Alumni News

At this house in Bayville, N.J., NJIT students participate in the Sandy Rebuild project in partnership with SBP, “a leader in disaster resilience and recovery.”

NJIT Gives Back With Nearly 60,000 Hours of Community Service

Volunteerism is a mainstay at NJIT, with students and faculty engaged in a range of initiatives to better the community. Such efforts, amounting to more than 59,000 hours of community service over the past year alone, have been recognized both nationally and locally.

Justin and Lauran Tuck Share Unique Journey to Raise Newark Student Opportunity

Not long after his arrival to the New York Giants in 2005, Justin Tuck and his wife, Lauran, founded Tuck’s R.U.S.H. for Literacy to bring greater educational and career opportunities to youth in the New York City metro-area.

Fostering a Vision for The Weiss-Aug Group: Dieter Weissenrieder '76

Dieter Weissenrieder emigrated from Germany in 1960 as a tool and die maker to work for his uncle’s tooling business. He quickly became the manager of the company, and after working for the family business for 10 years, the company was sold to a large firm. He then founded Weiss-Aug in 1972 with his partner, Kurt Augustin, while pursuing his industrial engineering degree at NJIT.

Piotr Namiotko Earns EIVA Offensive Player of the Week

NJIT sophomore Piotr Namiotko has been selected EIVA Offensive Player of the Week for his performance last week EIVA Coordinator Brian Snow announced. Namiotko earns his first EIVA Offensive Player of the Week award after recording 60 kills while hitting .300 in 13 sets, averaging 4.62 kills per set. To read the full story, click on "Learn More" below.

TechQuest winners at Innovation day 2018

Innovation Day 2018

An interdisciplinary engineering team developing an enzyme-blocking drug designed to reduce levels of LDL, or “bad cholesterol,” was the winner of this year’s TechQuest challenge, announced this week at NJIT’s sixth annual Innovation Day.

Fake News, Cyberbullying, #MeToo: Law, Technology and Culture Director on Living in the Digital Age

Since 2017, NJIT students, faculty and administrators have gathered for “Talking Back to Hate,” a teach-in about ways to understand and overcome evolving challenges in the expanding digital media landscape, such as misinformation, cyberbullying, trolling and more.

NJIT's Justin Etts Drives in Game-Winning Run in Ninth; Highlanders Tops No. 22 FGCU

NJIT junior Justin Etts drove in the game-winning run as visiting NJIT topped No. 22 FGCU, 4-3, to conclude the three-game ASUN Conference series at Swanson Stadium Sunday afternoon. NJIT (12-12, 2-4 ASUN) scored single runs late in the game, delivering runs in the seventh, eighth and ninth, handing FGCU (24-7, 2-1 ASUN) its first loss in ASUN Conference action. FGCU led 3-1 heading into the seventh as the Highlanders plated single runs in the final three innings to secure the 4-3 victory. To read the full story, click on "Learn More" below.

Prudential/NJIT Connection Group Hosts Inaugural Event for Alumni

More than 75 NJIT alumni employed at Prudential gathered on April 5 for the inaugural event of the Prudential/NJIT Connection group, which seeks to provide the company’s employees and NJIT alumni with a platform for internal networking and the opportunity to participate in developments across Prudential, NJIT, and the City of Newark. The newly formed organization will support this through a focus on recruiting, professional development, mentorship and community engagement with the common goal to expand the mutually beneficial relationship between Prudential and NJIT.

NJIT Makerspace to Host 3D-Printed Prosthetics Build-a-Thon May 5

Makerspace at NJIT, a training-focused, rapid prototyping facility, will host an event to build and assemble hand prosthetics to help children and young adults in need. The 10,000-square-foot space operates equipment ranging from small 3D printers to large industrial machining centers, such as precision measurement and laser cutting machines.

Eight-Year-Old Gavin Brady Signs with NJIT Men's Lacrosse

Eight-year-old Gavin Brady, from Pompton Plains, became the newest addition to the NJIT men's lacrosse team roster with the help of Friends of Jaclyn Foundation held at the Wellness and Events Center Wednesday afternoon. Friends of Jaclyn aims to improve the quality of life for children battling pediatric brain tumors and other childhood cancers by pairing them with local team, clubs and community groups.

NFL Star Justin Tuck Visits NJIT, Inspires Young Students to Tackle College and Career Dreams

On April 3, Newark-area high school students and teachers arrived at NJIT in anticipation of meeting two-time Super Bowl champion and New York Giants Hall of Fame inductee, Justin Tuck. Justin and Lauran Tuck, co-founders of the nonprofit Tuck’s R.U.S.H. for Literacy, appeared as special guest speakers at this year’s 2018 Junior Achievement (JA) Career Success® Workshop College Series to help promote career development among New Jersey’s high school learners.

Senior Hazal Yalcin

Undergraduate Ecosystems: Engineering Tissues with 3D Printers

INSTRUCTIVE BIOMATERIALS AND ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING LABORATORY

Juan Rios ’18 and Victor Chue ’18

Undergraduate Ecosystems: In Cyberspace with Social Bots

Social Interaction Laboratory

New Jersey's K-20 Education Collaborative Meets at First-Ever "Cradle to Career" Summit

In March, NJIT staged the first-ever “CLEAR: Cradle to Career” (C3 2018) Summit, aimed at “fostering a larger networked community of innovative and dedicated teachers, leaders, faculty researchers and students of all ages”. The summit — co-hosted by NJIT’s statewide K-20 Collaborative for Leadership, Education, and Assessment Research (CLEAR) — brought together an expansive audience of NJIT students, faculty and staff; K-12 educators and leaders; and public and private organizations throughout the state.

Innovation day 2018

Come Meet NJIT's Undergraduate Inventors

Innovation Day is a showcase of cutting-edge, student-led research that includes inventions that improve lives, novel business ideas, computer games and fundamental scientific research. This year, nearly three dozen student projects – from mapping applications for the transportation industry, to human control interfaces for surrogate robots, to novel drugs that target cholesterol – will be on display in the Campus Center on April 10.

Newark Teams with NJIT to Host Amazon-Sponsored Tech Summit, Joins Network of Connected Cities

The city of Newark continues its rise as a budding hub of high-tech innovation.

A Spring Afternoon with Sophia and Friends

The first Friday afternoon of Spring 2018 brings an exciting concert to campus — acclaimed pianist Sophia Agranovich will be joined by two of her exceptional students, Mohammed Boubendir and Robert Argasinski. David Dubal, internationally known pianist, author, broadcaster and painter will introduce musical selections from composers such as Beethoven, Chopin and Liszt. The event is the first in the 2018-2019 Rauch Family Foundation Charitable Trust Concert Series at NJIT.

Feeding fish in Daphne Soares's lab

Undergraduate Ecosystems: Underwater with Blind Cavefishes

Neuroecology of Unusual Animals Laboratory

A Whole New Ball Game: Alumna Scores Job as Data Scientist for Philadelphia 76ers

Alumna Ivana Seric ’17 was able to turn her love of sports, math and science into a dream job with the NBA.

Martin Tuchman School of Management: A Force for Salesforce

For the past year and a half, Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM) has been collaborating with Salesforce, a widely used customer relationship management (CRM) and cloud-computing platform. It’s a partnership that has enabled NJIT students to not only become trained in the platform — adding value to what they can bring to potential employers — but also directly connect with Salesforce professionals through various informational and interactive networking events.

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