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NJIT Faculty in the Spotlight at United Nations Urban Planning Conference

Thursday, October 24th, 2019
Experts supported by the United Nations wanted to know about the impact of digital technology on public spaces, and two NJIT professors had a seat at the table. Gernot Riether co-organized the conference, The Power of Public Space in a Digital Age, at U.N. headquarters in New York last week. Riethe...

New Books From Architecture Faculty Cover Cultural, Social, Tech Influences

Thursday, October 24th, 2019
Three faculty members from NJIT's Hillier College of Architecture and Design (HCAD) published new books this year, covering the intersection of public spaces and technology, millenials in architecture, and the impact of automobiles on American city design. The books are Urban Machines: Public Space...

Interior Design Program Ranks High in Report From National Magazine

Wednesday, October 23rd, 2019
NJIT's Hillier College of Architecture and Design improved in several rankings by Design Intelligence magazine this month. Our interior design program ranked second nationwide for the most hires among 15 similar-sized programs, an impressive improvement from its 14 ranking last year. The magaz...

NJIT Features Prominent Female Artists in New Exhibition

Tuesday, September 24th, 2019
The J. Robert and Barbara A. Hillier College of Architecture and Design (HCAD) gallery at NJIT is honored to present an exhibition of twelve prominent female artists. Six hail from the East Coast and six are from the West. Exhibition co-curators Matthew Gosser and Gail Enns selected artists whose wo...

Getting the Job: NJIT Students Share Their Career Fair Know-how

Monday, September 16th, 2019
According to NJIT Career Development Services’ most recent annual report, almost one-fifth of undergrads from the Class of 2018 who reported full-time employment indicated an NJIT career fair as their source. That figure certainly demonstrates the value of students attending the fair, to both mingl...

Unprecedented Student Group Learns From Computer Art Conference

Thursday, September 5th, 2019
An unprecedented 14 students from NJIT’s  School of Art+Design attended a national conference for computer graphics this summer and took home valuable lessons for their young careers.   New Jersey Institute of Technology usually sends two, three, or four students to the national conference...

Future of Newark Airport Could Be Influenced By NJIT Student Designer

Wednesday, September 4th, 2019
A recent NJIT graduate thinks Newark Liberty International Airport should be rebuilt as a community center with plenty of green space, autonomous shuttles, and better rail connections to New York City. Architecture major Samantha Pires took second place for these ideas in a prestigio...

NJIT Ranks in Top 2% Nationwide in College Salary Report by Payscale

Friday, August 30th, 2019
Payscale has released its 2019 College Salary Report and New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has placed #53 out of over 4,000 colleges and universities across the U.S. in the mid-career salary rankings. In addition, NJIT is #1 for state schools in mid-career salary. “NJIT students are in high...

NJIT Tests Home Siding Methods for Climate Change

Monday, August 19th, 2019
A centuries-old method of sealing the gap between home siding and exterior walls may soon be back in vogue, this time with an energy-efficiency slant, experts from NJIT and the BASF Corp. said last week. Residential siding is typically replaced just once every 25 years, but the new approa...

MIP Studio Earns Honorable Mention in 2019 Schindler Global Award

Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019
A group of students in the College of Architecture and Design’s (CoAD) Master of Infrastructure Planning (MIP) studio took home first honorable mention and a $7,500 prize at the Schindler Global Award (SGA) in Mumbai, India May 10. The SGA is a student urban design competition that is focused on mo...