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For Takeshi Harada, Good Design Begins with Understanding

Thursday, June 18th, 2026
As one of seven industrial designers graduating from NJIT this year, Takeshi Harada ’26 leaves the Hillier College of Architecture and Design (HCAD) with a sense of the field that feels both grounded and forward-looking. He is thinking about New York, where he hopes to launch his career in the home ...

From NJIT to Harvard, Austin Chen Designs for a More Sustainable Future

Wednesday, June 10th, 2026
Austin Chen ’26 arrived at NJIT with an interest in architecture, but he leaves with something more defined: a belief that the built environment must be measured not only by its form, but also by its function, performance, and how it responds to people who inhabit it. Chen, an Albert Dorman Honors C...

Hillier College Studio on Bergen Arches Visualizes a Greenway with Transit for Jersey City

Thursday, May 21st, 2026
Students in Adjunct Professor Vincent Marchetto’s architecture studio are redesigning an abandoned railroad right-of-way in Jersey City as a 21st century urban greenway. Reconnection: The Bergen Arches studio focuses on the mile-long Erie Cut, a 60-foot-wide channel blasted from the live rock of the...

Jessica Dineen Found Her Design Voice at NJIT — and She’s Taking It to NYC

Wednesday, May 20th, 2026
Jessica Dineen did not arrive at NJIT expecting to become an interior designer. But over time, she found a field that matched the way she wanted to think, create and solve problems. Now, as the Bronx native and first-generation college graduate prepares to begin her next chapter as a junior designer...

For NJIT Senior Carolyn Toledo, Digital Design is About Design for Everyone

Monday, May 11th, 2026
Carolyn Toledo did not come to NJIT with years of digital design experience already behind her. What she did bring was a lifelong love of art, a curiosity about technology and a growing sense that the future of creativity would demand both. “So all throughout high school, I was really into art. I wa...

NJIT Students Win Top Awards in Princeton Kiosk Design Competition

Monday, April 27th, 2026
Two teams from NJIT's New Jersey School of Architecture won top awards in the Princeton Kiosk Design Competition. The design competition is one of several of American Institute of Architects (AIA) New Jersey 125th anniversary events. Launched in May of 2025 in collaboration with the municipality of ...

Giovanni Crocco - a Civil Engineering Student Who Discovered Animation

Thursday, April 9th, 2026
Giovanni Crocco is a third-year digital design student, the Autodesk ambassador, 2026 design showcase honoree, and has earned top recognitions for his work at animation festivals in the tristate area. Like so many other creatively inclined individuals who have come up through the digital design prog...

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 Disting...

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...