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Hillier College Student and Dorman Scholar Constance Chu Winner of LICC Best in Decorate (Interior)

Monday, May 23rd, 2022
Constance Chu, third year Interior Design student and Albert Dorman Honors scholar, has won Best in Decorate (Interior) Non-Professional category at the London International Creative Competition (LICC) for her project The Cocoon Cafe. “We are always very pleased wh...

Class of 2022 Showed Grit and Perseverance!

Monday, May 23rd, 2022
As the spring semester came to a close, Hillier College graduating students closed one chapter in their lives. On May 13, 2022, after the University Convocation Ceremony, Hillier College of Architecture and Design hosted a Graduation Celebration with a cocktail reception and awards ceremony at the W...

NJIT's Class of 2022 Urged to Seize the Opportunities Presented by Crises

Tuesday, May 17th, 2022
Crisis presents opportunity, and given the pandemic, war in Ukraine, structural racism, climate change and questions around the world’s supply of energy, food and water, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Shirley Ann Jackson called on the Class of 2022 at New Jersey Institute of Technology t...

Senior Success: Architect, Student-Athlete Sydne Nance Joins Studio 1200

Thursday, May 12th, 2022
Sydne Nance's journey from NJIT architectural summer camp to track star to chapter president to professional designer was fueled by the confidence she gained through the university's Educational Opportunity Program (EOP). Nance, an Albert Dorman Honors scholar of Westampton, New Jersey, will start f...

Professor Glenn Goldman Exhibit at the Littman Library

Tuesday, April 19th, 2022
Professor Glenn Goldman’s exhibition Color and Composition, The (Mostly Architectural) Photography of Glenn Goldman at the Littman Library opened on February 14th. The exhibit features photographs that were mostly taken over the last six years, and have been cited or received awards at various compe...

Hillier College Students Share Their Experiences on Amazon College Tour

Thursday, March 24th, 2022
The New Jersey Institute of Technology is the first college in New Jersey to be featured in The College Tour, an Amazon Prime TV series produced by Emmy-nominated producer Lisa Hennessy and hosted by Alex Boylan. Each 30-minute episode provides a unique video tour of one US university, offering...

Design Showcase 2022 Presents Creativity, Practicality, Innovation and Design Process

Thursday, March 24th, 2022
Hillier College signature fundraising event Design Showcase 2022 will be held on Thursday, April 7 from 4:30 to 7:30pm in Weston Hall at NJIT. . As always the event will present top students and alumni work. In its 16th year now, the idea of a fundraising event was percolated from a c...

Taro Narahara Receives National Institute of Informatics Excellence Award

Thursday, March 24th, 2022
Taro Narahara, associate professor at the Hillier College of Architecture and Design, has received the Excellence Award at the Informatics Research Data Repository (IDR) User Forum 2021 from the National Institute of Informatics (NII) Japan. The awarded work ‘Prediction and analysis of living comfor...

The Practice of the Future: an Interview with Vivian Lee

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2022
Vivian Lee, FAIA, LEED AP, is the New York Studio Executive Director at Woods Bagot. With 30 years of experience, she has led award-winning projects in Europe, Asia, and the US. In 2020, Lee was elevated to the College of Fellows by the American Institute of Architects (AIA). She is on the Board of ...

Airport City Newark Coalition Awarded Fourth Round of Funding

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2022
Led by the members of the Hillier College of Architecture and Design, the Airport City Newark (ACN) coalition recently received a fourth round of funding from the Prudential Foundation to further investigate the feasibility of their Aerotropolis concept, a transit-oriented development in the vicinit...