A new plan to recruit and retain more women as computer science majors is beginning in earnest this summer at NJIT's Ying Wu College of Computing. Similar efforts have been underway for five years, said James Geller, a professor and associate dean for research. But the push has a new tailwind in the form of a $520,000 grant from Northeastern University’s Center for Inclusive Computing (CIC) which is also funding Columbia University, Colorado State University, Rutgers University and the University of Minnesota, in its first round of funding to help schools create gender equality in…

Exploring remote, exotic locations is a long-standing tradition among college students. For applied physics major Samantha Lomuscio ’20, that destination during her senior year has been Jupiter, nearly 390 million miles away. Working with astrophysicists at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), where she began conducting high-energy astrophysics research last summer, her goal has been to detect the solar system’s largest planet in a way that has never been done successfully — through gamma-ray emissions. With a billion times the energy of visible light, these emissions can reveal…

Thousands of students earned their degrees this year at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Here is a collection of their stories, focusing on what they're doing next. Click on the headlines below to read more.   Charles Auriemma Is a Senior Audit Analyst at American Express For the latter half of 2019, Charles Auriemma was working double-time — spending 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. as an audit analyst for Fidelity Investments in Jersey City, and evenings completing his degree in financial technology at NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM), through a full and final semester of…

Chemistry student and Albert Dorman Honors Scholar Mary McGuinness will graduate this semester and will continue her academic career as a master's student at University of Connecticut studying oceanography. Congratulations, Mary!  

Kamalika Sandell has been appointed as NJIT’s vice provost and chief information officer, effective July 27, Provost Fadi Deek announced in an email to the campus community. Sandell, previously deputy CIO at American University, replaces interim CIO Gregg Chottiner. “Kamalika will be the principal architect of enterprise technology strategy for the university, developing and delivering on critical technology services that enable the delivery of our mission,” Deek stated. “Kamalika comes to NJIT with more than 25 years of successful leadership in organizations with high growth and ambitious…

Footage of emergency room workers managing overflow crowds of gravely sick patients with deftness, humanity and visible emotion has been nightly, gut-wrenching viewing for millions of Americans over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. For senior Soojin Kim, those often-harrowing scenes prompted one thought: “I’m in.” “I wish I could have been a first-year resident going into one of those hospitals. To be able to help out so much, I gladly would have done it,” said Kim, a biomedical engineering major who heads to Rowan University’s Cooper Medical School this fall, where she plans to…

Each spring around Commencement, NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts holds its very own celebration, awarding its standout student and faculty stars from across the college’s diverse academic spectrum of art, history and humanities to physics, biology and chemistry. Among CSLA’s award winners this year, several graduating seniors took home 2020 CSLA Outstanding Student Award honors. Here, they share their unique university experiences, successes and plans after receiving their special recognition. Mary McGuinness ’20, B.S. in Chemistry…

Through the university’s partnership with Strive for College, an online college mentoring platform, NJIT students are invited to participate in a free pilot program over the next year aimed at helping them complete their courses, earn a degree and prepare for living-wage careers after college. Strive On enables students to select a volunteer mentor, from companies that include American Express, Deloitte and EY, and work one-on-one with him/her to choose courses, fill out the FAFSA, pursue scholarships, identify career options based on skills and strengths, and more. Additionally, the program…

As a kid growing up in Omaha, Neb., Chloe Jelley ’20 had a major aversion to insects that many can relate with. “I was one of the more careful kids and I was not into bugs at all when I was young … actually, I was really afraid of all bugs,” recalled Jelley. That didn’t really change much by the time her family relocated to Nutley, N.J., her eighth-grade year, or even by the time she arrived at NJIT with an athletics scholarship in cross-country and early aspirations as a pre-med first-year student. But fast-forward to where she’s at now — a biology undergrad at NJIT heading toward…

Mechanical engineering student and Albert Dorman Honors Scholar Josh Gallic will graduate this semester and has a job offer from Valcor Engineering to be a junior design engineer. At his post, Josh will be designing valves for space missions. Josh had been introduced to Valcor Engineering through one of NJIT's Career Development Service career fairs and landed an internship during his junior year, and found the company and industry to be very exciting. Josh was also a member of NJIT's Baja SAE racing team. The Baja team designs, builds, and competes an off-road race car at competitions…