Alumni News

An Environmental Life Cycle Assessment Approach to Design Symposium
February 10, 2021

An Environmental Life Cycle Assessment Approach to Design Spring Symposium

Organized and sponsored by the New Jersey Institute of Technology and the American Center for Life Cycle Assessment the Sympoisum will be held March 30-April 1, 2021. Registration is open!  Students complimentary tickets: Use code SRATE2021 Discount for ACLCA Members:  Use code WATER for a 21% discount.   
February 11, 2021

NJIT Physics Professor Philip Goode Named American Astronomical Society Fellow

Philip R. Goode, distinguished research professor of physics at NJIT’s Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (CSTR), has been named 2021 Fellow of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) — the leading organization of professional astronomers in North America established in 1899.
February 9, 2021

Engineers Track the Coronavirus's Movements Through a Supermarket

In a study of COVID-19 pathways inside supermarkets, a team of environmental engineers and modelers investigated the role that surfaces play not as infection hazards, but rather as deterrents.
Students connect with employers at an NJIT Career Fair.
February 10, 2021

NJIT Career Fairs Deliver Internships, Jobs, Cooperative Ed Experiences. Just Ask These Students

At New Jersey Institute of Technology, the road to real-world experiences is paved by career fairs.
February 9, 2021

Game Jam Brings Design Skills to Techies, Tech Skills to Designers

Students who study computing teamed with those in digital design from Jan. 29-31 at Global Game Jam, a hackathon for video game development, which was virtual this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. About three dozen entrants spanning five teams completed the challenge to finish a game in 48 hours, with some teams also including alumni and students from other universities, said Julian Quinn, the lead event organizer, who is a junior information technology major in Ying Wu College of Computing.
February 8, 2021

NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 2/8/21-2/12/21

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.  
February 8, 2021

NJIT Sweeps EIVA Weekend Series from Sacred Heart, Meissner Registers Match-Best 13 Kills

NJIT swept the EIVA weekend series from Sacred Heart with its second consecutive 3-0 victory behind a match-best 13 kills by sophomore Julian Meissner Friday evening inside NJIT's Wellness and Events Center. NJIT (2-2, 2-0 EIVA) picked up a 3-0 win on Thursday evening and followed up with a 3-0 victory on Friday in straight sets -- 25-19, 25-13 and 25-16.
February 8, 2021

Rene White Selected in Third Round of MLS SuperDraft

NJIT senior forward Rene White was selected in the third round of the 2021 Major League Soccer SuperDraft by Real Salt Lake. White becomes the second Highlander to be drafted to the MLS in the last four years after Mamadou Guirassy was drafted by the Portland Timbers in the fourth round selection in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.
University Lecturer Catherine Siemann conducts her Honors Humanities class with students attending either in person or, via the back-wall screen, from a virtual location.
February 18, 2021

Strategy for Instruction: NJIT Responds to the Pandemic in Forward-Thinking Fashion

Last year, as the COVID-19 pandemic began its inexorable march across the country, NJIT, along with higher education institutions nationwide, faced an unprecedented challenge: how to best move to fully remote instruction, both quickly and safely. Immediately, the university drew upon its technological resources and know-how to provide a virtual learning experience for its more than 11,000 students while completing the spring 2020 semester as scheduled.
February 5, 2021

Minority Architects Organization Seeks New Student Leaders

Student clubs come and go, but right now the Highlander chapter of NOMAS — National Organization of Minority Architecture Students — is being primed for a comeback, according to faculty advisor Mark Bess, a university lecturer in Hillier College of Architecture and Design since 2004.
February 4, 2021

NJIT's Maurie Cohen Publishes New, Timely Guide to Sustainability

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.
January 29, 2021

NJIT Mourns the Loss of Athletics Hall of Famer Hernan "Chico" Borja

NJIT Athletics mourns the loss of NJIT Hall of Famer, Soccer All-American and US Men's National team member Hernan "Chico" Borja who passed away at the age of 61 on Thursday, January 28.
February 1, 2021

NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 2/1/21-2/5/21

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.  
February 1, 2021

Strong Second Half Leads NJIT Past First-Place UMBC at the WEC

NJIT Highlights Postgame Interview w/ Head Coach Brian Kennedy and San Antonio Brinson Postgame Interview w/ Assistant Coach Joe Gutowski Photo Gallery 
February 1, 2021

Computing Professor Makes Artificial Intelligence More Reliable

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.
February 1, 2021

New Cyberpsychology Seminar Series to Cover Online Conspiracy Theories, Misinformation and More

What psychological factors drive the popularity of conspiracy theories, and what are the psychological consequences of adopting these theories? What is the role of personality traits in people’s real-life spending behavior online? Is clinical VR ready for primetime in the world of mental healthcare?  
Littman Library Hosts Interdisciplinary Alumni Event
January 31, 2021

Littman Library Hosts Interdisciplinary Alumni Event

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.
January 29, 2021

ACM Chapter and Computing College Partner for Online Tutoring

NJIT's student ACM chapter is known for its tutoring center, which is moving online this semester in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, matching the new way that university instruction is provided. The program, designed in conjunction with Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC), , matches student volunteers with those who need assistance via WebEx sessions. Tutoring for the spring 2021 semester covers 29 undergraduate and 16 graduate-level courses.  There are 28 tutors, 17 of which are volunteers from Albert Dorman Honors College who are fulfilling their service requirements.
January 29, 2021

College of Computing Industrial Affiliates Program Continues to Impact the Corporate World

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).
January 28, 2021

NJIT Alum and 76ers Data Scientist on Joining the NBA's Data Revolution

With the NBA’s 2020-21 season now underway, the Philadelphia 76ers stand as a perennial playoff team with title aspirations, unrecognizable from the team they were during three of the bleakest seasons the NBA has ever seen. A 47-199 record from 2013-2016. 

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