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Math Success Initiative Celebrates First Graduates, Some to Attend NJIT

Last summer 35 11th-graders from four Newark high schools — Central, Malcolm X Shabazz, Science Park and Technology — participated in a seven-week enrichment program as part of the inaugural Math Success Initiative (MSI), an academic partnership between NJIT, the city of Newark and the Newark Board of Education (NBOE).

"Knock Codes" For Smartphone Security Are Easily Predicted, Researchers Say

Smartphone owners who unlock their devices with knock codes aren't as safe as they think, according to researchers from NJIT, the George Washington University (GW) and Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. Knock codes work by letting people select patterns to tap on a phone’s locked screen. LG popularized the method in 2014, and now there are approximately 700,000 people using this method in the U.S. alone, along with one million downloads worldwide of clone applications for Google Android devices generally, the researchers said.

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August 24, 2020

Summertime Look Back: The Accolades That Further Raised NJIT's Profile

NJIT is no stranger to top rankings, and has been the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions. This final installment of our six-part retrospective of the past three summers spotlights a sample of the many honors bestowed upon the university. Click the headlines below. NJIT Named a 2017 Top Online College for Women in STEM

August 13, 2020

Summertime Look Back: The NJIT Student Athletes Who Excelled

In mid-June, NJIT joined the America East conference, a 10-team league now including schools from New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. But as a Division I program for more than a decade already, the university has achieved many athletic triumphs. Here, in this fifth of a six-part series looking back at the past few summers, we highlight just a few. Click the headlines below.

Summertime Look Back: The Studies That Advanced NJIT's STEM Research

Research expenditures at NJIT for fiscal year 2019 were $161 million, with the university ranked as an R1 (“Very High Research”) institution by the prestigious Carnegie Classification. Our six-part retrospective continues with this fourth installment focusing on just a handful of the studies covered over the past three summers that contributed to this noteworthy designation. Click on the headlines below.

Summertime Look Back: The NJIT Alumni Who Exemplified Success

NJIT alumni have gone on to start their own businesses, become forces in a variety of industries and make an impact on society. In this third of a six-part series, we take a look at several of the Highlander graduates we profiled during the past few summers. Click on the headlines below. Four-Star Power: From ROTC to the Pentagon, the High-Flying Career of Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski

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Summertime Look Back: The NJIT Faculty and Academia That Made News

New degree programs and faculty achievements are a mainstay of NJIT. This second of a six-part retrospective revisits a few of those that were announced over the past three summers. Click on the headlines below. Senior University Lecturer is the Recipient of New Jersey's Highest Honor for Public Service

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Summertime Look Back: The Events That Elevated the NJIT Campus

Although quiet this year due to the pandemic, summer has traditionally been a busy time at NJIT. In this first of a six-part series, we look back at some of the many happenings over the past three summers that bolstered and brightened the university. Click on the headlines below. NJII Opens Agile Strategy Lab in Renovated Central King Building

NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 7/6/20-7/10/20

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 or by your area vice president to Deric Raymond, director of content planning and intelligence, in the Office of Strategic Initiatives. Those submitted by each Thursday will be included in the following week's Updates and Announcements email.

Administration, Students Planning Virtual Forums on Race and Equality

Everyone in the NJIT community is invited to discuss racism and social injustice, as part of virtual forums on July 8 and July 17. The first event is organized by university administration while the second is student-led. Both cited inspiration from the Black Lives Matter movement and nationwide protests about Black men and women being killed by police and even targeted by private citizens, after committing only minor crimes if any at all.

Researchers Offer Unprecedented Look Into 'Central Engine' Powering a Solar Flare

New Larger Than Life Imaging of Model Worm Digs Up Finer Details

Despite being such a tiny earth dweller, the roundworm species Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) has become one of the biggest workhorses in the lab for biological researchers. Due in part to the organism’s transparent skin and compact size — just about the size of a comma at 1 mm in length — it’s the only animal to have successfully had a complete mapping of its connectome, or its neural circuitry comprised of 302 neurons and their 7,000 synaptic connections.

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Employers Touted for Student Engagement, Recruitment and Hiring

More than 20 employers have been recognized by NJIT’s Career Development Services (CDS) as the university’s top recruitment partners, based on their 2019 hiring numbers. The honors mark the seventh consecutive year that CDS has paid tribute to employers for their engagement with and recruitment and hiring of students.

Management School Professor Designated a Master Teacher

Cesar Bandera, associate professor of entrepreneurship at Martin Tuchman School of Management, has been named a Master Teacher by NJIT’s provost. The designation is the highest distinction given to a tenured faculty member at the university who has a sustained and recognized record of teaching excellence.

NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 6/29/20-7/3/20

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 or by your area vice president to Deric Raymond, director of content planning and intelligence, in the Office of Strategic Initiatives. Those submitted by each Thursday will be included in the following week's Updates and Announcements email.

The Class of 2020: Resilient and Adaptive Leaders

Resilience is often recognized as the ability to adapt and thrive despite difficult circumstances. The Class of 2020 has reached a major milestone in their lives and future careers, graduating in the midst of a pandemic, after having to adapt quickly to difficult circumstances and in many cases producing their best work yet. In normal times we would have marked the occasion with an NJIT commencement ceremony in the Prudential Center in downtown Newark, followed by a graduation celebration in Weston Hall and on the "college green".

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Littman Library Ramps Up Digital Research and Exhibits Among COVID Pandemic

Students needing access to the Barbara & Leonard Littman Architecture, Art and Design Library while studying from off campus now have a variety of digital options available. Due to the impact of COVID-19, "In a very short time, we had to learn new tools and platforms, shift priorities, redevelop strategy and select methods for assessing the services we provide," Director Maya Gervits said.

NJIT Lecturer Helps Digitize Government Services in Zambia

Zambia, a country in south-central Africa, is rich in natural resources but significantly lacking in technological and educational resources. This has made it difficult for the country to boost economic development, alleviate poverty and improve quality of life. Enter Keith Williams, NJIT university lecturer in informatics, who is helping the Zambian government build the nation’s IT infrastructure from the ground up — setting up and delivering technological education at local universities as well as reengineering the government online.

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Interior Design Student Nada Boules Zag Hotel Design Wins 2020 Green Voices Award

Nada Boules is a rising senior in the Hillier College of Architecture and Design Interior Design Program and the winner of the 2020 Network of Executive Women in Hospitality (NEWH) Green Voice Design Competition. This competition “provides students with the opportunity to showcase their design skills while utilizing the very best in sustainable design products and practic

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