Alumni News

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is pleased to announce our partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the New Jersey Office of the Governor, the Department of Defense (DoD), the New Jersey State Police (NJSP), the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management (OEM), and other agencies to open a new COVID Community Vaccination Center on the NJIT campus. The Naimoli Center on NJIT's campus in Newark, N.J. will serve as the hub for vaccine activity at the new COVID Community Vaccination Center.

 Aaron Park, a freshman on the NJIT baseball team, was named America East Conference Rookie of the Week, it was announced Monday.  Park, who was making his collegiate debut, came out of the bullpen in the fourth and final game of this weekend's series against Albany and struck out three over 1.2 scoreless innings.

Renee Collins, B.S. Industrial Design ‘18 went to high school at Sussex Tech and obtained her cosmetology license there. When her best friend was admitted to NJIT, Collins came along for the campus tour and thought, “This is pretty nice,” and applied. “I think I had an idea of what Industrial Design was but I didn’t really understand. I wanted to design products for the beauty industry instead of being a hairdresser. It was a lot larger than my conception of it.

The Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) has named Gabrielle Esperdy, Professor in the Hillier College of Architecture and Design, to the role of editor in chief for the Buildings of the United States (BUS) book series and SAH Archipedia. BUS was inspired by the famous Pevsner Guides to Buildings of England.

Joann Lui '11, an architect in Lawrenceville, N.J., is only 32 but may have already helped more people thrive in her field than most professionals could mentor in a whole career. In 2018 Lui founded a Facebook group called Women Architects Collective, which now has more than 3,000 members who join from around the world, all seeking a safe space to discuss industry issues such as harassment, inclusion, job searching, technical matters and more.

Here you will find a weekly listing of updates and announcements for members of the NJIT campus community. Announcements are to be submitted through the form found at https://forms.gle/V6PBxUy5b3jkErMc8. Those submitted by each Thursday will be included in the following week's Updates and Announcements email.

Bernard Koplik, a longtime chairman of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (MIE) at a pivotal time in the university’s history and a beloved mentor and friend to both faculty and students, passed away on March 14. Koplik, who served on NJIT’s faculty for 37 years, focused on solid mechanics, and in particular, the behavior of a variety of materials, from steel to concrete, under stress and strain. He played a key role in NJIT’s transition from a primarily teaching-focused institution to an ambitious research university.

For the second straight year, New Jersey Institute of Technology has broken its record for first-year student applications with a total of more than 11,250. All five of NJIT’s academic colleges experienced increases, led by a 21% jump from the Martin Tuchman School of Management, which eclipsed 1,000 applicants for the first time.

New Jersey Institute of Technology has been ranked in three subject areas in the 2021 QS World University Rankings By Subject list, marking the third year in a row NJIT has earned a spot on the global ranking.