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NJIT Scholarship Brunch Offers Unique Experience Connecting Donors and Students

Wednesday, April 9th, 2025
The 36th Annual Scholarship Brunch at New Jersey Institute of Technology celebrated a significant milestone this year, welcoming its largest gathering of students and benefactors to date. Donors from across the region and as far away as Sweden convened, united by a shared commitment to empowering th...

NJIT Alumni Women Leading Architecture Design Technology

Thursday, March 27th, 2025
The architecture, engineering and construction industry is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by technological advancements reshaping how projects are designed, coordinated and executed. Three alumnae of New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Hillier College of Architecture and Design — Gaya...

NJIT Unveils VR Crime Scene Tech, Research at Nation's Largest Forensic Conference

Wednesday, March 19th, 2025
NJIT’s forensics program made an impression at the 77th Annual American Academy of Forensic Sciences’ Conference in Baltimore’s Convention Center, unveiling new research and innovations that tackled this year’s conference theme, “Technology: A Tool for Transformation or Tyranny?” NJIT faculty and s...

Princeton Review Ranks NJIT at No. 36 Nationally in Game Design

Wednesday, March 19th, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology ranks No. 36 nationally among the top 50 undergraduate schools for game design, according to The Princeton Review. That’s an improvement of 13 places from NJIT’s last ranking. Regionally, NJIT also stands out, at No. 10 in the Northeast. The high marks support the...

Expanding Housing: NJIT's Rebuild of Oak Hall Will More Than Double Its Beds

Wednesday, February 26th, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology is rebuilding its second oldest residence hall to meet a burgeoning demand for housing at the growing public university. The new Oak Hall on Summit Street in Newark will contain 453 beds in 154 units — more than double the current totals. The units will take the f...

NJIT Architecture Alum Bryan Lee Jr. Named 2025-2026 NOMA President

Monday, February 24th, 2025
Bryan C. Lee Jr. ’08, an architect, educator and design justice advocate with a master’s in architecture from NJIT’s Hillier College of Architecture and Design, was recently named president of the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA).  Lee is the founder and director of Colloqat...

NJIT Professor and 2 Alumni Rise to Fellows at the American Institute of Architects

Thursday, February 20th, 2025
The American Institute of Architects is celebrating a New Jersey Institute of Technology professor and two alumni for their professional excellence and societal impact. Professor of Design Georgeen Theodore and alumni Bryan C. Lee Jr. and Michael Hanrahan were elevated to organization’s College of ...

NJIT Maintains Highest Research Classification, Renews its R1 Status from Carnegie

Thursday, February 13th, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has once again earned the prestigious R1 designation from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, reaffirming its standing as a top-tier doctoral university with very high research activity. This continued recognition reflects NJIT’s...

New Faculty at Hillier College

Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
Hannah Berkin-Harper, Industrial Design Hannah Berkin-Harper is an Industrial Designer specializing in public spaces and community-engaged design. She comes to NJIT from Pratt Institute where she taught both undergraduate and graduate courses in the Industrial and Interior Design departments....

Three NJIT Students Win Gilman Scholarships to Study Internationally

Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
Three NJIT undergraduates — two from the Hillier College of Architecture and Design and one from the Ying Wu College of Computing — won the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad.  Architecture majors Nataly Mendez ’27 and Tyler Hebert ’26 will participate in HCAD’s Kunst...