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The Murray Center for Women in Technology at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will hold its fifth annual Women Designing the Future conference — “Game Changers! Technological Innovations That Will Transform Our Lives”— Friday, March 29, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the university’s Campus Center Ballrooms A and B.

Áine O’Dwyer, PE, CEO of Enovate Engineering, LLC, was named to the Engineering News Record (ENR) National Top 20 Under 40 for 2018. Honored earlier in the year with the regional Top Young Professionals award, O’Dwyer was chosen from a pool of more than 400 regional candidates from which 20 winners were chosen.

Daniel Young, a junior studying chemical engineering, has been declared Intern of the Year by Career Development Services (CDS) at NJIT. CDS held its second annual Interns of NJIT contest this past fall and selected Young in January. In addition to the title, he has received a $500 cash prize that will go toward his tuition.

This month, NJIT officially commemorated the start of “New Jersey STEM Month” — a celebration supported by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy to “highlight the Garden State’s strong presence and accomplishments in science, technology, engineering and math.”

Senior guard Diandre Wilson has been named to the ASUN All-Tournament Team, the Atlantic Sun Conference announced today. Wilson totaled 39 points, nine rebounds, four steals, four assists and led NJIT in scoring in two ASUN Championship starts. The Fort Lauderdale, Fla., native scored a career-high 26 points en route to NJIT's first ASUN Championship win in program history at Florida Gulf Coast in the conference quarterfinals, 83-78.

A six-run burst in the tenth inning for NJIT secured a 9-3 victory over Purdue in game one of the doubleheader, and the Boilermakers won the nightcap 9-8 on a walk-off base on balls at The Big League Camp Facility Saturday afternoon. With the split on Saturday, NJIT picked up its second win over a Big Ten opponent (NJIT 8, Penn State 6; March 8, 2018), moving to to 6-3-1 while the Boilermakers', a 38-win 2018 NCAA Regional qualifier, stand at 2-10 on the season.

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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