The NJIT women's tennis team picked up its 11th victory of the season after defeating the Hofstra Pride 6-1 Sunday afternoon at the Naimoli Family Athletic and Recreation Facility. The win total tied the most victories the Highlanders have produced since 2013-14 when NJIT ended the year with an 11-8 record and an appearance in the America East Championship match.

Researchers at NJIT’s Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) have partnered with RiskVal Financial Solutions, a New York City-based global supplier of Software as a Service for pre-trade analysis and risk management. The objective is to use cutting-edge data science techniques to model fluctuations in the bond market.

Joel Bloom, president of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), was invited to testify in a joint hearing of the Senate Economic Growth Committee and Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee on March 8, 2019. The joint hearing brought educational institutions, industry leaders and policy research organizations to answer questions and discuss solutions to boost economic development in New Jersey.

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It was his first conference presentation and he aced it. Yasser Farha, a doctoral student in Martin Tuchman School of Management’s (MTSM) Ph.D. program in Business Data Science, attended the annual gathering this past January of the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE), and there received great feedback after speaking about his research developing machine-learning tools to measure the disposition of students toward entrepreneurship.

After an international search, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has announced the appointment of Dr. Branko Kolarevic as dean of the College of Architecture and Design, effective July 1, 2019. Kolarevic received his Diploma Engineer of Architecture degree from the University of Belgrade in 1986 and his Master of Design Studies and Doctor of Design degrees from Harvard University in 1989 and 1993, respectively.

ROI-NJ, a publication that reports on New Jersey economic news, released its ROI Influencers Power List for 2019. Featured on the list are Joel S. Bloom, NJIT’s president; Donald Sebastian, president of New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), an NJIT corporation; Judith Sheft, associate vice president technology and enterprise development of NJII; and Tomas Gregorio, NJII’s senior executive director, Healthcare Systems Innovation.

The NJIT Highlanders (21-11, 8-8 ASUN) defeated the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (14-18, 9-7 ASUN) on Monday at the Alico Center, 83-78. The win was NJIT's first ASUN Championship win in program history and first road victory at FGCU. The Highlanders also tied their program record for wins with No. 21 set back in 2014-15 (21-12). Senior Diandre Wilson led the team in scoring with 26 points, followed by birthday-boy Zach Cooks with 25 points. Senior Abdul Lewis added 18 points and six rebounds in the effort.

The NJIT men's fencing team captured the 2019 MACFA Championship highlighted by a first-place finish by Brett Bogert in the men's epee for the second consecutive season, hosted by Drew University Sunday afternoon. NJIT, which finished the regular season with a 21-6 overall mark, the best record in program-history, added to the teams 2019 resume, capturing the 2019 MACFA Championship title, dropping a total of just five bouts all day and, winning 121 out of a possible 126 bouts.

Beginning this month, Newark College of Engineering (NCE) will kick off a year-long celebration of its 100th anniversary with a series of awards ceremonies, galas, historical tributes and engineering competitions to commemorate the school’s “Century of Public Service Through Engineering,” while inspiring NCE students to pursue new feats in engineering design and technological wizardry.