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Message from NJIT President Joel S. Bloom

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021
NJIT Community Members, I hope this communication finds you well as we continue to progress toward a return to normalcy. After an incredibly busy spring semester at NJIT, during which we successfully brought more than 4,000 people to campus each week for in-person learning and work and graduat...

NJIT Alumnus Alvaro Gimeno Signs Professional Contract to Play Volleyball in Spain

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021
Former NJIT men's volleyball standout Alvaro Gimeno announced on Wednesday, June 23 that he has signed a contract to play professional volleyball for Rio Duero Soria volleyball club in Spain. "At first I would like to thank NJIT, coaches, staff, athletes and teammates for making this expe...

NJ Brownfields Assistance Center @NJIT: Invaluable Know-How with an Action Plan

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021
The NJ Brownfields Assistance Center serves New Jersey communities by providing free training and guidance on how to get brownfields cleaned up for productive redevelopment. Their work includes assistance to community groups developing a strategy for moving local brownfields toward redevelopment, id...

Expertise for High Potential Students and Buildings with Good Bones

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021
A new program called “Blueprint” will launch this fall, with the aim to provide career readiness to selective students in the architecture and interior design programs at Hillier College and Kean University.  Advisory board member Brenda Nyce -Taylor, who is managing director and principal in G...

NSF Funds Collaborations Within an Immersive Augmented Reality Environment

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021
Submitted by Nisha Mistry  My name is Nisha Mistry ‘21, I am a digital design graduate from the Hilliler College of Architecture and Design. Our research project is entitled Molecular Augmented Reality for Design and Engineering (MADE): Effectiveness of AR Models on Discovery, Learning and Edu...

Tesla Engineer & NJIT Alum Talks Product Design, Roofing, & His Cybertruck

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021
Tommy Rodrigues ‘16 came to Hillier College’s industrial design program while employed in the roofing industry. Now he is working at Tesla, based in California, in the role of staff mechanical design engineer. He is part of a team of engineers developing Tesla Solar Roof. He took some time out to sh...

Men's Swimming and Diving Honored by CSCAA as Scholar All-America Team

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2021
The NJIT men's swimming and diving program was once again honored by the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) as one of the 426 overall institutions and 110 Division I men's programs to earn Scholar All-America team honors for the spring semester. The Highlanders put...

NJIT Men's and Women's Tennis Join Southland Conference

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology has accepted an invitation from the Southland Conference and will join the NCAA Division I league as an associate member in the sports of men's and women's tennis, effective for the 2021-22 academic year. "We are very happy to welcome NJIT tennis to the Southland,...

1st and 3rd Place IIDA Awards to Second Year Interior Design Students

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2021
Interior design students Shela Picon placed 1st for Night Owl Cafe and Constance Chu for the Sprout: Wellness Center, work they completed in their second year interior design studio with Prof. Goldman. This is the first time the School of Art + Design has had a first place winner from the second yea...

Rethinking Building Design for Environmental Autonomy

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2021
Advances in building science to lower the carbon impact of the built environment continue to be made in architecture and construction; the use of smart and sustainable materials, renewable energy and efficient mechanical systems are consistently improving building performance and reducing the carbon...