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NJIT Advances Research, Commerce and Security Through Global Partnerships

Thursday, November 29, 2018

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has reached out to giants in the field of cryptography nearly 7,000 miles away to advance blockchain, an evolving digital security technology designed to enable enterprises both large and small to expand transactions across borders, supply chains and diverse stakeholder groups. In a recently announced partnership, NJIT’s Ying Wu College of Computing has joined forces with JD.com, China’s largest retailer, and the Institute of Software at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ISCAS) to pursue fundamental improvements in consensus protocols, privacy protecti...

NJIT Launches A Potent Research Hub: The Institute for Space Weather Sciences

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Both on land and in space, Earth’s technology-centered civilization is increasingly vulnerable to the powerful bursts of electromagnetic radiation, energetic charged particles and magnetized plasma known as space weather. As the complexity of engineered systems increases, as new technologies are invented and deployed, and as humans venture ever further beyond Earth’s surface, both human-built systems and humans themselves become more susceptible to the effects of the planet’s space environment. It is with these vulnerabilities in mind – and in response to urgent calls from government agencies...

Researchers Shine New Light on Disease-Spreading Mosquitoes

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

When the West Nile virus (WNV) was initially isolated in two patients at a Queens, N.Y., hospital in the summer of 1999, it would have been hard to anticipate how quickly one common species of house mosquito, Culex pipiens, would help begin to spread the virus throughout the western hemisphere. Bite-by-bite, coast-to-coast, mosquito populations would transmit the virus — originally discovered in the West Nile province of Uganda more than 75 years ago — to human populations in 44 U.S. states in just three years. With more than 2,500 different species of mosquitoes known on Earth today, many c...

President Bloom in NJ Biz: New School at NJIT Aligns with Tech Workforce Needs

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Last March, Gov. Murphy announced plans for a New Jersey Apprenticeship Network and, following a trip to Germany and Israel last month, launched a $4.5 million apprenticeship grant program supporting the state’s high-demand industries. He did so because he recognized a marketplace need that New Jersey Institute of Technology also has identified and is addressing —the incredible demand for professionals who possess hands-on experience as well as a solid technical background. In 2016, the U.S. had 3 million more available STEM jobs than it had skilled workers to fill them. And the Wall Street...

Thanks to Honors Grant, Yasmine Ghattas Taught Health Ed in Africa

Monday, November 26, 2018

NJIT Shoots Down Blackbirds to Improve to 6-1

Monday, November 26, 2018

Sophomore Zach Cooks scored a team-high 22 points and NJIT remained perfect on the road with a 77-70 victory over LIU Brooklyn on Sunday at Steinberg Wellness Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. With a 6-1 record, the Highlanders are off to their best start since 1994-95. Their 3-0 record away from Newark also represents their best road start since 2000-01. In fact, it also gives the Highlanders their first three-game, road winning streak since Jan. 15 to Feb. 1, 2006 (Stetson, Kennesaw, Lipscomb). Additionally, the Highlanders have won back-to-back games in the series with the Blackbirds and four-st...

Guarino Scores Career-Best 26 Points in NJIT's 79-71 Win Over Western Carolina

Monday, November 26, 2018

Graduate student Kelly Guarino scored a career-best 26 points and head coach Mike Lane registered his first win as a Division I head coach in NJIT's 79-71 victory over Western Carolina in the NJIT Thanksgiving Classic Saturday afternoon at the Wellness and Events Center. NJIT (1-5) snaps a five-game skid in the win while Western Carolina drops to 1-6 on the young season. NJIT's Guarino finished the game 7-of-12 from the field, 6-for-11 from behind the three-point arc and a perfect 6-of-6 from the free throw line. The six three-pointers is one shy the graduate students career-mark. This sea...

NJIT Mathematics Students Finish Finalists at 2018 NBA Hackathon

Monday, November 19, 2018

In August, more than 700 teams comprised of statisticians, programmers, engineers and students from across North America applied to enter this year’s “2018 NBA Hackathon” — a data-driven competition to “build tools that solve important and challenging problems in the NBA.” It was then that a team of three mathematics students from NJIT applied for and earned distinguished selection into the contest’s final 20-team field, scheduled to compete at the NBA headquarters in Secaucus, NJ this past fall. By the end of the grueling 12-hour event, “Team NJIT’s” Bayan Mafarjeh ’18, Raiha Khan ’19 and J...

A Time for Celebration

Monday, November 19, 2018

Two distinguished individuals were recognized for achievements beneficial to the state and our nation, as well as an organization exceptional for its commitment to NJIT’s mission, at Celebration, NJIT’s annual fundraiser for campuswide scholarship endowment funds, held Nov. 9, 2018 at The Pleasantdale Chateau in West Orange. Since its inception in 1995, Celebration has raised nearly $6 million in endowed scholarship funds, ensuring that top-quality higher education is accessible to talented, motivated students. “This year, Celebration takes on additional significance, because tonight we pub...

This Certificate Alumna Adds Management Skills to Her Resume

Monday, November 19, 2018

Cynthia Hassler attributes her interest in biomedical engineering first to her father, whom she describes as “a very technical guy” who involved her in different hands-on projects at his office and their home. “I really was exposed to being able to fix things and troubleshoot from my dad,” said Hassler. “And then I always really enjoyed … being able to solve problems using science and math. In addition … I always participated, whether it be through youth groups or other volunteer organizations, in helping people, and I felt like biomed had that human-engineering interaction that intrigued me.”...