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Nick Fuentes-Zuluaga was just 2 years old when he and his parents left their home in Bogota, Colombia, and migrated to the United States. They settled in Rockaway, N.J., with the aid of his aunt in nearby Parsippany and began a new life, far from the mounting violence triggered by their native country’s illegal drug trade.

MEDIA ADVISORY NJIT to Host STEM Pi Day for Newark Public Schools

The NJIT women's fencing team posted a 5-1 mark at the FDU Invitational Sunday afternoon. NJIT recorded wins over Wagner (18-8), Tufts (20-7), Brandeis (14-13), Drew (15-12) and CCNY (22-5). The lone loss on the day for the Highlanders came against NYU (16-11). The foil squad was led by Annalena Shigihara, who posted an 11-5 overall record followed by Paloma Almodovar with a 10-6 record. For the season, Almodovar posted a 44-17 mark with a 72 percent win rate.

The NJIT baseball team remains undefeated in 2019 after a doubleheader sweep at Norfolk State, 11-5 and 4-3 in a 10-inning nightcap Sunday afternoon at Marty L. Miller Field. The 5-0-1 start for the Highlanders is the best start in the Division I era (first season 2006-07). NJIT opened its spring campaign with a four-game series against Eastern Michigan, registering a 3-0-1 record and picked up a pair of wins at Norfolk State on Sunday.

College Factual, a leading source of data analytics and insights on college outcomes, has released its 2019 rankings for ethnic diversity, and New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) scores in the top 5 percent of colleges whose student body represents a broad diversity.

College Basketball isn’t the only tournament happening this March. Gamers will have their own March Madness as part of TESPA’s Overwatch Collegiate Championship — and NJIT has made the field. Finishing 11th in TESPA’s regular season rankings with a record of 13-2, the Highlanders have punched their ticket to the tournament. More than 400 colleges and universities take part in TESPA’s Overwatch league, where students test their skills and earn scholarship money.

Two faculty members from NJIT’s Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM) — Associate Professor of Finance Michael Ehrlich and Professor of Marketing Rajiv Mehta — have been honored as “professors to know” by BSchools.org, an online resource for individuals interested in pursuing an MBA.

On Friday, February 15, six teams of exemplary students from NJIT’s Newark College of Engineering (NCE) put their outstanding engineering design research on display at this year’s “NCE First-Year Showcase” competition.

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) joins the ranks of the nation’s elite and most productive institutions with its elevation this week to the top tier of research universities – a

The purpose is twofold: “tap into the creative and forward-thinking minds of young people, and at the same time, encourage students to take a more active role in understanding and shaping health care.” Indeed, the second annual Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ) Health Care Transformation Challenge yielded new apps and devices designed by college students with their peers top of mind.