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NJIT Fulbright Winner Will Pursue the Art of Animation and Storytelling

Wednesday, May 19th, 2021
A student who majored in digital design at New Jersey Institute of Technology has earned an award from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program to hone her animation and storytelling skills at one of the best animation programs in the world. The student, Kaylin Wittmeyer ’21, is pursuing a graduate certif...

NJIT Graduates 3,000 Who Excelled Despite COVID-19 Pandemic

Tuesday, May 18th, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology formally graduated more than 3,000 students today, in a hybrid in-person and virtual ceremony due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Kimberly Bryant, founder and CEO of Black Girls Code, delivered this year’s commencement address. Black Girls Code is a non-profit ...

Architecture and Design Students Depict New NJPAC Education Center

Tuesday, May 18th, 2021
New Jersey Performing Arts Center holds its stars to the highest standards, so the Newark organization is building its new arts education center with the same care, starting with designs from architecture students at NJIT. The new 60,000-square-foot, $48 million facility will be named for donors Leo...

Missing the NJIT Campus? Engineering Student Made One in Minecraft

Monday, May 3rd, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology has a new campus, but you can only go there by computer because civil engineering major Pawel Sierhej built it entirely in Minecraft. Sierhej, a junior who commutes from Linden, said he was inspired to build the virtual campus because he missed being at the real on...

NJIT and the Newark Airport City Coalition Partner with Cities and Airports

Tuesday, April 27th, 2021
April 30th, from 8:15am - 4pm NJIT and the Newark Airport City Coalition are hosting a one-day virtual conference focused on how cities can work together with their airports to optimize economic, societal, and environmental benefits in support of job generation and equitable, inclusive growth. Two k...

Interior Designers Palacio and des Lauriers Win Awards and Recognition

Monday, April 26th, 2021
Nicole Palacio and Okhyun Des Lauriers were both awarded scholarships for interior design by the Network of Executive Women in Hospitality (NEWH). Palacio is a 3rd year design student who submitted work she completed in 2nd year with Prof. Goldman. Des Lauriers is also a third year interior design ...

Learning and the Design of Equitable Education

Monday, April 26th, 2021
Mark Thaler, M.Arch ‘94, is co-leading Gensler’s Global Education Practice, where they have set out to address the inequities in education and reimagine learning. Using research and the tools of design they are working with educators, administrators, school districts and students to distinguish how ...

Hillier College Welcomes New Director to the School of Architecture

Monday, April 26th, 2021
Kelly Hutzell, an urban designer and licensed architect, brings fifteen years of teaching and academic program development experience to her role as director of the School of Architecture at NJIT. Her academic career has been bolstered by more than a decade of practice, including at Machado and Silv...

NJIT Student-Research Back in the Spotlight at 2021 Dana Knox Showcase

Sunday, April 25th, 2021
After a year layoff, one of NJIT’s standout annual research events returned to the campus community this month — more than 30 of the university’s top student-researchers took to their webcams to present their work for a virtual audience at the 2021 Dana Knox Research Showcase, "A Glimpse Into the Fu...

Embracing Change, New Directions and New Challenges

Friday, April 23rd, 2021
Not unlike the way interior design plans change as concepts develop and become better; Ida Colón knows that in professional life it is important to embrace change, because that is what brings about development, maturity and opportunity. Colón was a transfer student from Rutgers when she joined Hil...