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NJIT Alumna, Pamela Ospina, Recognized in Interior Design Magazine's 30 Under 30

Thursday, February 23rd, 2023
Pamela Ospina ’18 was selected and recognized in Interior Design Magazine’s top 30 designers under the age of 30. Ospina, a Paramus, New Jersey native, works at M Moser Associates in New York City. “I am very appreciative of the opportunities that have been presented to me,” said Ospina. “I work wit...

HCAD Gallery Presents 'Troy West: The Architecture and Art of Belonging'

Tuesday, February 21st, 2023
The J. Robert and Barbara A. Hillier College of Architecture and Design (HCAD) Gallery has opened “Troy West: The Architecture and Art of Belonging,” an exhibition that showcases the drawings, sculptures and architectural projects of the late Troy West, RA. Born in Pittsburgh, West began practicing ...

Kelsey Jackson '14 Wins Common Bond Scholarship from AIA New York and the Center of Architecture

Thursday, January 26th, 2023
Kelsey Jackson ‘14 was recently awarded a Common Bond scholarship during the Common Bond: The Center for Architecture Gala. Jackson has been dedicated to integrating her experiences in education and architectural design to uplift historically Black cities and communities. Every year at Common Bond, ...

Architecture Alumna Melissa Nieves Wins AIA Service Award, Shares Her Journey

Sunday, December 4th, 2022
Melissa Nieves ’19 is the recipient of the American Institute of Architects New Jersey 2022 Service Award. Nieves, associate architect for The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, earned her master’s in architecture with a concentration in infrastructure planning.  “Melissa has had the pl...

NJIT Coalition Earns Federal and State Grant to Develop Economic Strategy for Airport City Newark

Thursday, December 1st, 2022
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has received a grant from the U.S. Economic Development Authority (USEDA) to support the transformation of an underserved area into an economic development hub based around Newark Liberty International Airport. Housed within NJIT’s Center for Community Syste...

NJIT Interior Design Student Haylee Merola Wins 2022 NEWH Green Voices Award

Thursday, November 17th, 2022
Haylee Merola, 4th year interior design student at NJIT, is the undergraduate winner of the 2022 NEWH (Network of Executive Women in Hospitality) Green Voice Design Competition. The competition “provides students with the opportunity to showcase their design skills while utilizing the very best in s...

Architecture Professor Wins NSF Grant to Develop Design Tools for Residential Housing

Tuesday, November 15th, 2022
Taro Narahara, associate professor at the Hillier College of Architecture and Design, won a National Science Foundation I-Corps award for the development of flexible and intuitive design tools for multifamily residential housing. This project proposes a platform for users to visually study possible ...

Hillier College Students Receive a Medal at the 2022 Dana Knox Research Showcase

Wednesday, April 27th, 2022
Just ahead of the Earth Day, two Hillier College of Architecture and Design students Jeongseo Lee, Ph.D. student in Urban Systems, and Elizabeth Kowalchuk, Undergraduate Senior in Architecture, received one of the 2022 Dana Knox Research Showcase medals for “An Evaluation Framework for a Net-Zero En...

Design/Build Studio Helps Create Urban Oasis One Parklet at a Time

Tuesday, April 26th, 2022
‘Every architect should experience building a structure that they design’ – that is the motto behind the Design/Build options studio led by Professors Erin Pellegrino and Charlie Firestone. This semester their students are building a Parklet, in collaboration with the Hanini Group. The concept of th...

Interview with Andrew Whalley, Design Showcase 2022 Speaker

Monday, April 25th, 2022
Andrew Whalley OBE, Chairman of Grimshaw, delivered his lecture ZERO at the Design Showcase 2022. Known for designing net-zero-carbon buildings and considerations of the building life cycle performance in their designs, Grimshaw committed itself to operating as a net zero company. This commitment is...