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NJIT Is No. 1 in New Jersey to Study Game Design, Top 20 in the East

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022
NJIT has been ranked the top school in New Jersey for students to study game design, according to Animation Career Review. NJIT also reached No. 20 for schools in the East. Housed within the Hiller College of Architecture and Design (HCAD) and Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC), NJIT’s game develop...

Black History Month Look Back: NJIT Celebrates Alumni

Friday, February 25th, 2022
As Black History Month comes to a close, we celebrate several NJIT alumni who have made their mark as Highlanders. Read their stories below, and submit your own! Robert Barney Newton, NJIT's first African-American student, arrived at NJIT in 1922 from Cleveland Hig...

"Abstract Geometries" Exhibit Debuts in Hillier College Gallery

Friday, February 18th, 2022
The Hillier College of Architecture and Design Gallery at NJIT opened its doors to its spring exhibition featuring professional artists Gianluca Bianchino and Kati Vilim. The works consist of abstract geometric paintings and wall reliefs in the manner of assemblage or multimedia sculpture. Curated b...

Urban Design Studio for Newark Federal Campus a Model for Agency Collaboration

Thursday, February 17th, 2022
In the fall of 2021, Professor Georgeen Theodore led her Urban Design students in a collaboration with the Newark-based federal offices of the General Services Administration. Located at 970 Broad Street, the federal building is named after U.S Representative Peter Rodino, and is home to the offices...

NJIT Reaffirmed As An Elite Research University, Retains R1 Classification

Thursday, February 3rd, 2022
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has reaffirmed its status among the nation’s most elite and productive research institutions by once again achieving an R1 status — the highest designation — by the Carnegie Classification. First published in 1973, the Carnegie Classification of Institutions...

DENSE Magazine Launched By NJIT Alumni

Wednesday, January 19th, 2022
New Jersey was built by design. It’s a strange and complicated place – flawed and often misunderstood. DENSE, a new magazine launched by a group of mostly NJIT alumni, tells the Garden State’s story through a critical lens. Design, in the eyes of DENSE, is a tool for change in a state that needs ple...

NSF Hub, With NJIT as Member, Now Taking Applications to Commercialize Research

Monday, January 10th, 2022
Aiming to propel discoveries made in university labs into everyday life, the new I-Corps Northeast Hub launched this week following its announcement last summer, as applications are now open for its first researcher training program. The 4-week program, in which researchers confront the challenges o...

New Jersey Institute of Technology Names Dr. Teik C. Lim as University's Ninth President

Wednesday, January 5th, 2022
The Board of Trustees of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is proud to announce the appointment of Dr. Teik C. Lim as NJIT’s ninth president following a national search and a unanimous vote of the Board on January 5, 2022. President-elect Lim, who also will be appointed as a Distinguished Pr...

Strong Themes Of Climate Action And Community Engagement Emerge At The Super Review

Friday, December 17th, 2021
The fall semester School of Architecture Super Review focused on the upper-level research and design conducted in the Options Studios and Master of Urban Design studio. Notable was the predominance of Newark based studios and the questions on program identity and self reflection raised. Ka...

Catalyzing Urban Master Planning with Creative Capital

Thursday, December 16th, 2021
Prof. Darius Sollohub and his students have been researching and developing proposals for the improvements to the Newark Penn Station transportation hub and environs this semester. Their studio has been designing in anticipation of a $190 million investment by New Jersey Transit in these improvement...