Jordan Hu College of Science and Liberal Arts

NJIT Ranks No. 84, Continues Rise in US News and World Report National Rankings

Tuesday, September 24, 2024
New Jersey Institute of Technology’s standing in national rankings continues to rise with U.S. News & World Report placing NJIT No. 84 among U.S. universities — improving two places from last year — in the 2025 edition of its Best Colleges list. The latest ranking extends NJIT’s upward trajectory — climbing 19 spots since 2022 — and supports the findings of other publications that rank U.S. universities, which emphasize value and return on investment. This year U.S. News revised its criteria to place greater emphasis on student outcomes, like social mobility, and includes other...

New Semester, New Opportunities for First-Year Newark Natives at NJIT

Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Back-to-school buzz has returned to campus, and with it has come the latest wave of promising first-year students hailing from NJIT’s home city of Newark. A growing number of these Newark natives are poised for success in their first semester thanks to several initiatives launched in recent years, which have helped grow the city’s young STEM talent at NJIT — including the Forensic Science Initiative (FSI), the Math Success Initiative (MSI) and Mayor’s Honors Scholar Program. Here, we catch up with a few Class of 2028 students as they take on the next chapter of their academic journey...

Meet the NJIT Class of 2028: Student Athletes from Sweden, Portugal and Minnesota

Monday, September 23, 2024
Student athletes are coming from across the U.S. and around the world to study and compete at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Here’s a closer look at three new Highlanders from the Class of 2028 who play basketball, soccer and volleyball. Welcome to University Heights! Piper Engelby Andover, MN Biology Women’s Basketball [[{"fid":"25276","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":{"1":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][...

NJIT Researchers Awarded NSF Grant to Develop AI-Powered Solar Eruption Forecasting System

Wednesday, September 18, 2024
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) researchers harness artificial intelligence for unprecedented insights into conditions in the Sun’s lower atmosphere driving some of the solar system’s most powerful explosions, capable of disrupting critical infrastructure on Earth. NJIT researchers have been awarded a $593,864 National Science Foundation grant to develop a new AI system for more quickly and accurately predicting when explosive space weather events on the Sun will strike, from solar flares to coronal mass ejections (CMEs). The three-year project, led by Yan Xu at NJIT's...

NJIT Celebrates Historic Renaming of College of Science and Liberal Arts

Monday, September 16, 2024
NJIT commemorated the official naming of the Jordan Hu College of Science and Liberal Arts, honoring a historic gift recently made by alumnus Jordan Hu '89, founder and CEO of RiskVal Financial Solutions, LLC.  The dedication, held inside NJIT's Campus Center Atrium on Sept. 6, brought together university leadership, faculty, students and distinguished governmental figures from Hu’s native country of Taiwan to celebrate the milestone.  Opening remarks from Hu College’s Dean Kevin Belfield and NJIT President Teik Lim both highlighted the significance of the occasion and...

NJIT Devotes Over $10 Million in New Funds for Push in Artificial Intelligence

Monday, September 16, 2024
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is launching a new, $10+ million initiative that will significantly advance the university’s strength in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and position NJIT to become a leader in both AI research and application in higher education. This augments already significant existing academic and research activity in AI and related programs. In 2023 alone, NJIT research related to AI totaled nearly $60 million. This new effort will leverage the university’s extensive expertise in machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, and...

NJIT Celebrates Enrollment Milestone After Revamped Convocation Ceremony

Friday, September 6, 2024
The 2024 academic year kicked off with a Convocation that had a different spin. With the participation of DJ Ricky Bonds, NJIT’s Jazz Band ‘Elementals,’ Highland Dancers and bagpipers and even a special edition of Family Feud NJIT-style, the university’s incoming class received an upbeat welcome. The Class of 2028 is already making a historical impact at NJIT. Projected enrollment for the fall semester stands at more than 12,800, including the largest-ever undergraduate cohort at over 9,800 students. The incoming class is also among the most diverse in history, with 46% identifying as an...

NJIT Biologist Awarded $680,000 Federal Grant to Save North-Atlantic Right Whale

Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Brooke Flammang, a biologist at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), has been awarded nearly $680,000 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as part of a growing nationwide effort to save the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis). NOAA Fisheries recently unveiled a more than $9 million initiative funded by the Inflation Reduction Act to support a coalition of universities, nonprofits and scientific organizations engaged in the recovery of the species, which has seen its numbers dwindle to roughly 360 individuals today due to...

5 from NJIT Earn 'Enterprising Women in Commerce' Accolade

Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Five professors and administrators from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) have been recognized as "Enterprising Women in Commerce" by Commerce Magazine, an honor that highlights outstanding achievements across a range of industries. The honorees are among the select group chosen by the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey, celebrating excellence in fields including accounting, architecture, environmental services, financial services, health care, higher education, human resources, law, marketing, non-profit work and real estate. Tara Alvarez - Professor, Department of...

Undergrad's Research Informed by Your Mood and Playlist

Monday, August 12, 2024
Spotifeel is a new computer program to help scientists evaluate the relationship between your mood and your playlist, developed by NJIT rising senior Rain Nutt for her undergraduate summer research. Existing efforts tend to evaluate all listeners by the same set of music, whether they like the songs or not, so Nutt decided to gauge them on their own choices. Any loss of objectivity in a study would be countered by an increase in the test subject’s comfort level, she asserts. “You can work from where they are, instead of them coming to you,” she stated. The method gauges a Spotify user’s...

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