 nationally, NJIT is second only to the University of Florida among public universities nationally and to Princeton Universit...

Sustainable Design: A Room with a View

Tuesday, July 11th, 2023
*"A Room with a View" is part of NJIT's 2023 Research Magazine* There’s a reason the daylight-filled corner office is a coveted prize for corporate achievers. “A view from a window has a positive impact on emotions, cognitive performance and thermal comfort,” asserts Won Hee Ko, an assistant pr...

Sustainable Design: Mapping an Ancient Solution to a Modern Crisis

Thursday, June 29th, 2023
*"Mapping an Ancient Solution to a Modern Crisis" is part of NJIT's 2023 Research Magazine* Athens is dense, dry and prone to drought. Together, rising temperatures, a lack of trees and intense heat island effects are baking the modern metropolis of more than three million people. Researchers t...

For NJIT Faculty, Artificial Intelligence is a Learning Opportunity

Thursday, May 25th, 2023
Public artificial intelligence programs such as ChatGPT are being embraced by faculty across New Jersey Institute of Technology as the latest classroom tool, just like the introductions of videoconferencing, laptops, computer-aided drafting and pocket calculators that came before. AI itself is an es...

Architecture Professor Wins NSF Grant to Develop Design Tools for Residential Housing

Tuesday, November 15th, 2022
Taro Narahara, associate professor at the Hillier College of Architecture and Design, won a National Science Foundation I-Corps award for the development of flexible and intuitive design tools for multifamily residential housing. This project proposes a platform for users to visually study possible ...