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2019 scholarship and fellowship recipients (from left) Jenan Abu-Hakmeh, Samir Peshori, John Antley, Victoria Harbour, Sebastian Fine and Samantha Lomuscio

Unprecedented Success for NJIT Students in National Scholarship and Fellowship Competitions

Whether they’ll be soaking up cultures abroad in the coming year or advancing research in science, health care and other fields, all of the NJIT students receiving prominent and highly competitive scholarships and fellowships in 2019 are, in a word, impressive. In fact, two university records were achieved: For the first time, an NJIT student earned the David L.

Senior Success: NJIT Graduates are Heading to Great Jobs, Grad Schools & More

Thousands of NJIT graduates are moving onto bigger and better things. Off to Fortune 500 companies, global engineering firms and premiere law schools, take a look at just a few of our students who are moving on as proud Highlanders.

Celebrated Architects' Historic Gift Injects New Energy into the College of Architecture and Design

New Jersey Institute of Technology has renamed its College of Architecture and Design for J. Robert and Barbara A. Hillier to reflect the globally renowned architects’ historic donation to the university. Their gift, the university’s largest ever, will enrich the architecture and design program in many ways: with scholarships that diversify the pool of talented architects entering the profession and funds for the technology that will advance it, to name just two.

Road To Victory: Young Chemists Square Off at 34th Annual New Jersey Chemistry Olympics

Engineering $200 fuel cells capable of powering windmills, designing high-performance sunblock from scratch, quantifying how much copper is used to coat a modern penny — these were among the many unusual, pressure-packed challenges that stood before 250 of New Jersey’s top high school chemists, all arriving at NJIT last week with a goal that they’d been training towards for months. Victory, at the 34th Annual New Jersey Chemistry Olympics.

NJIT commencement

Senior Success: EOP Students Prepare for Grad School and Great Jobs

When NJIT holds its 103rd Commencement May 21, more than 100 Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) seniors will officially move on from their undergraduate study to begin the next chapter in their lives. While their plans after EOP may differ, the four years they’ve shared in the program provided them all with a uniquely supportive and familial environment. Here, we take a look at where just a few are going. Gloria Brewster

Senior Success: Jacob Ponulak Will Join IT Program at Merck & Co.

Jacob Ponulak, an Information Technology graduate with a specialization in management of information systems from the Ying Wu College of Computing, will be joining Merck and Co. in its IT rotational development program.

NJIT to Confer 3,250 Degrees at 103rd Commencement Exercises May 21 and May 23

NJIT President Awarded Ellis Island Medal of Honor

Joel S. Bloom, president of New Jersey Institute of Technology, received the prestigious Ellis Island Medal of Honor at the 34th annual ceremony on Ellis Island in New York Harbor May 11.

Track Ends Time At ASUN Outdoor Championships

The NJIT men's and women's track & field programs completed the final day of the ASUN Conference Outdoor Championships Saturday evening at the University of North Florida's Hodges Stadium. The men's team closed the meet in 5th place, adding 43 points to their Day 1 total to finish with 55 total points. The Highlander women scored in four events on Saturday to end the meet with a sixth-place tally of ten points.

Senior Success: Award-Winning Journeys in Arts and Sciences at NJIT

While Spring Commencement is on the horizon for the Class of 2019, the first wave of year-end celebrations has already begun for a special group of award-winning seniors at NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts (CSLA).

NJIT @JerseyCity – NJIT Expands to Jersey City [TEST]

Starting fall 2019, New Jersey Institute of Technology’s (NJIT) Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) will offer part-time and full-time graduate-level programs in data science at a location just steps from the Exchange Place PATH station in the waterfront district of Jersey City. The new location will expand NJIT’s $2.8 billion annual impact on the state’s economy by serving New Jersey residents working in the nearby emerging tech hub of New York City.

Jordan Ireland in MTSM's Leir Institute

Senior Success: Jordan Ireland to Start Full Time at CohnReznick

She’s scored on the basketball court as a Highlander guard and now Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM) graduating senior Jordan Ireland has realized her college-best achievement: completing MTSM’s B.S./M.S five-year program in just four years.

Priya Ravi in MTSM's Ray Cassetta Financial Analysis Lab

Senior Success: Priya Ravi Is Headed to Goldman Sachs

Priya Ravi’s bent toward business made itself evident long before she arrived at NJIT. The soon-to-be finance graduate shares a story from her childhood that proved telling.

NJIT Overwatch Team Talks Teamwork, Competition and Community

NJIT's Overwatch Team is just one of the six esports teams on campus. The team consists of just under a dozen members that band together to compete in Overwatch competitions throughout the year. From local competitions at Rutgers to national ones in Texas, our Overwatch Team is very active in the NJIT community.

Five NJIT Entrepreneurs are "Innovators to Watch"

The young CEO of a new healthcare company, two undergraduate students building tech-driven start-ups, a professor of entrepreneurship and NJIT VentureLink’s director of commercialization were all named “2019 STEM Leaders: Innovators to Watch” this week by the New Jersey Tech Council.

NJIT-UNA Split Friday's Twin Bill, Stafflinger Registers Shutout, Franzoni Posts 6 RBI in Game Two

NJIT split its ASUN Conference doubleheader with North Alabama Friday with the Lions earning an 8-1 victory in game one and the Highlanders, taking the nightcap, 10-0, behind a strong pitching performance from junior RHP Tyler Stafflinger and six runs batted in from sophomore Paul Franzoni at Mike D. Lane Field.

Lewis and Cooks Earn Met Writers Basketball Honors

NJIT senior Abdul Lewis and sophomore Zach Cooks were named to the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association Division I team for the 2018-19 season Chuck Stogel, president of the Met Writers, announced. Lewis, who concluded his collegiate career with 1,247 points and 1,000 rebounds, was named to the second team while teammate Cooks, who averaged 17.6ppg, the third highest scoring total in school-history, earned third team honors. The 86th annual Met Writers Awards banquet was held on Tuesday, April 30 at the Westchester Marriott in Tarrytown, NY.

Maris Lown (seated left), vice president of academic affairs, Union County College, and Fadi P. Deek, provost and senior executive vice president, NJIT, shake on it after signing a joint academic agreement between the two institutions.

NJIT and Union County College Launch Joint Academic Agreement

Union County College (UCC) students pursuing an associate degree in either science or applied sciences are now able to seamlessly transfer into a variety of bachelor’s degree programs — from engineering and architecture to computing and management, and more — at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT).

2019 graduating senior Siri Uppuluri

Senior Success: Siri Uppuluri Looks Forward to Medical School

Sitting just outside the Campus Center on a sunny, breezy Tuesday afternoon, Siri Uppuluri reflects on her upcoming graduation from NJIT.

The Educational Opportunity Class of 2019 at NJIT

EOP Awards Ceremony Marks 47 Years of Student Recognition

“We saw when you came in as freshmen, and you thought you knew it all. Then you realized after the first week of the summer program, do I really know anything?” reminisced Crystal Smith, interim director of NJIT’s Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), while addressing EOP graduating seniors, their parents and university staff and faculty. “And then you made it through to this awards ceremony for us to celebrate you.”

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