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Virtual Reality Becoming a Useful Tool for Interior Design Students

Monday, March 23rd, 2020
Interior design majors are learning to use virtual reality tools earlier than ever, with sophomores and even first-year students here at NJIT working with the technology as a way to gain an edge for their careers. The crux of the plan involved 14 sophomores in a design studio course developing virt...

NJIT Is Mad for Graduate Studies, With More Than 100 Academic Programs and Counting: Part 1

Thursday, March 19th, 2020
They represent a sizable segment of NJIT’s student population — about a quarter — and come from around the country and the world to attend the university and acquire advanced skills to secure successful professional careers. Indeed, graduate students are pursuing degrees in a range of academic disci...

Women of Color Looking to the Past and Future for Diversity in Architecture

Thursday, March 12th, 2020
In the 1950s and 60s it was uncommon to see a black woman practicing architecture. Norma Merrick Sklarek, pictured above during her tenure at Gruen Associates, was an uncommon woman. She excelled in math and science despite having few peers at her predominantly white high school and virtually no rol...

Architecture Alum Working at The New York Times Says Learn to Love Data

Tuesday, February 25th, 2020
As a major in architecture or any other field, you absolutely must learn computer programming and other high technology to be a compelling job applicant in the 2020s, implored Sarah Almukhtar, a Hiller College of Architecture and Design alumna ('10, B.Arch.) who spoke here last night about her data ...

Architecting the Future: the Vision of Black Women

Monday, February 24th, 2020
In the 1950’s it was uncommon to see a black woman practicing architecture. Pictured here during her tenure at Gruen Associates, Norma Merrick Sklarek was an uncommon woman. She is recognized as the 3rd African American woman to be licensed to practice architecture in the U.S., after Beverly Loraine...

Highlander Esports Team Looks to Level Up into Regional Powerhouse

Monday, February 24th, 2020
Leaders of NJIT's esports team, which is among the most successful collegiate videogame groups in the region and one of the top programs nationwide at games such as Blizzard Entertainment's Overwatch, said they see the next few years as a time of critical evolution for their two-year-old club and fo...

NJIT Salutes Its Students With a Week of Special Festivities

Monday, February 17th, 2020
It’s here! Feb. 17-21 marks the annual Student Appreciation Week at NJIT. Dozens of activities, giveaways and events will take place across campus as part of the 2020 celebration. Here, many of NJIT’s schools, centers, offices and programs express their appreciation for the students of NJIT. &nbsp...

Game Jam Brings Together Art, Computer Science, Design Students

Thursday, February 13th, 2020
Broken droids, space rodents and unethical relationship therapists have one thing in common — they're all protagonists in video games developed at the NJIT edition of the annual Global Game Jam earlier in February. As in a musical jam, the purpose of this event is to improve technical skills a...

Architecture Alums Return to Share Wisdom With Students and Each Other

Monday, February 10th, 2020
These weren't your ordinary cookies served at the Hillier College of Architecture and Design alumni event last week. About a dozen alumni turned out to share their career stories with students, each other, faculty and staff. Some stood out — such as architects who found their callings in building i...

Over 200 Employers to Look for Talent at NJIT Spring Career Fair

Monday, February 10th, 2020
Jobseekers, get ready. Some 220 employers are scheduled to attend NJIT’s Spring 2020 Career Fair, to be held Feb. 26 at the university’s Wellness and Events Center. Recruitment for internships, co-ops and full-time positions will be the name of the game at the biannual event, which typically draws t...