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NJIT Joins the Ranks of the Nation's Elite Research Universities With its New R1 Classification

Monday, February 18th, 2019
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) joins the ranks of the nation’s elite and most productive institutions with its elevation this week to the top tier of research universities – a designation of R1 by the Carnegie Classification® indicating “very high research activity.” First published in 1...

InterSchool Housing Studio Kicks Off for New York Area Architecture Schools

Monday, February 18th, 2019
At the initiation of College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) interim Dean Tony Schuman, six area schools of architecture are participating in a semester-long housing studio organized around the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ASCA) Timber in the City design competition. Each of...

"Psycho-geographies" Exhibition Featured in CoAD Gallery

Wednesday, February 13th, 2019
The College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) at NJIT is honored to present an exhibition of Alexandra Schoenberg’s and Leslie Adler’s solo and collaborative works called “Psycho-geographies.” These collaborative works present the viewer with an alternating process of internalizing and projecti...

College of Architecture and Design's Spring 2019 Lecture Series Announced

Wednesday, February 13th, 2019
The College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) has released their spring lecture series lineup, which are free and open to the public. This series features an eclectic mix that includes themes like innovation, urbanism and religiosity in the public space, to the yearly design showcase signature event...

NJIT Hosts Game Development Marathon for Global Game Jam

Tuesday, February 5th, 2019
Nearly 100 budding game designers pulled all-nighters at NJIT for the Eleventh Annual Global Game Jam (GGJ) in what has become a much anticipated event for both design and information technology students. Organized in 2008, GGJ, an international nonprofit corporation based in California, is th...

NJIT-Led Microgrid Resiliency Initiative Wins "Beyond Green" Award

Friday, January 25th, 2019
The Community Microgrids Planning Academy — an online educational platform created by the Center for Resilient Design at NJIT — has received an Award of Merit for “Innovations for High-Performance Buildings and Communities” at the National Institute of Building Sciences’ 2018 Beyond Green Awards thi...

Distinguished Professor of Architecture Awarded for Work in Islamic Studies

Friday, January 18th, 2019
Distinguished Professor of Architecture Zeynep Celik in the College of Architecture and Design at New Jersey Institute of Technology has been awarded the Giorgio Levi Della Vida Medal honoring outstanding achievement in Islamic Studies for her extraordinary teaching and research ...

NJIT's Game Development Program Preps Students for Careers in Diverse Fields

Friday, November 30th, 2018
Housed within the School of Art + Design and Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC), NJIT’s game development program blends digital design and information technology curriculums to offer students access to faculty and resources that cross disciplinary boundaries and cultivate innova...

Architecture Alumnus Wins Medal at the London Design Biennale

Tuesday, November 6th, 2018
The London Design Biennale 2018 Medal for the most outstanding overall contribution has been awarded to architectural historian and NJIT alumnus Mohamed Elshahed ’05, who curated “Modernist Indignation,” an Egyptian installation that pays homage to Al Emara, the first Arabic-language ...

Louis Berger Fellowship Supports Real-World Practice

Wednesday, October 31st, 2018
“Of course, NJIT will always have a special place in my heart as the institution that provided the foundation that continues to inspire me today,” noted James Stamatis ’85, chief executive officer of Louis Berger, a full-service engineering, architecture, planning, environmental, program and constru...