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Giovanni Crocco - a Civil Engineering Student Who Discovered Animation

Thursday, April 9th, 2026
Giovanni Crocco is a third-year digital design student, the Autodesk ambassador, 2026 design showcase honoree, and has earned top recognitions for his work at animation festivals in the tristate area. Like so many other creatively inclined individuals who have come up through the digital design prog...

An Architect of Leadership: Nick Netta’s Full-Circle NJIT Honor

Wednesday, April 8th, 2026
Nicholas J. “Nick” Netta ‘88 has spent decades shaping the built environment across New Jersey and beyond, but just as importantly, he has helped shape the people who will carry the profession forward. This year, the Hillier College of Architecture and Design (HCAD) will honor Netta with the Disting...

Hillier College Celebrates 20 Years of Design Showcase with Honors for Alumni, Friends and Students

Tuesday, April 7th, 2026
NJIT’s Hillier College of Architecture and Design (HCAD) marked a major milestone, celebrating the 20th anniversary of its Design Showcase — the college’s signature annual event that brings together students, alumni, faculty, benefactors and friends of Hillier College for an evening centered on desi...

Hillier College of Architecture and Design Explores AI’s Expanding Role at NJIT

Friday, March 27th, 2026
At NJIT’s inaugural Artificial Intelligence Exploration Day, the Hillier College of Architecture and Design (HCAD) helped show just how far artificial intelligence is reaching across the university. Through faculty presentations and student-led demonstrations, HCAD’s contributions examined AI from m...

Jeanne Perantoni, SSP Architects and a Lasting Commitment to Hillier College

Wednesday, March 25th, 2026
Jeanne Perantoni has spent a lifetime thinking about how buildings shape people long before they ever open their doors. As the daughter of an architect, she grew up on construction sites, learning early to see the built environment not just as a structure, but as a story. More than four decades into...

'Living Parks by Parks for People' Wins Branch Brook Park Biodiversity Proposal Challenge

Tuesday, March 24th, 2026
A student proposal focused on restoring biodiversity, strengthening the Second River edge and deepening community engagement at Branch Brook Park was selected as the winning concept in NJIT’s latest Albert Dorman Honors College biodiversity initiative. The proposal, “Living Parks by Parks for Peopl...

‘No Limit on the Possibilities.’ Michael Higgins, NJIT and the Long View of Building a City

Tuesday, March 17th, 2026
Michael Higgins ‘90 believes the true measure of architecture is not the building itself, but what happens around it over time. The families who move in. The storefronts that open. The sidewalks that fill. The community that grows. As managing principal and CEO of MHS Architecture, he oversees large...

From NJIT to Sony Pictures Imageworks: How Alum Kaylin Wittmeyer Uses Animation to Tell Human Stories

Wednesday, February 11th, 2026
When Kaylin Wittmeyer first began applying to colleges, she didn’t have a single, narrow career path in mind. What she did know was that she loved animation, but she also loved math, physics, and the technical side of how things worked. Rather than choose between art and technology, she sought a pla...

Designing with Empathy: How Alum Liliana Torres Builds Community Through Architecture

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026
Liliana Torres’s architecture has always been about people. “The way I want my story to be told is through how everything I learned at NJIT continues to translate into my professional life — the values, the sense of responsibility, and the commitment to helping others never stopped at graduation,” ...

Hillier College Provides Art Courses for All Students with Arts@NJIT Initiative

Thursday, January 15th, 2026
From Leonardo da Vinci to Nam Jun Paik to Lillian Schwartz, art and technology have a long and intertwined relationship. Beginning in spring 2026, all NJIT students will have the opportunity to explore this productive feedback loop. Thanks to a generous gift from NJIT alumnus Ron Dooley (Mechanical ...