For Takeshi Harada, Good Design Begins with Understanding

Thursday, June 18th, 2026
As one of seven industrial designers graduating from NJIT this year, Takeshi Harada ’26 leaves the Hillier College of Architecture and Design (HCAD) with a sense of the field that feels both grounded and forward-looking. He is thinking about New York, where he hopes to launch his career in the home ...

From NJIT to Harvard, Austin Chen Designs for a More Sustainable Future

Wednesday, June 10th, 2026
Austin Chen ’26 arrived at NJIT with an interest in architecture, but he leaves with something more defined: a belief that the built environment must be measured not only by its form, but also by its function, performance, and how it responds to people who inhabit it. Chen, an Albert Dorman Honors C...

Honors Scholars Turn Research, Service Learning Into Real-World Impact

Friday, May 29th, 2026
Students from Albert Dorman Honors College courses presented their semester’s research during the fifth Honors Interdisciplinary Research Forum, showcasing projects that ranged from bias in generative artificial intelligence to engineering responses for environmental challenges along Newark’s waterw...

Gov. Mikie Sherrill Tells NJIT Class of 2026 to Dream Big and Build What Comes Next

Friday, May 22nd, 2026
NJIT celebrated its undergraduate Class of 2026 at Prudential Center in Newark, honoring baccalaureate degree candidates from across the university’s colleges in a ceremony centered on service, achievement, alumni connection and the responsibility to use an NJIT education with purpose. The May 22 ce...

Hillier College Studio on Bergen Arches Visualizes a Greenway with Transit for Jersey City

Thursday, May 21st, 2026
Students in Adjunct Professor Vincent Marchetto’s architecture studio are redesigning an abandoned railroad right-of-way in Jersey City as a 21st century urban greenway. Reconnection: The Bergen Arches studio focuses on the mile-long Erie Cut, a 60-foot-wide channel blasted from the live rock of the...

For NJIT’s Master’s and Doctoral Class of 2026, a Charge to Adapt, Persist and Lead

Wednesday, May 20th, 2026
NJIT celebrated its master’s and doctoral graduates in two commencement ceremonies that joined academic tradition with messages about resilience, uncertainty, knowledge and the responsibility to use advanced education in service of others. The ceremonies, held May 20 at NJIT’s Bloom Wellness and Eve...

Jessica Dineen Found Her Design Voice at NJIT — and She’s Taking It to NYC

Wednesday, May 20th, 2026
Jessica Dineen did not arrive at NJIT expecting to become an interior designer. But over time, she found a field that matched the way she wanted to think, create and solve problems. Now, as the Bronx native and first-generation college graduate prepares to begin her next chapter as a junior designer...

For NJIT Senior Carolyn Toledo, Digital Design is About Design for Everyone

Monday, May 11th, 2026
Carolyn Toledo did not come to NJIT with years of digital design experience already behind her. What she did bring was a lifelong love of art, a curiosity about technology and a growing sense that the future of creativity would demand both. “So all throughout high school, I was really into art. I wa...

NJIT Students Continue Record-Breaking Rise in Prestigious Fellowships and Awards

Wednesday, May 6th, 2026
Students at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) have again achieved an impressive amount of prestigious awards this year with 16 students earning nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships. Their achievement continues an NJIT run, with Highlanders amassing 47(and counting) of these aw...

At Scholarship Luncheon, Class of 2026 Gift Revives NJIT Tradition

Wednesday, May 6th, 2026
NJIT’s annual Scholarship Luncheon is meant to celebrate donor generosity. This year, it also pointed to what comes next. The event brings together scholarship benefactors, alumni and student recipients, creating space for the kinds of conversations that remind people what scholarship support really...