Alumni News

September 28, 2020

NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 9/28/20-10/2/20

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.  
September 28, 2020

McNair Students, Unfazed by Disadvantages or COVID, Target Graduate Study

Zara Williams started working here 20 years ago, just after NJIT joined the federal McNair Scholars Program to help underrepresented students achieve graduate degrees, and has now seen 22 students complete their doctorates. "Seems like it went pretty quickly," said Williams, the program's assistant director, in reflecting on her office's success. But she said this year's crop of new students will be especially memorable because of the challenges they face in studying during a pandemic.
September 28, 2020

Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education Ranks NJIT Top 25% in the U.S.

New Jersey Institute of Technology ranks in the top quarter of U.S. universities and colleges in the The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings for 2021.
September 24, 2020

Lecture Series Focuses on Responsibilities of Architects and Designers

This semester's lecture series from Hillier College of Architecture and Design emphasizes themes of responsibility for architects and designers in the context of current events such as COVID-19, economic inequality, global warming, political upheaval and social justice.
September 22, 2020

Wohn Awarded for Mentoring Women and Minorities in Computing

In a lab dedicated to developing novel technologies for positive social interaction and trying to understand how people use social technologies, such as social media, mobile phones, and multiplayer games, it is the face-to-face, in-person relationships that students have with each other, faculty, and researchers that attracts them and brings them back year after year. Ask Dr. Yvette Wohn what she thinks about that, and she will tell you that she would have it no other way.
Colette Santasieri
September 22, 2020

NJIT's Newest Research Center For Community Systems Joins Hillier College

Hillier College is the new home to NJIT’s latest research center – the Center for Community Systems. Under the direction of Dr. Colette Santasieri, the mission of the Center for Community Systems (CCS) is to be a resource and conduit for creating thriving, sustainable, and resilient communities. 
Ready Set Wearables Door Pull
September 21, 2020

The Slice Girls Win Design Hackathon with Ready Set Wearables

This story was submitted by Mat Schwartz, Elizabeth Spencer and written by Tracy MacDonald.  Sketch. Design. Build. Redesign. Rebuild. 
September 21, 2020

NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 9/21/20-9/25/20

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.
September 21, 2020

Study Assesses 30 Years of Landmark Astronomical Advances at NSF, Highlights NJIT's Big Bear

September 17, 2020

Men's Soccer Honored with ASUN Conference Championship Rings

The NJIT Department of Athletics honored the 2019 men's soccer team with a ring ceremony Wednesday, Sept. 16 on Lubetkin Field at Mal Simon Stadium to commemorate the team's ASUN Conference Championship this past November.  The championship ring ceremony was streamed live on www.NJITHighlanders.com for our loyal Highlander fans.
portrait of student Maxwell Gregory Class of 2024
September 22, 2020

Introducing NJIT's Class of 2024: Max Wants to Leave Behind a Legacy

Max Gregorio Major: Business School: Martin Tuchman School of Management Goal: Create a company  Hometown: Ridgewood, N.J.
September 18, 2020

ACM Chapter Plans Virtual HackNJIT Event, New Special-Interest Groups

NJIT's student chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery dates back to the 1970s but they've had no semester quite like fall 2020 with all events being virtual.
September 17, 2020

NJIT Cyberpsychology Seminar Series Begins, Features Experts at Intersection of Psychology and Tech
September 17, 2020

Charting Your Career Path with Expert Navigators at the Alumni Tea

Alumni Guests:  Cathrine Fahmy ‘17  Interior Design
headshot of Vincent Jackson '21
September 15, 2020

NJIT's Vincent Jackson Builds Skills Through Internships, Most Recently at Adobe

Vincent Jackson is an internship magnet. 
September 15, 2020

NJIT Among Top Third of National Universities in 2021 U.S. News Ranking

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) once again is ranked among the top third of National Universities in the signature category of the 2021 edition of U.S. News and World Report’s college and university rankings. NJIT tied the University of South Carolina, the University of Vermont and others for the #118 spot out of nearly 400 schools within the National Universities classification.
students smiling at a campus career fair
September 15, 2020

NJIT's Fall Career Fair Becomes a Fully Online Experience

The handshakes will be virtual at this fall’s career fair at NJIT. In fact, the entire fair will take place online via Handshake, the career networking platform that the university uses to match employers with students seeking jobs, internships and co-operative education opportunities. 
September 14, 2020

Planners Talk New Academic Spaces, Mueller's Florist Demolition

Several changes to campus buildings will be visible this semester, ahead of major changes scheduled to happen next spring, the NJIT official in charge of construction said. Some changes are deferred due to budget constraints caused by the COVID-19 situation, but many updates were already budgeted and are proceeding as scheduled, explained Todd Miller, assistant vice president for campus planning, design and construction, who received a Bachelor of Architecture degree here in 1995.
September 14, 2020

NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 9/14/20-9/18/20

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.  
September 11, 2020

A Look Back: NJIT's Unusual Explorations of Nature

From discovering dinosaur-era ants with metal horns on their head, to swapping the brains of 

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