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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 was...

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 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...