Albert Dorman Honors College

Owen West Wins Goldwater Prize for His Role in Studying Self-Assembling Peptides

Monday, May 20, 2024
His lifelong passion for baseball led Owen West, a rising junior from Point Pleasant Beach majoring in biomedical engineering, to dive into pharmaceutical research and become one of two NJIT winners of the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship for 2024. Growing up, all West wanted to do is pitch. “My entire life goal was a plan to be in the Major Leagues,” he said. He threw left-handed and grew to 6-feet, 6-inches, giving him two vital tools to make that dream come true. But upon joining NJIT’s Albert Dorman Honors college, he confirmed a nagging feeling that the worldview of student-...

CEO to NJIT Class of 2024: Be Agents of Change and Build a Future We Can Be Proud Of

Friday, May 17, 2024
Preaching patience, courage and resilience, MZM Construction Co. President and CEO Marjorie Perry urged the Class of 2024 at New Jersey Institute of Technology to become lifelong learners as they apply their imagination to real-world challenges. Perry, an NJIT alumna who serves on its Foundation Board of Directors, called on the undergraduates earning bachelor’s degrees to be “agents of change in our communities” and build a future “that we can all be proud of.” [[{"fid":"24516","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Keynote...

NJIT's 2024 Master's and Doctoral Class Make Their Mark

Wednesday, May 15, 2024
New Jersey Institute of Technology served up a full day of fanfare as its advanced degree graduates walked across the stage in the Wellness and Events Center in three commencement ceremonies on May 15. The 2024 class comprises more than 1,400 graduates and reflects the institution’s steady growth and upward trajectory. NJIT Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs John Pelesko, participating in his first commencement exercises as provost, called the ceremonies to order. Pelesko, himself a 1997 alumnus of NJIT as the very first Ph.D. graduate in mathematical sciences, implored...

More Decorated Undergrads Share Path to Success at NJIT

Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Here, we conclude a two-part series in which winners of the Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award at this year’s College of Science and Liberal Arts Awards share memorable experiences that highlighted their path to success at NJIT, while they also look ahead to plans after Commencement 2024. Isaiah Rejouis, B.A. Biology [[{"fid":"24416","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":false,"field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":false},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"4":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":...

Decorated Undergrads Share Path to Success at NJIT

Friday, May 10, 2024
A special group of NJIT’s graduating seniors is finishing undergraduate life with a flourish — their achievements across the humanities and STEM sciences recently earned them the Outstanding Student Award at the College of Science and Liberal Arts Awards this month. In the first of a two-part series, we catch up with this year’s winners who share their successes and memorable moments at NJIT, as well as exciting plans following Commencement 2024. Anneliese Schmidt, B.S. Applied Physics [[{"fid":"24331","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und...

From Math Success to NJIT Graduation: The Journeys of 4 Students from Newark

Thursday, May 9, 2024
Speaker after speaker reinforced what Kevin Belfield, dean of the College of Science and Liberal Arts at New Jersey Institute of Technology, said about the university’s Math Success Initiative: “It takes a village to put a program like this together.” The speakers were at a campus ceremony celebrating the first students to experience MSI and graduate from NJIT: Okyere Boateng, Brian Herrera-Calle, Catherine Ochoa and Steff Pitti. The students exemplify the best of Newark, as each attended high school in the city before enrolling at NJIT. So, that’s why City of Newark Chief Education...

NJIT's Honors College Scholars Showcase Research in Honors Interdisciplinary Research Forum

Thursday, May 2, 2024
Close to 100 Albert Dorman Honors College scholars from Introduction to Research Writing and Introduction to Research Methods presented their semester's research, with topics ranging from TikTok influencer marketing to an analysis of healthcare in the United States. Courses provide an overview of applying the scientific method to real-life research, including ethical concerns, qualitative and quantitative methods, and how to critically evaluate published research findings. Students work with faculty mentors on research projects, while writing proposals for the support of future research...

NJIT Undergrads Explore Space Weather During 2024 Total Eclipse

Monday, April 29, 2024
While thousands traveled westward and northward from New Jersey through bumper-to-bumper traffic to reach the totality of the solar eclipse on April 8, NJIT undergraduate physics students Anneliese Schmidt ’24 and Joseph Visone ’25 were finally able to relax. For them, the race to the eclipse was over, having finally finished deploying instrumentation in upstate New York to explore the question — How does the eclipse change the space environment near Earth? The space environment near Earth is commonly altered by processes from “above,” such as solar flares and geomagnetic storms, as well...

NJIT's Dana Knox Research Showcase Celebrates Future Visionary Leaders

Friday, April 19, 2024
NJIT’s annual celebration of its top student researchers kicked off at the 2024 Dana Knox Student Research Showcase, which once again highlighted a stunning array of innovation and discovery from every corner of the STEM disciplines. Now in its 19th year, the showcase competition featured 68 diverse research projects presented by students from NJIT’s six colleges at the university Campus Center. As always, Dana Knox presenters had the chance to connect with the campus community to explain the significant impact of research endeavors they’ve spent their undergraduate and graduate studies...

Scholarship Winners and Donors Come Together in Special Celebration

Wednesday, April 17, 2024
The 35th annual Scholarship Brunch took place April 12, bringing together generous benefactors who have created scholarships at NJIT with the students benefiting from their support. The event humanizes and demonstrates the impact of giving back and removing a financial burden to those who need it most. In a unique opportunity, scores of scholars attended with each one proudly representing — and meeting — their donors.  Zooming out, the aggregate numbers are impressive: $40 million in financial aid was provided for the 2023-2024 academic year. With more than 90% of NJIT’s first-year...

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