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An Architect of Leadership: Nick Netta’s Full-Circle NJIT Honor

Wednesday, April 8th, 2026
Nicholas J. “Nick” Netta ‘88 has spent decades shaping the built environment across New Jersey and beyond, but just as importantly, he has helped shape the people who will carry the profession forward.This year, the Hillier College of Architecture and Design (HCAD) will honor Netta with the Distingu...

Hillier College Celebrates 20 Years of Design Showcase with Honors for Alumni, Friends and Students

Tuesday, April 7th, 2026
NJIT’s Hillier College of Architecture and Design (HCAD) marked a major milestone, celebrating the 20th anniversary of its Design Showcase — the college’s signature annual event that brings together students, alumni, faculty, benefactors and friends of Hillier College for an evening centered on desi...

Hillier College of Architecture and Design Explores AI’s Expanding Role at NJIT

Friday, March 27th, 2026
At NJIT’s inaugural Artificial Intelligence Exploration Day, the Hillier College of Architecture and Design (HCAD) helped show just how far artificial intelligence is reaching across the university. Through faculty presentations and student-led demonstrations, HCAD’s contributions examined AI from m...

Jeanne Perantoni, SSP Architects and a Lasting Commitment to Hillier College

Wednesday, March 25th, 2026
Jeanne Perantoni has spent a lifetime thinking about how buildings shape people long before they ever open their doors.As the daughter of an architect, she grew up on construction sites, learning early to see the built environment not just as a structure, but as a story. More than four decades into ...

‘No Limit on the Possibilities.’ Michael Higgins, NJIT and the Long View of Building a City

Tuesday, March 17th, 2026
Michael Higgins ‘90 believes the true measure of architecture is not the building itself, but what happens around it over time. The families who move in. The storefronts that open. The sidewalks that fill. The community that grows.As managing principal and CEO of MHS Architecture, he oversees large-...

From NJIT to Sony Pictures Imageworks: How Alum Kaylin Wittmeyer Uses Animation to Tell Human Stories

Wednesday, February 11th, 2026
When Kaylin Wittmeyer first began applying to colleges, she didn’t have a single, narrow career path in mind. What she did know was that she loved animation, but she also loved math, physics, and the technical side of how things worked. Rather than choose between art and technology, she sought a pla...

Designing with Empathy: How Alum Liliana Torres Builds Community Through Architecture

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026
Liliana Torres’s architecture has always been about people. “The way I want my story to be told is through how everything I learned at NJIT continues to translate into my professional life — the values, the sense of responsibility, and the commitment to helping others never stopped at graduatio...

Celebrating the 20th Year of the Hillier College Design Showcase

Wednesday, January 14th, 2026
2026 marks the 20th anniversary of Design Showcase, and we invite you to celebrate this two-decade tradition with us in the Weston Hall Gallery for student exhibits, alumni awards, and a reception. To honor this milestone, the Design Showcase 2026 Committee is prioritizing engagement with emerging a...

Hillier College's Leah-Marie Boake Wins Industrial Design Awards Galore

Monday, January 5th, 2026
Leah-Marie Boake, Industrial Design ’26, and Albert Dorman Honor's College student, is distinguishing herself and the Industrial Design program at Hillier College with a nearly 12-month run of awards and recognitions.In December 2025, Boake was recognized at the Industrial Designer’s Society of Amer...

Foundations of Success: Conor McCann's NJIT Roots and Rise at DMR

Thursday, November 13th, 2025
When Conor McCann looks back on his journey from NJIT to becoming a project architect at DMR Architects, one word stands out — foundation.It’s the same concept he applies to every project he touches: a structure is only as strong as the foundation beneath it. For McCann, that foundation was built du...