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A trio of faculty at NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management picked up Bright Idea awards from nearby Seton Hall University recently, recognizing the best business writing from college educators statewide.

Seton Hall's Stillman School of Business opened the awards 21 years ago and officials said there were 144 submissions for the year. They observed trends in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), entrepreneurship, and social media.

Romark Logistics, LLC has partnered with New Jersey Innovation Institute to design the technology-enabled warehouse of the future. 

NJIT joined the global generosity movement GivingTuesday and campaigned to fight food insecurity by highlighting the university’s food pantry. 

The first $5,000 raised in support of the NJIT food pantry was doubled thanks to a generous match from Mary Ann and Peter A. Cistaro ’68. At the end of the fundraiser, a total of $14,203 was raised. 

New Jersey Institute of Technology is celebrating Marjorie Perry, an exemplary alumna and member of its Board of Overseers, for her lasting contributions to the university.

Perry, president and CEO of MZM Construction Co. in Newark, N.J., supports scholarships and athletics, helps raise money for the university and mentors students, offering real-world advice and internships. All of that illustrates her skills as a leader and dedication as an alum.

Student entrepreneurs at NJIT's annual New Business Model Competition had one word for the experienced judges this week: plastics.

It's the opposite of the revered 1967 film The Graduate, where a young Dustin Hoffman receives that single word of career advice from an accomplished friend of his parents. But it holds true, as plastics technology was a common theme to the student winners, all born decades after the movie debuted.

Paul V. Profeta, founder of the Roseland-based real estate investment company and namesake of NJIT’s Paul Profeta Real Estate Technology, Design and Innovation Center, placed in the No. 3 spot in NJBIZ’s Commercial Real Estate Power 50 rankings.

In its annual list, NJBIZ characterizes Profeta as a “heavy hitter … where his insights on business, commercial real estate and economic development also ensure greater economic opportunity for residents.”

New Jersey Institute of Technology is the top public university in the Northeast for undergraduate entrepreneurship studies, according to The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur Magazine.

Three student veterans at NJIT were among the first to be awarded a new scholarship administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. The Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship, named for the long-serving Massachusetts congresswoman and steadfast advocate for veterans, provides up to nine months of additional post-9/11 GI Bill benefits, up to $30,000. Recipients must be enrolled in a STEM degree program or seeking a teaching certificate.

Associate Professor Junmin (Jim) Shi received a prestigious international award in October for his research and teaching on operations research and management science, known as OR/MS in the field, at the INFORMS conference in Indianapolis.

Operations research and management science refers to the application of scientific principles to solve industrial or business problems. Shi is the first faculty member from New Jersey Institute of Technology to receive the INFORMS Prize for Teaching OR/MS Practice, which began in 1998.

NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management offers one of the best MBA programs in the nation, according to a new ranking from Fortune.

Earning a master's of business administration degree at New Jersey Institute of Technology differs from the pack because of the university-wise focus on research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.