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Adapting to a Pandemic: What was Gained and What was Lost

Tuesday, May 19th, 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic presented some challenges that may have been unique to the students and faculty in the Hillier College of Architecture and Design (HCAD). Architecture and design are taught in a collective process, with students working together in large studios and maker spaces, where the inte...

Senior Success: Chloe Blottman Is an Interior Designer at M Moser Associates

Friday, May 8th, 2020
Chloe Blottman, who is graduating this semester with a Bachelor of Arts in interior design, found a job at M Moser Associates thanks to her networking skills and career readiness. Blottman, from Roseland, first landed an internship at M Moser's Manhattan office in September 2019 as part of the compa...

NJ Public Universities Join to Launch Initiative to 'Bring Students Home'

Tuesday, May 5th, 2020
Ten public universities and colleges in New Jersey have joined forces and issued a call for the over 100,000 state residents who attend higher education institutions out-of-state to return home, enroll in New Jersey institutions, and help rebuild the state as part the New Jersey Scholar Corps p...

May 5 Is Deadline for Ordering Commencement Regalia

Wednesday, April 29th, 2020
Class of 2020 graduates have until this Tuesday, May 5, to order their Commencement regalia and have it shipped to them. Wearing Commencement regalia is necessary to participate in NJIT’s virtual Commencement ceremony, to be held Friday, June 12. Students are urged to visit the Commencement website ...

Designing and Building with Technology and Data: The Human Factor

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020
On a recent visit to NJIT, Master of Architecture alumna Kate Maher, shared some insights about how technology and data shape human behavior and the practice of architecture. In her role as creative director at Gensler London, part of her job is to understand how a data-driven understanding of human...

Experts on Built Environment Design Training For Scoring Energy Efficiency

Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
Members of NJIT’s Center for Building Knowledge (CBK) have produced training material for how to use the first standardized tool for evaluating and scoring the energy efficiency of buildings. Approximately 129 million households and more than 4.7 million commercial buildings account for close to 40%...

'Shark Tank' Gives Deals to Professor, Alum of Industrial Design Program

Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
An adjunct professor and an alumnus, both affiliated with the Hillier College of Architecture and Design, recently earned funding for their start-up companies on the television show Shark Tank. Professional designer and instructor Krystal Persaud took in $150,000 for her solar charging products, whi...

Meeting the Demand: Honors Scholars Produce Hundreds of Personal Protective Equipment

Thursday, April 9th, 2020
It all started with an email sent by NJIT/Albert Dorman Honors College (ADHC) alumnus, Biren Bhatt, M.D., to Louis Hamilton, ADHC dean, as the coronavirus pandemic was spreading with lightning speed throughout the New York-New Jersey area. Dr. Bhatt, an attending emergency physician at Hackensack Me...

Judy A. Donnelly M ARCH '97 To Receive NJIT Alumni Achievement Award

Monday, April 6th, 2020
Since 2006, Judith Anne Donnelly, AIA has been the principal owner of Donnelly Architecture, LLC. An architectural firm that works on both residential and commercial projects, the focus of DA, LLC is “project excellence” with a personal touch. She is licensed to practice architecture in New Jersey, ...

Ph.D. Seminars Nurture In-Demand Professional Skills and More

Monday, April 6th, 2020
For doctoral student Gayani Gunarathna, the Ph.D. Professional Development Series of seminars offered by NJIT’s Graduate Studies Office (GSO) has been a boon as she gets set to launch her career. Gunarathna, who will be a geotechnical engineer in New York City for WSP USA, a global engineering profe...