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An NJIT-based Vision Therapy Startup Secures Major Backing from NJ Health Foundation's Venture Arm

Monday, July 29, 2019
A campus-based health care startup with a device that employs virtual reality gaming to correct a vision dysfunction – technology designed and developed by a professor and a team of students, now alumni, in a biomedical engineering lab at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) – has received a

Pre-College 40th Anniversary Alumni Profile: Naomi Adjei Is a Resident Physician

Friday, July 26, 2019
It’s a Thursday morning and Naomi Adjei is a bit tired, having recently finished another 13-hour shift as an obstetrics and gynecology resident at Yale New Haven Hospital. “It’s hard!” she said with a laugh. “The hours are hard.

Using Data Analytics to Track and Treat Drug Abuse

Thursday, July 25, 2019
The underground culture of hardcore drug abuse is dynamic and evolves rapidly. Street names for drugs, hot spots where users go for their fix, and new, dangerous strains laced with different substances change frequently and regularly. 

David Isbitski '98, Chief Evangelist for Amazon Alexa, on the Power of Voice

Monday, July 22, 2019
Four years ago, David Isbitski ’98 was the first person hired by Amazon for its newly created Alexa skills kit group. Today – tens of thousands of skills later – he is the voice-activated technology’s chief evangelist, and one of the keynote speakers at the VOICE 2019 Conference.

Center for Pre-College Programs at NJIT Celebrates the Big 4-0!

Friday, July 19, 2019
This year marks four decades of NJIT’s Center for Pre-College Programs (CPCP) providing STEM education and college preparedness to rising fourth- through 11th-grade students in New Jersey.

NJIT Set to Host VOICE Summit 2019 — "World's Largest Voice Tech Event"

Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Newark, NJ -- From July 22 - 25, 2019, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will welcome VOICE Summit 2019 — “the world’s largest voice tech conference.” 

NJIT's Dean Kevin Belfield Named Fellow of the American Chemical Society

Monday, July 15, 2019
Kevin Belfield, dean of NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts, has earned the exclusive honor of being elected fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society.

Securing the Software Supply Chain, One Step at a Time

Friday, July 12, 2019
Ensuring the security of the software is of paramount importance to any company, and more so for the companies who develop and supply the software.

Playing His Cards Right: Kalpesh G. Kapadia M.S. '97

Thursday, July 11, 2019
When he was 22 years old, Kalpesh G. Kapadia immigrated to the United States from Bombay, India. A commuter student who lived in Kearny, Kapadia attended NJIT on a full scholarship, with cooperative work at the pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough.

NJIT to Establish New Institute for Data Science

Monday, July 8, 2019
Continuing its mission to lead in computing technologies, NJIT announced today that it will establish a new Institute for Data Science, focusing on cutting-edge interdisciplinary research and development in all areas pertinent to digital data.