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NJIT Undergrads Win Scholarships for Artistic Work Reimagining a Greener Planet

Wednesday, November 4th, 2020
Undergrads Suzanne Hlinka ’21 and Nada Boules ‘21 have been applying the skills in game development and interior design that they’ve picked up at NJIT, and Mother Earth is thanking them for it. This past year, the pair of students began artistic projects promoting a more sustainable planet, and now,...

What is the Architect's Role in Rebuilding After Disaster?

Friday, October 30th, 2020
The Fall 2020 Lecture Series on the theme of 'Responsibility' is hosting Jiakun Liu in conversation with Doreen Heng Liu, Monday November 2nd at 7:30pm, on the topic of the architects role in rebuilding after disaster. You may join the event here. Jiakun Architects was founded b...

NJIT Turns Mobile Medical Care Prototype into Hub for COVID-19 Testing

Wednesday, October 28th, 2020
NJIT has activated a prototype mobile medical care unit as a COVID-19 testing center for students, faculty and staff.  The mobile medical care unit (M2CU), which NJIT developed in partnership with University Hospital in Newark and The Tuchman Foundation and unveiled in July, is made from repur...

Design Justice: The Language of Anti-Racist Architectural Vernacular

Friday, October 23rd, 2020
“For every injustice in the world there is an architecture, a plan, a design that sustains it.“Bryan C. Lee Jr ‘08Architecture, as a field of design, is coming to terms with the ways that architects are educated within a canon that places modern western culture and the object, a building, at the cen...

Architecture To Marketing - Susana Holguin-Veras '06 On Finding Your Career Path

Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
Susana Holguin-Veras, Principal at TheoryCo. talks about how she discovered her career path by following her interests, using her strengths, and understanding architecture can be practiced in many ways.   

Lecture Series Focuses on Responsibilities of Architects and Designers

Thursday, September 24th, 2020
This semester's lecture series from Hillier College of Architecture and Design emphasizes themes of responsibility for architects and designers in the context of current events such as COVID-19, economic inequality, global warming, political upheaval and social justice. Each lecture includes a pres...

NJIT's Newest Research Center For Community Systems Joins Hillier College

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020
Hillier College is the new home to NJIT’s latest research center – the Center for Community Systems. Under the direction of Dr. Colette Santasieri, the mission of the Center for Community Systems (CCS) is to be a resource and conduit for creating thriving, sustainable, and resilient communities.&nbs...

The Slice Girls Win Design Hackathon with Ready Set Wearables

Monday, September 21st, 2020
This story was submitted by Mat Schwartz, Elizabeth Spencer and written by Tracy MacDonald.  Sketch. Design. Build. Redesign. Rebuild.  This is the process three industrial designers used to win the Jersey City Hackathon this summer. The team consisted of Elizabeth Spencer, an industrial...

Charting Your Career Path with Expert Navigators at the Alumni Tea

Thursday, September 17th, 2020
Alumni Guests:  Cathrine Fahmy ‘17  Interior Design Cathrine Fahmy is a Lighting Designer in New York City at WSP USA, an engineering firm containing a Lighting Design Studio which serves all its east coast projects. Although Cathrine holds her BA in Interior Design from New Jersey Inst...

Acceleration & Deceleration: the 2020 IABSE Future of Design Symposium

Wednesday, September 9th, 2020
This International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering symposium is for architects, engineers, urban planners and future focused students no matter your discipline. The line of inquiry is relevant to all; are changes in practice moving faster than changes in industry and how do we...