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Officials Break Ground for Warren Street Residence Hall to Open in Fall 2022

Friday, June 11, 2021
NJIT executives officially broke ground yesterday for the new residence hall on Warren Street, scheduled to open in the fall 2022 semester at the site of a former Newark elementary school. Amenities will include private kitchens, bicycle storage, a parking garage, creative space, indoor and outdoor cafes, game room and a grass courtyard. It will be constructed with a focus on environmentally-friendly methods and materials. "This housing will dramatically enhance the living experience for our students and it will meet a need that they've expressed to us for affordable apartment-style...

NJIT Student-Research Back in the Spotlight at 2021 Dana Knox Showcase

Sunday, April 25, 2021
After a year layoff, one of NJIT’s standout annual research events returned to the campus community this month — more than 30 of the university’s top student-researchers took to their webcams to present their work for a virtual audience at the 2021 Dana Knox Research Showcase, "A Glimpse Into the Future.”  While the format was dramatically different from the 15 springtime showcases before it, students were just as eager to share research projects they’ve been working on tirelessly, in some cases before the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly curtailed last year’s event. The all-day...

Strategy for Instruction: NJIT Responds to the Pandemic in Forward-Thinking Fashion

Thursday, February 18, 2021
Last year, as the COVID-19 pandemic began its inexorable march across the country, NJIT, along with higher education institutions nationwide, faced an unprecedented challenge: how to best move to fully remote instruction, both quickly and safely. Immediately, the university drew upon its technological resources and know-how to provide a virtual learning experience for its more than 11,000 students while completing the spring 2020 semester as scheduled. Within a span of two weeks, the Digital Learning and Technology Support team at NJIT helped prepare faculty to teach online effectively and...

New Residence Hall to Feature Single Bedrooms and Sustainable Construction

Tuesday, September 8, 2020
NJIT's new 500-bed apartment-style residence hall, announced early this year for the southwest corner of Warren and Wickliff streets, will emphasize single-occupancy bedrooms and will be constructed with environmentally-friendly methods. The community is scheduled for its groundbreaking in the second quarter of 2021 and opening in fall 2022. A name is not yet selected. It's temporarily called Vue on Warren in a slide show from the developer. "The project's design fits the existing built fabric of the campus. It should provide amenities that I think our students will appreciate," said...

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

Monday, August 24, 2020
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 SR Education Group, a leading education research publisher founded in 2004, has released its findings regarding online colleges and their support for women in STEM fields of study. Of 285 colleges considered, NJIT was named one of 64 colleges offering fully...

Summertime Look Back: The NJIT Student Athletes Who Excelled

Thursday, August 13, 2020
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. Three Highlanders Named to 2017 ASUN Outdoor Track and Field Academic Team Outdoor track and field athletes Calvin Gould, Jay Bober and Shannon Turner have...

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

Wednesday, August 5, 2020
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. Seeking Sundogs: A Voyage into Antarctica's 'Deep Field' With NJIT's Gung-ho Polar Crew Three hundred miles from South Pole Station aboard a Twin Otter turboprop plane, Bob Melville and...

Summertime Look Back: The NJIT Alumni Who Exemplified Success

Wednesday, July 29, 2020
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 At a ceremony at the Women in Military Service Memorial, Ellen M. Pawlikowski '78, was promoted to the rank of four-star general in the U.S. Air Force. Just the third woman in the branch’s history to...

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

Wednesday, July 22, 2020
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 Last summer, 55 students from across the state of New Jersey attended a statewide cybersecurity boot camp run by Senior University Lecturer Osama Eljabiri via Real World Connections, a STEM education program Eljabiri created over a decade ago. Eljabiri’s tireless efforts to catalyze...

Summertime Look Back: The Events That Elevated the NJIT Campus

Monday, July 13, 2020
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  Once home to thousands of Newark Central High School students, the Central King Building on the NJIT campus exemplifies intelligent, creative and economically impactful urban redevelopment that serves students, industry and the local...

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