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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, ...

NJIT Interior Design Students Win IIDA Awards

Wednesday, December 7th, 2022
Four interior design students won awards at this year’s regional International Interior Design Association Student Design Showcase and Competition. Okhyun des Lauriers '22, fourth-year student Haylee Merola, third-year student Martina Hanna, and third-year student Caitlin Majewski received awards. “...

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 pleasur...

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...

Littman Library Book Talk: The Only Woman by Immy Humes (and The Only Woman of NJIT)

Tuesday, November 29th, 2022
Immy Humes, Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker and first-time author, presented her book The Only Woman at the Littman Library on November 9th. The Only Woman is a collection of 100 historical photos collected by Humes showing group portraits of workers, politicians, artists, scientist, musicians...

NJIT's Rima Taher Works with Habitat for Humanity to Save a Veterans Memorial Hall in Passaic, NJ

Sunday, November 27th, 2022
Rima Taher, Senior University Lecturer at the Hillier College of Architecture & Design at NJIT, is working with Habitat for Humanity on a project in Passaic, NJ to rebuild Albert Lawson Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall, which was deemed unsafe and forced to close in December of 2019. The n...

The Center for Community Systems at NJIT Helps to Build More Resilient Local Communities

Sunday, November 27th, 2022
The Center for Community Systems has received FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) funding through a subgrant from the NJ Office of Emergency Management (NJOEM), to create the Technical Assistance for Resiliency Program. NJIT TARP supports NJ’s vulnerable communities through capability- and ca...

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...

NJIT Students of Architecture Won the First Place in 2022 Timber in the City Competition

Thursday, November 17th, 2022
The winning design, Pine Hill, was developed by the Hillier College of Architecture and Design students ZhongMing Peter Zhang and Peter Koczarski, under the mentorship of their studio instructor Caroline Grieco. The Timber in the City is an annual student competition organized by the Association of ...

NJIT Ranked Best Public School in Northeast for Undergraduate Entrepreneurship

Tuesday, November 15th, 2022
New Jersey Institute of Technology is the top public university in the Northeast for undergraduate entrepreneurship studies, according to The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur Magazine. The improvement reflects NJIT's and the Martin Tuchman School of Management's dedicated focus on the importance of...