NJIT Scores Two Late to Win Series Finale, 3-1, at Stetson to Split Doubleheader
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Body Watch Highlights vs. Stetson | Game 2Watch Highlights vs. Stetson | Game 3DELAND, FL—NJIT scored a pair of runs late to win the series finale, 3-1, at Stetson, behind a complete game performance from senior Sean Lubreski to the split Sunday's doubleheader while the Hatters took game one, 1-0, at Melching Field in ASUN Conference action.
NJIT snaps a three-game skid, moving to 3-6 in the ASUN, 10-15-1 overall while the Hatters stand at 4-2 in the ASUN, 14-17 overall.
In game one of Sunday's doubleheader, Jorge Arenas knocked out a solo shot in the sixth, which held for the 1-0 victory while in...
Monday, April 8, 2019
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One For the Record Books: Recapping NJIT's Historic 2018-19 Season
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Body The NJIT Highlanders' record-setting 2018-19 season came to a close on March 28, 2019, in the CIT Quarterfinals.
Head Coach Brian Kennedy's team finished in fifth place of the ASUN Conference with a 22-13 (8-8 ASUN) record, the third-best overall record in the conference. Kennedy's overall record in three seasons as NJIT's head coach improves to 47-49 (.490) and 117-105 (.527) in his seven seasons as a member of the Highlanders' coaching staff.
NJIT's 22 wins included 11 road wins, 13 non-conference wins, the program's first ASUN Championship win and a CIT First Round win.
Preseason All-ASUN a...
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A Source of Service: Student Volunteers at NJIT
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Body April 7-13 is National Volunteer Week, when volunteers nationwide are acknowledged for their service-oriented contributions. The NJIT community remains engaged in a range of giving-back activities, centrally coordinated by Career Development Services.
To help meet its civic and social responsibility goals, the university is a member of Campus Compact, a coalition “focused on teaching, research, and institutional action in service of the public good.”
It also serves as a LEAD Advisory Institution for civic engagement to other institutions, through the Civic Leadership Democratic Engagement...
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School of Management Faculty-led Study Abroad Goes to Germany
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Body This past spring break, six undergrads from the MRKT485 course and two graduate students from MGMT699 ventured to Germany for the first Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM) undergraduate faculty-led study-abroad experience. Accompanied by MTSM Senior University Lecturer Melodi Guilbault, they visited both prominent companies and locations of historical and cultural significance, and attended lectures at Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt (THI) University, a partner institution of NJIT that helped plan the excursion.
“We developed this experience to promote study abroad and increase the in...
Friday, April 5, 2019
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NJIT Leaders Featured on NJBIZ's Business Influencer List
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Body Joel S. Bloom, president of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), and Donald H. Sebastian, senior vice president of Technology & Business Development at NJIT and president and CEO of New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), have each earned a spot on The Power 100, NJBIZ’s annual ranking of the most powerful people in New Jersey business.
NJBIZ states of Bloom, “as president of NJIT, Bloom advocates for STEM education, especially for underrepresented groups. Toward that end, he joined with Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and Newark School District Superintendent Roger Leon in February 2019 to...
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NCE Recognizes Faculty, Staff and Student Excellence
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Body Newark College of Engineering celebrated faculty, staff and student achievements at the first ceremony of the 21st Annual Salute to Engineering Excellence on April 4, 2019 in the Campus Center Atrium. Outstanding alumni also will be honored at a separate ceremony on April 10, 2019 at 6 p.m. at the Park Avenue Club in Florham Park, New Jersey. Tickets for this event may be purchased at https://njit-connect.njit.edu/2019-nce-banquet.
Following is a list of the faculty, staff and student honorees.
STUDENT HONOREES
NCE Outstanding Senior (Overall)
Amira Feknous
Helen and John C. Hartmann D...
Friday, April 5, 2019
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NJIT Professor Receives Google Faculty Research Award
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Body Qiang Tang is one of the researchers around the globe receiving this highly competitive award: this year Google received 910 proposals covering 40 countries and more than 320 universities. Tang was recognized for his work in cliptography, an advanced form of cryptography, which preserves the security of cryptographic tools even if they encounter malicious software or hardware implementations containing backdoors.
The battle to keep online data secure and create encoding mechanisms to prevent online theft of currency and intellectual property is never ending. As companies and researchers dev...
Thursday, April 4, 2019
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What's Hot and Cool in Tech? Come Find Out at NJIT's 7th Annual Innovation Day
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Body NJIT Innovation Day, an invention-packed showcase of cutting-edge, student-led research, design and development across programs and disciplines, will take place Monday, April 8, at the Campus Center.
Around 70 student projects – from autonomous lawn care equipment, to lightweight solar arrays for solar vehicles, to a tornado water filtration bottle, to a platform that provides visual feedback on human balance control – will be on display. Broadly, the event will feature inventions that improve lives, novel business ideas, computer games and fundamental scientific research.
The NJIT community...
Thursday, April 4, 2019
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Free Workshops to Teach Startups to Go "Lean"
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Body Entrepreneurs looking to develop their startup businesses are invited to a free Lean Startup Jumpstart Seminar. The introductory training workshop will be held April 10 at Seton Hall, April 17 at Stevens Institute of Technology, May 1 at NJIT and May 8 at New Jersey City University.
“The Lean Startup provides a scientific approach to creating and managing startups and [getting] a desired product to customers’ hands faster,” notes the event’s website. “The Lean Startup method teaches entrepreneurs how to drive a startup, how to steer, when to turn, and when to persevere ― and grow a business w...
Thursday, April 4, 2019
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NJIT Cited for Its Online Master's in Management Program
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Body OnlineMasters.com, “a trusted source of unbiased college rankings and higher education planning,” has named the graduate management program at NJIT’s Martin Tuchman School of Management a Best Online Master’s in Management Program for 2019. It is ranked No. 18 out of 47 of the best programs identified nationwide, and shares kudos with such respected institutions as Harvard University, New York University and Drexel University.
The 30-credit master’s program offers concentrations in business analytics, global project management, web systems and media, and financial technology. OnlineMasters.co...
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