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Designing Dynamic Building Facades For Exchange, Energy and Flow

Monday, October 19th, 2020
Vera Parlac, associate professor of architecture in the Hillier College, presented her futuristic work on integration of pneumatic muscles into building skins recently at the Façade Tectonics World Congress.  This leading-edge work in the field of building performance focuses on dynamic respon...

New Admissions Option Will Increase Honors Student Enrollment

Friday, October 16th, 2020
Albert Dorman Honors College welcomed more than 70 additional students this year as part of a new program called Dean's Scholars, designed to allow for a more robust honors education across campus. The program admits scholars from the College of Science and Liberal Arts, Hillier College of Architec...

School of Art + Design Adding Online Programs Beginning in Spring 2021

Tuesday, September 29th, 2020
NJIT's School of Art and Design will begin offering graduate study starting next semester. The school within Hillier College of Architecture and Design will offer four certificate programs starting in spring 2021 — Animation; Digital Arts; Game Design and Interactivity; and User Interface/User Expe...

Lecture Series Focuses on Responsibilities of Architects and Designers

Thursday, September 24th, 2020
This semester's lecture series from Hillier College of Architecture and Design emphasizes themes of responsibility for architects and designers in the context of current events such as COVID-19, economic inequality, global warming, political upheaval and social justice. Each lecture includes a pres...

NJIT's Newest Research Center For Community Systems Joins Hillier College

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020
Hillier College is the new home to NJIT’s latest research center – the Center for Community Systems. Under the direction of Dr. Colette Santasieri, the mission of the Center for Community Systems (CCS) is to be a resource and conduit for creating thriving, sustainable, and resilient communities.&nbs...

NJIT's Fall Career Fair Becomes a Fully Online Experience

Tuesday, September 15th, 2020
The handshakes will be virtual at this fall’s career fair at NJIT. In fact, the entire fair will take place online via Handshake, the career networking platform that the university uses to match employers with students seeking jobs, internships and co-operative education opportunities.  More ...

Planners Talk New Academic Spaces, Mueller's Florist Demolition

Monday, September 14th, 2020
Several changes to campus buildings will be visible this semester, ahead of major changes scheduled to happen next spring, the NJIT official in charge of construction said. Some changes are deferred due to budget constraints caused by the COVID-19 situation, but many updates were already budgeted a...

WELCOME BACK: As Students Return for the Fall, Campus Vibrancy Follows

Tuesday, September 1st, 2020
As students converged on NJIT for the first day of the fall semester, they acknowledged the changes wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, chief among them, of course, mask-wearing. Nevertheless, they relished the chance to resume classes and reconnect with friends. “It feels different but I appreciate ...

WATCH NOW: Virtual Convocation Welcoming the Class of 2024

Monday, August 31st, 2020
Virtual University Convocation Program  WHAT: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will welcome the Class of 2024 during the Convocation ceremony. Additionally, the university will recognize and award faculty and staff members who have excelled as teachers, scholars and researchers. WH...

Design It, Build It, Ship It: Solutions For Global Health Care Needs

Tuesday, August 25th, 2020
The M2CU, a mobile medical care unit designed from a shipping container, is standalone, fast to build and easy to deploy throughout the existing global shipping container infrastructure.  The collaboration between NJIT, The Tuchman Foundation, and University Hospital in Newark produced what ma...