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Men's Lacrosse Earns First-Ever America East Win, Defeats UMass Lowell 14-10

Saturday, March 27th, 2021
The NJIT men's lacrosse team earned its first victory of the season and first-ever conference win with a 14-10 triumph over the UMass Lowell River Hawks Saturday afternoon at Cushing Field. "We played an inspired game. The guys played with purpose on the field and our bench was awesome. Offensively...

Announcement of Community Vaccination Center at NJIT

Friday, March 26th, 2021
NJIT Students, Faculty, and Staff, We are pleased to announce that NJIT is partnering with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the New Jersey Office of the Governor, the Department of Defense (DoD), the New Jersey State Police (NJSP), the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management (OEM),...

Come Join NJIT's 2021 Research Institutes, Centers and Laboratories Showcase

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021
Noise has an outsized impact on quality of life for urban residents, but it can be hard to monitor and regulate. Cities, which have limited resources to enforce noise codes, often chase transient sources that disappear before inspectors arrive hours or days later. In a talk next Tuesday at NJIT’s 2...

Aaron Park Named America East Rookie of the Week

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021
Aaron Park, a freshman on the NJIT baseball team, was named America East Conference Rookie of the Week, it was announced Monday. Park, who was making his collegiate debut, came out of the bullpen in the fourth and final game of this weekend's series against Albany and struck out three over 1.2 sc...

Women's Volleyball Completes Season Sweep of Binghamton

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021
The NJIT women's volleyball team defeated visiting Binghamton for the second straight day, taking down the Bearcats in four sets in America East action on Monday evening at the Wellness and Events Center. "I'm just super happy for our student-athletes, we had a great two days on the court, and they...

How Creativity, Persistence and Skills Will Get You Just About Anywhere

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021
Renee Collins, B.S. Industrial Design ‘18 went to high school at Sussex Tech and obtained her cosmetology license there. When her best friend was admitted to NJIT, Collins came along for the campus tour and thought, “This is pretty nice,” and applied. “I think I had an idea of what Industrial Design...

Hillier College Welcomes New Board Members to Advise on Direction

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021
Hillier College welcomed new advisory board members Kim Vierheilig ’99 ’00, Robert "Bob" Fritz ’88, and Jordan Hillier Adams. Each brings new perspectives to the vision and leadership that the advisory board has provided to the college since its inception. Vierheilig, who holds dual degrees in a...

NJIT Professor Becomes Editor in Chief for Society of Architectural Historians Archipedia

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021
The Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) has named Gabrielle Esperdy, Professor in the Hillier College of Architecture and Design, to the role of editor in chief for the Buildings of the United States (BUS) book series and SAH Archipedia. BUS was inspired by the famous Pevsner Guides to Buildin...

The Hillier College of Architecture and Design History Project

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021
This story was submitted by Maya Gervits. As we approach the 50th anniversary of the New Jersey School of Architecture at the J. Robert and Barbara A. Hillier College of Architecture and Design, working on preserving the narratives of the college’s history seems both timely and necessary. Such a st...

Architecture Alumna's Group Enables Women to 'Be Heard, Be Seen, Be Known'

Monday, March 22nd, 2021
Joann Lui '11, an architect in Lawrenceville, N.J., is only 32 but may have already helped more people thrive in her field than most professionals could mentor in a whole career. In 2018 Lui founded a Facebook group called Women Architects Collective, which now has more than 3,000 members who join ...