The faculty at the College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) continues to foster insightful discussion and riveting commentary in and out of the classroom. Senior University Lecturer Rima Taher’s textbook "Building Design for Wind Forces,” which was published by McGraw Hill Education, explores the oft-overlooked yet critically important subject of designing and constructing structures that can withstand wind forces and better resist extreme wind events, such as hurricanes and tornadoes.

Associate degree students from Essex County College (ECC) are now able to seamlessly transfer into appropriate and/or corresponding bachelor’s degree programs at NJIT.

The Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) program at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) now ranks second in the nation, according to College Factual, an outcomes-based data analytics and research company. NJIT jumped six places from last year, landing behind Georgia Tech (1) and ahead of MIT (3), on the list of the 206 programs evaluated. The university's CEE program ranked in the top 20 in numerous areas, including education for veterans, popularity and graduates’ earnings, among others.

Live streaming social media platforms such as Twitch are shrinking the distance between broadcasters and their viewers, who watch them and comment in real time.

According to a 2018 snapshot of graduate education in New Jersey, from the Council of Graduate Schools, more than 45,000 students were enrolled in graduate study, over 17,000 of whom were in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). At NJIT, 25 percent of the university’s student population is pursuing graduate degrees in a variety of academic disciplines. In fact, NJIT offers some 50 master’s programs (including online programs), 19 Ph.D.

The Center for Pre-College Programs at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will be hosting a free workshop for middle and high school teachers and STEM curriculum specialists on Wednesday, Oct. 17 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m in the NJIT Makerspace. The workshop will include teaching 3D engineering principles applied to a rotational equilibrium problem and classroom applications of 3D printing and laser cutting. The workshop includes continental breakfast and lunch, and easy on-campus parking is available.

New Jersey Institute of Technology’s recently finished Science and Technology Park parking facility has been featured by the Mid-Atlantic Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) in their September 2018 Project Spotlight, sponsored by Nitterhouse Concrete Products.

More than 50 NJIT alumni hosted President Bloom at Stryker headquarters in Mahwah, N.J. on Sept. 11. The event marked the fifth time Stryker engaged with NJIT this year. Previous engagements included a Stryker campus tour and basketball game, a lecture at Stryker headquarters by Dr. Treena Arinzeh, biomedical professor, and visits from students in the pre-college program and Biomedical Engineering Club.

On Sept. 26, Career Development Services (CDS) will host the Fall 2018 Career Fair — a gathering that will bring together hundreds of employers in search of talent and thousands of jobseekers looking for internship and co-op opportunities as well as full-time positions. The career fair returns to NJIT’s new Wellness and Events Center, which provides all attendees a modern, state-of-the art recruitment space in which to meet people and make contacts.

"I had to acknowledge that this was the defining chapter in my life and I had to write that chapter," said Muhammad Elgammal P.E., PMP, who was the keynote speaker at University Convocation September 12, 2018. In his address, Elgammal recalled his experience as a first-year civil engineering student and provided three promises to the largest-ever freshman class at NJIT. “The first promise: There will be failure. Failure is only a lesson in growth. The second promise: Nothing worth having is going to come easy. Through patience, you will reap rewards.