Alumni News

October 8, 2018

NJIT Picks Up First ASUN Conference Win; Posts 3-2 Come-From-Behind Victory at Jacksonville

NJIT picked up its first ASUN Conference win of the 2018 season in the Highlanders, 3-2, come-from-behind victory at Jacksonville Saturday evening at Swisher Gymnasium. NJIT (1-5 ASUN, 3-17 overall) snaps a three-match skid in the win at Jacksonville while Jacksonville moves to 1-5 in the ASUN, 2-16 overall. Trailing, 2-0, the Highlanders recorded a 25-21 win in the third set and 25-17 victory in the fourth to force a fifth and deciding set.  NJIT secured the win with a 15-12 win in the fifth set.  Jacksonville won the first two sets, 25-16 and 25-19.
October 8, 2018

An NJIT Vision Therapy Team Is a Finalist for One of the World's Premier VR Awards

Biomedical engineer Tara Alvarez and her team of engineers, game designers, artists and clinicians are finalists for a coveted international award from industry leaders in virtual reality for their vision therapy platform.
October 6, 2018

Building a Landscape for the Future: N.J. Leaders Convene for Black Issues Convention

On Oct. 4 and 5, leaders from across New Jersey assembled on the campus of NJIT for the 36th Black Leadership Conference sponsored by the New Jersey Black Issues Convention (NJBIC), an organization founded in 1983 to establish a network of communication and cooperation among predominantly Black organizations in New Jersey. New Jersey Governor Philip Murphy, Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka and NJIT President Joel S. Bloom were among those who spoke on the importance and impact that the NJBIC has on critical issues affecting the community, especially economic issues.
2018 Fall Career Fair at NJIT
October 9, 2018

2018 Fall Career Fair Connects Jobseekers and Employers With a "Handshake"

NJIT’s 2018 Fall Career Fair, held Sept. 26 at the university’s Wellness and Events Center, welcomed 215 employers primed to recruit applicants for full-time positions, internships and co-ops. It also embraced a new career services management platform called Handshake, designed to both optimize the job search experience for students and enable employers to easily reach candidates nationwide.
October 5, 2018

A Neurobiologist, a Solar Physicist and a Chemical Engineer Are Awarded for Research Excellence

Faced with a formidable list of nominees for the annual Excellence in Research Prize and Medal, the Board of Overseers opted this year for its own brand of novelty and innovation: the prize committee picked three. The sector-spanning winners, all at the forefront of their fields, included a solar physicist, a chemical engineer and a neurobiologist.
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October 3, 2018

NJIT to Host 36th Annual Black Leadership Conference Oct. 4 – 5

The New Jersey Black Issues Convention (NJBIC) will convene in the Campus Center Ballrooms on the NJIT campus to hold its 36th Annual Black Leadership Conference Oct. 4 – 5 from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. (registration begins at 7 a.m. on both days). Organized in 1983 to establish a network of communication and cooperation among predominantly Black organizations in New Jersey, NJBIC sponsors the conference to discuss the critical issues affecting the community, public policy recommendations that can be adopted and a plan of decisive action with strategies for implementation.
October 3, 2018

City, University Leaders to Gather at NJIT for MetroLab Network Summit

WHEN: October 15-16, 2018 WHAT: Leaders from U.S. cities and universities will gather in Newark for the MetroLab Network 2018 Annual Summit, where they will discuss their plans to bring technology, data, and analytics to drive civic innovation and address local government priorities.
October 1, 2018

Statements from President Bloom and NJ Presidents' Council on Gov. Murphy Economic Development Plan

Governor Phil Murphy today unveiled his economic development strategic plan – “The State of Innovation: Building a Stronger and Fairer Economy in New Jersey” – to set New Jersey on the path to a stronger and fairer future where innovation and diversity are at the forefront of the State’s economy.
October 1, 2018

Women's Soccer Ties School Record For Wins in 4-0 Victory Over Jacksonville

The NJIT women's soccer team tied the school-record for wins, earning its ninth win, a 4-0 shutout victory at Jacksonville Sunday afternoon in ASUN Conference action at Southern Oaks Stadium.   NJIT, which has won the last three consecutive matches and last five-out-of-six, improves to 9-3-1 and 3-1 in the ASUN while the Dolphins drop to 1-10-1 overall and 1-2 in conference play The nine overall wins and seven shutouts thus far in 2018 tie the school record, which was set in 2017 under head coach Ally Nick.
September 28, 2018

A Class Act: 1,296 Freshmen From 30 States and 24 Countries Now Call NJIT Home
September 28, 2018

Newly-Discovered Bacterium Rids Problematic Pair of Toxic Groundwater Contaminants

Known as a chemical manufacturing by-product of many cosmetics and home cleaning products, the industrial solvent 1,4-Dioxane is now considered by the Environmental Protection Agency to be an “emerging contaminant” and “likely human carcinogen” that can be found at thousands of groundwater sites nationally — potentially representing a multi-billion dollar environmental remediation challenge. 
Tara Alvarez
September 27, 2018

Biomedical Engineer Tara Alvarez is Poised to Win a Breakthrough Award. Help Her by Voting Now!

Please support one of New Jersey Institute of Technology’s (NJIT) pioneering researchers in her pursuit of a highly competitive award for work on concussion diagnosis and VISION therapy. Voting ends Tuesday at 9 a.m.
September 21, 2018

Teaching the Teachers

The school year is back in swing and teachers in New Jersey have returned to the classroom with new computer science skills acquired this summer at NJIT’s Ying Wu College of Computing. The teachers, from three school districts, were students this summer at NJIT in a CS 100 course titled “Python Programming and Introduction to Computer Science.” They attended class side-by-side with NJIT students.
November 10, 2018

College Factual Ranks NJIT as a "Best College for Veterans"

College Factual, a leading source of higher education analytics and insights, has ranked NJIT in the top 10 percent nationwide in overall “Best Institution for Veterans” for 2019. NJIT is ranked 154 out of 1,820 institutions. The “Best College for Veterans” category looks at 24 different factors to generate their score, including: veteran affordability, veteran population, veteran policies, veteran resources, veteran satisfaction and overall college quality.
September 20, 2018

NJIT Rises, Ranks in Top 15 Percent "Best Institution" Nationwide by College Factual

College Factual, a leading source of higher education analytics and insights, has ranked NJIT in the top 15 percent nationwide in the overall “Best Institution” category for 2019, a 61-place jump compared to 2018 rankings. NJIT is now ranked 251 out of a 1,779 institutions nationwide, and 5 out of 33 in N.J., a jump of three positions in the state. The “Best Institution” category looks at several specific factors to generate their score, including: student body caliber, educational resources, degree completion and post-graduation earnings.
September 19, 2018

NJIT and Essex County College Sign Joint Academic Agreement

Associate degree students from Essex County College (ECC) are now able to seamlessly transfer into appropriate and/or corresponding bachelor’s degree programs at NJIT.   
September 20, 2018

Fall Piano Recital Featuring Robert Argasinski
September 19, 2018

NJIT Jumps to Number 2 on College Factual's List of Best Civil Engineering Programs Nationwide

The Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) program at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) now ranks second in the nation, according to College Factual, an outcomes-based data analytics and research company. NJIT jumped six places from last year, landing behind Georgia Tech (1) and ahead of MIT (3), on the list of the 206 programs evaluated. The university's CEE program ranked in the top 20 in numerous areas, including education for veterans, popularity and graduates’ earnings, among others.
September 19, 2018

NJIT Faculty Expert Rima Taher on 'Building Design for Wind Forces'

The faculty at the College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) continues to foster insightful discussion and riveting commentary in and out of the classroom. Senior University Lecturer Rima Taher’s textbook "Building Design for Wind Forces,” which was published by McGraw Hill Education, explores the oft-overlooked yet critically important subject of designing and constructing structures that can withstand wind forces and better resist extreme wind events, such as hurricanes and tornadoes.
September 18, 2018

NJIT Faculty Expert Yvette Wohn on Curating Safe Spaces Online

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