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Ph.D. Seminars Nurture In-Demand Professional Skills and More

Monday, April 6th, 2020
For doctoral student Gayani Gunarathna, the Ph.D. Professional Development Series of seminars offered by NJIT’s Graduate Studies Office (GSO) has been a boon as she gets set to launch her career. Gunarathna, who will be a geotechnical engineer in New York City for WSP USA, a global engineering profe...

Daniel Meza, Hillier's First Fulbright Scholar, Works in Slime Mold

Thursday, March 26th, 2020
Students applying for Fulbright scholarships often see their work described as advanced, insightful, sophisticated or any number of similar platitudes -- but for senior industrial design major Daniel Meza the word was also slimy. Meza, who plans to graduate in December from Hillier College of Archit...

NJIT Is Mad for Graduate Studies, With More Than 100 Academic Programs and Counting: Part 2

Thursday, March 26th, 2020
From traditional classroom learning and accelerated programs to online and hybrid (combining online and face-to-face) instruction, graduate students at NJIT have a variety of options to earn advanced degrees. They also have a lot of choice, with 50+ master’s programs (including 15 fully online), 19 ...

NJIT Recognized in 4 Areas of Distinction for Student Opportunity and Success

Monday, March 23rd, 2020
For its unwavering and ongoing commitment to both first-generation college students and students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds, NJIT has been acknowledged in four key areas of distinction: inclusion, affordability, completion and outcomes. The accolade comes from Strive for College...

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 virtu...

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...