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 fo...

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 Colloqate Desi...

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 F...

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. She is...

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 Kunstmeile ...

A Door Finally Opens for Dayton

Thursday, January 16th, 2025
By Darius Sollohub, professor and interim chair of the School of Architecture in the Hillier College of Architecture & Design at NJIT From nearly anywhere in Newark’s Dayton neighborhood, residents can see the train station serving Newark Liberty International Airport, among the nation’s busies...

Urban Gardens Workshop at NJIT Advances Sustainability and Food Security

Tuesday, January 14th, 2025
NJIT hosted a National Science Foundation-funded Research Coordination Network (RCN) workshop on Urban Food, Energy, and Water (Urban FEW) in November. The event brought together researchers, technologists, urban gardeners and policymakers to tackle urban challenges related to food, water and energy...

Newark Design Collaborative Fellows Lead NJIT Students in Showcasing Talent at Zine Fest

Monday, December 16th, 2024
Students at NJIT’s Hillier College of Architecture and Design showcased their work in the Newark Zine Fest, organized by Petia Morozov, Newark Design Collaborative fellow and publisher of Dense Magazine, was held at the Newark Art Museum. Zines, short for "magazines" or "fanzines," are typically sma...

Infrastructure Leader Kim Vierheilig Named to NJIT Board of Trustees

Tuesday, November 5th, 2024
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is proud to announce the appointment of Kim V. Vierheilig (née Vandegrift), AIA to its Board of Trustees by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy. An alumna of NJIT who graduated from the university’s Hillier College of Architecture and Design with a bachelor’s de...