Alumni News

February 7, 2024

US News Ranks NJIT Top 100 in Two Online Master's Programs

New Jersey Institute of Technology continues to be recognized nationally by U.S. News & World Report for its online master’s offerings in information technology, engineering and business. For 2024, NJIT earned two rankings inside the top 100: No. 31 for its online master’s in information technology and No. 61 for its online master’s in engineering. In addition, the university saw two other online programs make lists for the best in the U.S.: its master’s in business and its MBA.
February 2, 2024

Fernando Vera Buschmann, Fulbright Scholar from Chile, Chose NJIT to Learn from Great Minds

Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) and the department of Computer Science are proud to count Fulbright Scholar Fernando Vera Buschmann as a member of its Ph.D. candidate team of researchers, one of a growing number of Fulbright award recipients who have chosen NJIT as an incubator for their professional goals and objectives. He came to NJIT from Osorno, a small town in Patagonia, far south of Santiago, Chile, with a background in physics and pedagogy having obtained his M.Sc. at the University of Chile.
February 2, 2024

Mingrui Yin - ECE PhD Student of the Month - February 2024

Mingrui Yin is a second year Ph.D. student at UNICS Lab in the ECE Department at NJIT, advised by Dr. Tao Han. His research interests include machine learning (ML) in 5G network resource allocation, end-to-end live 3D human mixed reality (MR) systems and large language model (LLM) in mixed MR system.
February 1, 2024

Alumnus Endows the Janet McIntosh Riley Scholarship at NJIT

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) proudly announces the establishment and endowment of the Janet McIntosh Riley Scholarship. Funded by a generous gift from alumnus Darryl P. Riley '83 and his wife Katrin, this scholarship will help cover tuition, fees and room and board for Black and African American undergraduate students who have financial need and are pursuing degrees in chemical engineering or architecture. 
January 30, 2024

NJIT aparece en la serie de Amazon Prime Video 'The College Tour en Español'

New Jersey Institute of Technology está presente en la temporada de estreno de The College Tour en Español, una nueva serie hecha por productores nominados al Emmy, y que ahora se transmite en Amazon Prime Video. Presentado por Lorena Segura, The College Tour en Español viaja por el país, mostrando colegios y universidades a través de las historias de los estudiantes hispanos en los campus de hoy.
January 30, 2024

NJIT Featured on Amazon Prime Video Series 'The College Tour en Español'

New Jersey Institute of Technology is featured in the premiere season of “The College Tour en Español,” a new series from Emmy-nominated producers, which is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Hosted by Lorena Segura, “The College Tour en Español” travels the country, showcasing colleges and universities through the unique lens of Spanish-speaking students on today's campuses. Each episode offers an intimate view of college life, allowing the entire Spanish-speaking population worldwide a chance to explore colleges.
January 29, 2024

Men's Volleyball Rallies Back in Five-Set Victory, Gregg and Negri Share Match-High Honors

NJIT's Josh Gregg and Alessandro Negri shared match-high honors with 19 kills as the Highlanders rallied back in a five-set 3-2 victory over Queens (NC) Saturday evening on the campus of Saint Francis U.
January 27, 2024

NJIT Erases 22-Point Halftime Deficit to Earn First America East Win at UMBC

For the second time this season, veteran big man Kjell de Graaf put back an NJIT miss in the final minute of play to put the Highlanders in front and give them a victory, this time against host UMBC in America East Conference action on Saturday evening at the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena.
January 29, 2024

Architect LoriAnne Jones Shares Her Journey from NJIT to DIGroup Architecture

LoriAnne Jones ’06 developed her architecture interest very early on, as she accompanied her father to work sites. Later, she would find out that her grandmother practiced architecture back in her parents’ home country, Guyana. She was happy to realize that her grandmother was an architect, and was equally proud that she developed interest in architecture without knowing that part of the family story. 
January 26, 2024

NJIT's Simulated Power Grid Helps Engineers Plan for Car Chargers and Wind Farms

Increases in electric car sales and offshore wind farm construction are poised to both tax and bolster the American power transmission grid, so researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology are building a grid simulator to help industry predict the effects and plan accordingly.
January 25, 2024

ROI-NJ Recognizes 17 NJIT Highlanders in its 2024 Power Lists

Seventeen people associated with New Jersey Institute of Technology made ROI-NJ’s annual lists of influential power brokers in New Jersey, with three cracking the top Super 60 Power List.  The Super 60 honorees were President Teik C. Lim, Luiz De La Hoz, a member of NJIT’s Hispanic Latinx Leadership Council, and Michele Siekerka, a member of the Board of Directors of NJIT’s New Jersey Innovation Institute.
January 24, 2024

Remarkable Sibling Duo Volunteer at Saint Michael's While Attending NJIT

This story is republished with permission from Saint Michael's Medical Center By the time she was in seventh grade, Pooja Datir’s teachers ran out of grade-level material to give her. Her teachers suggested she start taking college courses. Her brother Rohit maxed out in fifth grade and also started taking college courses.
January 25, 2024

Researchers Establish Brain Pathway Linking Motivation, Addiction and Disease

Over 86 billion neurons are in the human brain, roughly 450,000 of which generate dopamine — a powerful neurotransmitter that drives motivated behavior, learning and habit formation. Now, researchers say one brain region, the cerebellum, may hold more influence over these dopamine neurons than realized.
January 11, 2024

Profesores y estudiantes de arquitectura de NJIT colaboran en la construcción de Hope Village II

El Hillier College of Architecture and Design (con siglas en inglés HCAD) del New Jersey Institute of Technology acompañó al alcalde Ras J. Baraka y al director de la Oficina de Servicios para Personas sin Hogar de la Alcaldía, Luis Ulerio, durante la inauguración de la segunda versión de Hope Village, “Come As You Are” Bridge Housing Community, ubicado sobre la avenida Elizabeth.
January 23, 2024

Architecture Alum Wins 2023 Award of Excellence from AIA

4/4 Architecture was recognized with an Award of Excellence for the renovations of Hellertown Lofts at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Eastern Pennsylvania Design Awards on Thursday, December 7 at the Allentown Art Museum.
January 20, 2024

Men's Swimming and Diving Earns 195-105 Senior Day Victory Over Rider

The NJIT men's swimming and diving team closed out its 2023-24 home schedule and honored its seniors with a 195-105 victory over the Rider Broncs Saturday afternoon at the Joel and Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center Natatorium.
January 23, 2024

NJIT Celebrates the Official Naming of the Tarik Rodgers '96 Practice Court

As part of NJIT's men's volleyball alumni weekend, NJIT officially named the practice court inside the Joel & Diane Bloom Wellness and Event Center, the Tarik Rodgers '96 Practice Court on Sunday, January 21, 2024 in front of family, friends and alumni.
January 22, 2024

Undergraduate Computing Student Presents Paper as Lead Author at ACM CKIM 2023

Vaisnavi Nemala, a senior data science student in the Ying Wu College of Computing and Albert Dorman Honor’s College, presented a paper on which she served as lead author at the 32nd ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (ACM CIKM) 2023 in Birmingham, England.
January 19, 2024

Registration Open for NJIT's Spring Career Fair

NJIT’s spring career fair is right around the corner and registration is now open for students on the Handshake platform. Career Development Services biannual career fair has become one of the most anticipated events for students. The fall semester fair, held last September, was the largest-ever participation: 3,300 students and alumni and 240 companies packed into the WEC and Naimoli Center. The spring fair, now scheduled for March 4 from 11 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., is shaping up to be another packed house.
January 19, 2024

Middle and High School Students Compete in Regional Science Olympiad at NJIT

Dozens of teams of middle and high school students came to New Jersey Institute of Technology last week for a regional round of the annual New Jersey Science Olympiad hands-on learning competition. NJIT’s Center for Pre-College Programs, along with the university’s Newark College of Engineering, served as the event hosts for about 700 academically excited children. They competed in events spanning topics such as anatomy, ecology, engineering and technical writing.

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