Alumni News

Black Lives Matter protesters in Newark. Photo credit Jakayla Toney
January 19, 2021

Shaping the Future of Cities: The Newark Civil Rights Museum & Center for Restorative Justice

The Spring 2021 "Shaping the Future of Cities” studio is being taught by Roger Smith, design director at Gensler. The challenge for students is to re-imagine the American City and explore the possibilities for developing 21st century models for building an equitable future. The events of 2020 have highlighted a broad spectrum of persistent racial injustices and inequalities that have long plagued America and its cities. 
January 19, 2021

NJIT Picks Up First America East Conference Sweep Over Hartford

NJIT picked up it first America East Conference series sweep of the season, behind freshman Lyzi Litwinko's first career double-double, combining for 10 points, 13 rebounds as the Highlanders cruised to a 62-42 win over visiting Hartford Monday afternoon in women's basketball conference action inside NJIT's Wellness and Events Center.
January 19, 2021

NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 1/18/21-1/22/21

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.  
January 20, 2021

Interior Design Program, One Decade In, Has Alumni Mentors for Students

NJIT's interior design program has new opportunities for students to learn career, leadership and life skills from alumni mentors, as its graduate population that started with the original class of 2012 expands, enters higher levels of their field and looks to give back. The idea evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic from alumnae Alma Villalba and Pamela Ospina, who in their current jobs observed colleagues from other universities serving as mentors and saw the potential for their own alma mater.
January 11, 2021

Men's Volleyball Selected Second in Preseason EIVA Coaches' Poll

NJIT has been selected second in the 2021 Preseason Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA) Coaches' Poll, according to the conference coaches the league office announced on Monday. The Highlanders stood at 9-5 overall, 4-3 in the EIVA, when play was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic.  NJIT returns all seven starters led by Alvaro Gimeno, who shared Co-Player of the Year honors in the EIVA.
January 12, 2021

Virtual Reality Helps Train Low-Vision Patients for Real-World Situations

People who have low vision — those who have difficulty seeing even when wearing corrective lens, according to American Foundation for the Blind — may soon be able to learn basic skills such as crossing the street or learning their way around by simulating the experience through a new application of virtual reality, which is being designed by NJIT Associate Professor Jacob Chakareski and his students.
January 12, 2021

Computing Sophomore Wins Application Developer Pitch Competition

Vrushti Dalal, an Albert Dorman Honors College and computer science student from Sayreville, won the new University Innovation Challenge, a pitch-style competition sponsored by the Guardian Life Insurance Company. For young entrepreneurs, pitch competitions are a popular way to present concepts, hone essential business skills and make industry connections, which can help transform their creativity and talent into viable, real-world business ventures.
January 11, 2021

NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 1/11/21-1/15/21

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.
January 7, 2021

Management Professor Studies Digital Transformation in Age of COVID

Associate Professor Stephan Kudyba teaches business analytics and management information systems in NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management. He recently published an article, "COVID-19 and the Acceleration of Digital Transformation and the Future of Work" in Information Systems Management. Following are his additional comments for the NJIT community, lightly edited. Q. How do you define digital transformation?
January 4, 2021

Fast Start Leads NJIT Men's Basketball to America East Win at UMass Lowell

Senior captain San Antonio Brinson continued his impressive season on Saturday afternoon as he helped lead the NJIT men's basketball team to a 73-67 America East conference victory against host UMass Lowell at the Costello Athletic Center. 
December 29, 2020

Kimi Evans Leads NJIT with 20 Points and Nine Rebounds in Win Over Vermont

Redshirt junior Kimi Evans scored a career-best 20 points and nine rebounds, leading NJIT to a 70-60 America East Conference victory over Vermont in women's basketball action inside NJIT's Wellness and Events Center. The Highlanders, which exploded for 26 fourth quarter points, connected on nine three-pointers for the game, tying the season-best mark (nine at New Hampshire in NJIT's 78-57 win) while shooting 52.9 percent from behind the arc.  
December 29, 2020

Brinson's Buzzer Beater Lifts NJIT to First America East Victory at League Favorite Vermont

In a game that lasted 50 minutes, it was a put-back layup in the final tenth of a second that made the difference.  San Antonio Brinson's buzzer-beating layup put NJIT ahead for good as the Highlanders earned their inaugural America East Conference victory over defending league champions and preseason favorite Vermont on Monday at Patrick Gymnasium. 
December 23, 2020

Computer Science Student Wins Business Challenge With Health Care App

Yashwee J. Kothari, an Albert Dorman Honors College and computer science student from Parsippany, placed first among student competitors at this year’s New Business Model Competition for her innovative work supporting patients living with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The annual competition was hosted virtually by NJIT’s New Jersey Innovation Acceleration Center Dec. 7, marking its twelfth year.
December 23, 2020

NJIT@JerseyCity Celebrates First Graduates of M.S. in Data Science Program

NJIT @JerseyCity celebrated the graduation of its first group of master’s students, with four students earning their Master of Science in Data Science at the end of the fall semester this week. While a typical part-time M.S. program takes five semesters to complete, including a full summer semester, these students raced ahead to complete the program in just four semesters.
NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management
December 23, 2020

NJIT Earns Another National Accolade: Best Online MBA in Information Systems

NJIT’s online MBA program continues to earn national accolades.  After being recognized as one of the Best Online MBA Programs by U.S. News and World Report, NJIT’s online MBA in management information systems has been ranked No. 1 by Master’s Programs Guide.
December 22, 2020

NJIT Researchers Help Prevent Cyberattacks From Software Supply Chain

An open-source tool that cryptographically protects the layout of your software code supply chain is now available from researchers at NJIT, New York University and Purdue University, bolstering the type of weakness exploited in the recent cyberattack on the commercial SolarWinds monitoring application used by the U.S. government.
December 18, 2020

Business Data Observatory Coming Soon to Van Houten Library

A room in the university library is being rebuilt as the Leir Business Data Observatory, providing a dedicated high-tech space for graduate students and faculty from Martin Tuchman School of Management to collaboratively study data science as it pertains to business and finance.
Cover Art, Collaborations Vol. 1, by the APEX Collective
December 17, 2020

Miguel Rodrigues aka Kaliptus Published in Collaborations - Vol.1 by APEX Collective

The book, Collaborations Vol. 1, by APEX Collective, includes works of art, particularly painting collaborations, created from 2014-2020 by various artists that were exhibited in a multitude of art galleries, including the Ryan Joseph Gallery in Denver, Knew Conscious Gallery also in Denver, Alex Grey's Chapel of Sacred Mirrors in New York, the Philadelphia VisionaryArts Gallery and many more. 
Projection Mapping: Artificial Interruption
December 17, 2020

Kum-Biocca Presents Projection Mapping at SIGGRAPH Asia

SIGGRAPH ASIA, Projection Mapping AI: Artificial Interruption
December 17, 2020

COVID-19 Vaccines Breathe Life into Research Done 20 Years Ago

Research conducted 20 years ago by a former NJIT dean is being put to new use in the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech. Barry Cohen,  who was an associate dean of Ying Wu College of Computing, worked on the algorithm for bioengineering stable messenger RNA (mRNA), a key ingredient of the vaccine recently approved for emergency use by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration.

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