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

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 buil...
NJIT Students Win First Place in International Net Zero Energy Design Competition

NJIT Students Win First Place in International Net Zero Energy Design Competition

Thursday, September 25th, 2025
A team of NJIT architecture and urban systems students has taken first place in the 2025 American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Setty Family Foundation Net Zero Energy Design Student Competition, one of the most competitive international student design cha...
HCAD Formalizes Career and Professional Development Support for Architecture Students

HCAD Formalizes Career and Professional Development Support for Architecture Students

Monday, September 22nd, 2025
Beginning this semester, Mark Bess, undergraduate architecture coordinator and principal at Blackberry Studios, and Tom Ogorzalek, senior lecturer and partner at Continuum Design, LLC, will formally expand the career and professional development guidance they have long provided to upper-level archit...
Center for Community Systems and TAB Welcome New Director

Center for Community Systems and TAB Welcome New Director

Friday, September 5th, 2025
Jessica Miller is the executive director at the Center for Community Systems at the Hillier College of Architecture and Design. She is also the executive director of the Environment Protection Agency’s Technical Assistance to Brownfield Communities Program in Regions 2 and 4 (NJIT TAB). Mill...
NJIT Design Professor Honored with Distinguished Educator Award

NJIT Design Professor Honored with Distinguished Educator Award

Wednesday, August 27th, 2025
Glenn Goldman, director emeritus and professor of architecture and design at NJIT’s Hillier College of Architecture and Design, earned the prestigious 2025 ACM SIGGRAPH Distinguished Educator Award, recognizing his outstanding contributions to teaching computer graphics and interactive techniques....
Money Magazine Rates NJIT Top Public University in NJ

Money Magazine Rates NJIT Top Public University in NJ

Monday, August 18th, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) earned the second-highest rating in Money’s 2025 list of the best universities in the U.S. At 4 ½ stars, NJIT is tied for the highest rated public institution and trails only Princeton University in New Jersey. NJIT is also featured in Money’s national...
Mat Schwartz Elected Chair of the School of Art + Design at NJIT's Hillier College

Mat Schwartz Elected Chair of the School of Art + Design at NJIT's Hillier College

Friday, August 1st, 2025
Mat Schwartz has been elected chair of the School of Art + Design at Hillier College effective July 1, 2025. Schwartz is an exemplar of the kind of design professional that he and fellow faculty train at Hillier College: interdisciplinary, creative and technically proficient. Schwartz’s work refle...
Gernot Riether Elected Inaugural Chair of Architecture at NJIT's Hillier College

Gernot Riether Elected Inaugural Chair of Architecture at NJIT's Hillier College

Thursday, July 10th, 2025
Effective July 1, 2025 for a three-year term, Gernot Riether became the first elected chair of NJIT’s School of Architecture, bringing with him a visionary approach rooted in interdisciplinary collaboration, technological innovation and public engagement. After the inaugural departmental election...
From Sketch to Splash: NJIT and Newark Collaborate on Student-Built Pool Cabanas

From Sketch to Splash: NJIT and Newark Collaborate on Student-Built Pool Cabanas

Monday, June 23rd, 2025
The Hillier College of Architecture and Design, through a public-private partnership formed between NJIT, the city of Newark and the logistics real estate company Prologis, gave second-year architecture students the opportunity to complete a studio design-build of custom cabanas for Newark’s publi...
Two Highlanders are Inducted to the National Academy of Construction

Two Highlanders are Inducted to the National Academy of Construction

Monday, June 16th, 2025
Two design and engineering innovators — Kim Vierheilig and Wei Wang — have been elected to the National Academy of Construction (NAC) Class of 2025, a prestigious honor recognizing individuals who have made significant, lasting contributions to the construction industry. Their election reflects ...