In the 1950s and 60s it was uncommon to see a black woman practicing architecture. Norma Merrick Sklarek, pictured above during her tenure at Gruen Associates, was an uncommon woman. She excelled in math and science despite having few peers at her predominantly white high school and virtually no role models in the workplace.

The New Jersey Innovation Institute’s (NJII) Biopharma division is pleased to announce the formation of their advisory committee which includes experts from across the industry. The committee will meet quarterly and provide strategic direction to the division as well as help identify emerging opportunities and challenges in the area of regenerative medicine.

By the end of this month, Rukayat Balogun will be working at Facebook as a site logistics analyst, overseeing staff that maintain the servers and the facility, and ensuring compliance with industry standards. She will be located just outside of Atlanta for this new position, which came her way last fall when a fellow student in NJIT’s Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) introduced Balogun to a visiting Facebook recruiter. The company flew her down south for what turned out to be a series of video interviews, followed by a bit of a wait.

NJIT has appointed Dale A. McLeod as its new vice president for human resources. McLeod will join the university effective March 16 with the dual mission of delivering a world-class human resources function with a strong service orientation for faculty and staff, and supporting the objectives of the university’s new strategic plan, Building on a Strong Foundation–NJIT 2025.

Dear NJIT Community Members,

New Jersey university president’s, the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education, and business and industry have come together in a joint effort to promote higher education in the state through the Learn More, Earn More, Be More in New Jersey

Senior Thomas Manley will represent NJIT at the 2020 National Collegiate Men's Fencing Championships in the Men's Foil on March 19-22 in Detroit, Michigan.

New Jersey communities grappling to bring damaged properties to productive reuse will now be able to turn to NJIT experts for advice, as the university recently launched NJ Brownfields Assistance Center @ NJIT, the first of its kind center that solely serves New Jersey.

NJIT upset No. 11 Princeton in straight sets, 3-0, (30-28, 25-18, 25-22) Friday evening in EIVA men's volleyball action inside Dillion Gymnasium. NJIT (9-5 overall, 4-3 EIVA) are winners of three in a row. The Highlanders have now defeated three nationally ranked teams this season – USC (then-ranked No. 12), Purdue Fort Wayne (then-ranked No. 11) and Princeton (ranked No. 11).

Chris Wiggins, chief data scientist at The New York Times, presented on his field Feb. 25 at the Jersey City branch of the Ying Wu College of Computing.