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Johmary Adames Discovers a New Side of Art & Design at NJIT

Thursday, September 15th, 2022
Johmary Adames, an industrial design major at New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Hillier College of Architecture and Design, is excited for the new semester. After participating in the Highlander Foundry program over the summer where she experienced entrepreneurship first-hand, she feels empowered...

Convocation Speakers Share Advice with Class of '26, Most Diverse Ever

Thursday, September 15th, 2022
Jennifer Hensley 15, who majored in chemical engineering and now works for Merck helping determine long-term strategies for cancer immunotherapy drugs, told the incoming class at NJIT convocation yesterday that networking and time management were the most important skills you can learn outside of th...

Newark Campus Comes to Life as Students Return, Fresh Ambitions in Hand

Tuesday, September 6th, 2022
New Jersey Institute of Technology students arrived on campus en masse today, with a record 1,600 new students leading the way, plus thousands more sophomores, juniors, seniors and graduate students excited to start a new semester fully in-person for the first time since fall 2020. Underrepresented ...

NJIT Rises to No. 75 on Forbes' 2022 List of America's Top Colleges

Wednesday, August 31st, 2022
New Jersey Institute of Technology jumped 114 places to No. 75 on Forbes’ 2022 list of America’s Top Colleges. The national ranking is based primarily on return on investment and outcomes for students. “Schools placed well if their students graduated on time, secured high salaries and low debt and ...

NJIT Has Strongest-Ever Representation at Annual SIGGRAPH Conference

Monday, August 22nd, 2022
The School of Art + Design at the Hillier College had the largest contingent of NJIT students and faculty to attend and participate in SIGGRAPH 2022, the 49th annual conference on computer graphics and interactive techniques. The international conference returned in a hybrid mode with both remote an...

Student Photo Exhibit at HCAD Showcases Wide Array of Photography

Thursday, August 18th, 2022
Located in the Mostoller Reading Room at the Hillier College of Architecture and Design’s Litman Library, the exhibit of People, Places, Food and Flowers Making Photographs 2022 can be viewed. It’s scheduled to run through September. The exhibit is a collection of student photography that’s split i...

NJIT Featured in The Princeton Review's 'Best 388 Colleges' Guide for 2023

Wednesday, August 17th, 2022
At NJIT, students are “learning on an Ivy League level,” getting “practical career-focused education” at “a fairly affordable price.” - The Princeton Review New Jersey Institute of Technology has again been named a top college according to The Princeton Review in its 31st edition of ...

Highlander Foundry Showcase Gives Students Opportunity to Present their Startups

Wednesday, August 10th, 2022
After concluding their eight-week summer program, NJIT students presented their startups, giving them an opportunity to experience entrepreneurship and business creation. The Highlander Foundry program is a summer startup incubator that helps NJIT students and alumni grow with the same techniques an...

As CEO of Construction Management Firm, NJIT Alum Finds Strength in Diversity

Tuesday, August 9th, 2022
When it comes to diversity, Ken Colao leads by example. More than a third of the 90 staffers ­— 38% — at his construction management company, CNY Group, is Black, Indigenous or other people of color (BIPOC). Also, in an industry not known for gender balance, women comprise nearly a third of the staf...

NJIT Students Find Summer Work at Merck, Meta, Apple, National Institutes of Health and More

Thursday, July 21st, 2022
NJIT students have found excellent work in co-ops and internships this summer. It is a great way to gain real-world experience in their field of study, and to network with professionals in their chosen field. And, of course, the added benefit of earning money to help pay for tuition and other expens...