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Bridging Art and Community: NJIT Launches Hub for Creative Placemaking

Wednesday, February 5th, 2020
NJIT has announced the launch of a new initiative dedicated to the growing professional practice of creative placemaking — a field that places arts and culture at the center of community, social and economic development.  The program — the NJIT Hub for Creative Placemaking — will serve as both...

Princeton Review Ranks NJIT Among Top Schools with 'the Best ROI'

Tuesday, February 4th, 2020
New Jersey Institute of Technology is one of the nation’s best colleges for students seeking a superb education with great career preparation and at an affordable price, according to The Princeton Review®. The education services company profiles NJIT in the recently published 2020 edition of its an...

NJIT Rated 6th in the Nation for Campus Safety

Tuesday, January 28th, 2020
The Department of Public Safety at NJIT has been ranked sixth nationwide for its campus safety initiatives. The recognition comes from Safe Campus, an independent organization that strives to improve the overall safety and security of U.S. college and university students, and annually rates campuses...

Constructive Counsel: The Merits of Peer Mentoring

Thursday, January 16th, 2020
Patrycja Ptak, a second-year architecture student at NJIT’s Hillier College of Architecture and Design, vividly recalls the uncertainty she felt and challenges she faced navigating the college pathway — which is why she decided to become a mentor through Strive for College, an online platform that p...

Architecture Students Learning About Robots in Construction

Thursday, December 19th, 2019
Robotics have been part of NJIT engineering curricula for many years, and now the invasion is encroaching on architecture majors, too. It's important for architects to learn about the abilities and limitations of robots, experts say, because the assembly processes and visual appearance of buildings...

Composting and WEC Solar Panels to Lead Campus Sustainability Efforts in 2020

Wednesday, December 18th, 2019
A solar array atop the Wellness and Events Center, plus a food waste recycling effort, are the first two major sustainability projects underway as part of NJIT's commitment to sustainability in the recently adopted 2025 strategic plan. NJIT also recently became a member of the Association for the A...

That Time When an NJIT Grad Designed the Most Beautiful Buildings in D.C.

Wednesday, December 18th, 2019
Well, no, not quite. He — they were all “he” then — technically graduated from Newark Technical School. But it counts. His name was Maj. George Oakley Totten, Jr. He was born in New York City on December 5, 1866, to George Oakley and Mary Elizabeth (Styles) Totten. George’s family had a long histor...

Architecture Library Exhibit Shows Lessons From Studying Abroad

Monday, November 18th, 2019
Ali Chahine and Antonia Santoro were among nine NJIT architecture students who had eye-opening experiences while taking a semester in Austria last spring. Both are now fifth-year students who, along with their peers, gave presentations this week about their time at the University of Innsbruck and h...

Çelik Wins Prestigious Tamayouz Award for Middle East Research

Monday, November 11th, 2019
Zeynep Çelik, a distinguished professor in the NJIT Hillier College of Architecture and Design, won this year's Tamayouz Women in Architecture and Construction award for her research and writing about the Middle East and North Africa. The award series, named for the Arabic word meaning excellence, ...

Hillier Prof. Zaitseva Wins Fashion Film Award

Thursday, October 31st, 2019
Polina Zaitseva, an adjunct professor in the Hillier College of Architecture and Design, won an international competition for fashion and beauty films this month. Showstudio.com, operated by noted photographer Nick Knight, runs the contest known as the Film Fashion Awards. Zaitseva flew to London a...