Alumni News

Encompassing everything from electric cars, meatless diets and the compostable cups we find at Starbucks, to big ideas of economic and social equality, the catch-all buzzword “sustainability” has taken on a life of its own over the past few decades — but what does it mean today? Maurie Cohen, sustainability studies professor and chair of NJIT’s Department of Humanities, has recently distilled his more than 20 years of expertise in the field and put forth a new, accessible introductory guide to the ever-broadening topic.

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.  

Artificial intelligence software used in everything from cancer research to vehicle navigation sometimes relies on unreliable data-sorting algorithms that can lead to serious real-world problems, but an NJIT expert is working on new ways to identify the causes and find possible solutions.

Thursday February 4th at noon, the Littman Library is hosting an interdisciplinary (online) gathering of alumni for tea and conversation with students about design careers and forging a path with the education and degree earned from Hillier College. Class of 2021 is especially invited to join as you begin your networking and planning for life after graduation. Guest bios are listed below.

When companies want to address important challenges and opportunities that would benefit from computing expertise, they look to the Industrial Affiliate Program (IAP) at the NJIT Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC).

Four of NJIT's online graduate programs placed among the top 100 in this year's U.S. News & World Report rankings of American universities. While studying online became an important academic offering in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NJIT has long offered both fully online and partial, or hybrid, online degree programs as part of the university’s vision of a global campus.

 Zach Cooks scored a season-high 25 points, while Miles Coleman and Antwuan Butler each added double-digit scoring performances off the bench as the NJIT men's basketball team defeated visiting Stony Brook 74-65 in America East Conference action on Saturday afternoon at the Well

There is no sustainable cure at present for osteoarthritis, the most common chronic musculoskeletal disorder of the joints. And while joint replacements are successful treatments for older patients with already reduced mobility, they hold less promise for younger patients, with failure in the long-term nearly guaranteed. Biomaterial engineers propose another solution: restoring the damaged tissue itself.

Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Building America Program, Christine Liaukus at the Center for Building Knowledge is heading a research team of Hillier College students, experts from BASF, industry contractors and the United Way. The project is called “Re-Side Right” and it’s testing the performance benefit of installing a new insulation developed by BASF as part of a re-siding job. Neopor® Graphite polystyrene (GPS) is rigid foam insulation designed to improve the R-value of existing walls and when detailed as an air barrier, can also reduce air leakage through exterior walls.