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On Oct. 4 and 5, leaders from across New Jersey assembled on the campus of NJIT for the 36th Black Leadership Conference sponsored by the New Jersey Black Issues Convention (NJBIC), an organization founded in 1983 to establish a network of communication and cooperation among predominantly Black organizations in New Jersey. New Jersey Governor Philip Murphy, Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka and NJIT President Joel S. Bloom were among those who spoke on the importance and impact that the NJBIC has on critical issues affecting the community, especially economic issues.

Faced with a formidable list of nominees for the annual Excellence in Research Prize and Medal, the Board of Overseers opted this year for its own brand of novelty and innovation: the prize committee picked three. The sector-spanning winners, all at the forefront of their fields, included a solar physicist, a chemical engineer and a neurobiologist.

WHEN: October 15-16, 2018 WHAT: Leaders from U.S. cities and universities will gather in Newark for the MetroLab Network 2018 Annual Summit, where they will discuss their plans to bring technology, data, and analytics to drive civic innovation and address local government priorities.

The New Jersey Black Issues Convention (NJBIC) will convene in the Campus Center Ballrooms on the NJIT campus to hold its 36th Annual Black Leadership Conference Oct. 4 – 5 from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. (registration begins at 7 a.m. on both days). Organized in 1983 to establish a network of communication and cooperation among predominantly Black organizations in New Jersey, NJBIC sponsors the conference to discuss the critical issues affecting the community, public policy recommendations that can be adopted and a plan of decisive action with strategies for implementation.

Governor Phil Murphy today unveiled his economic development strategic plan – “The State of Innovation: Building a Stronger and Fairer Economy in New Jersey” – to set New Jersey on the path to a stronger and fairer future where innovation and diversity are at the forefront of the State’s economy.

The NJIT women's soccer team tied the school-record for wins, earning its ninth win, a 4-0 shutout victory at Jacksonville Sunday afternoon in ASUN Conference action at Southern Oaks Stadium. NJIT, which has won the last three consecutive matches and last five-out-of-six, improves to 9-3-1 and 3-1 in the ASUN while the Dolphins drop to 1-10-1 overall and 1-2 in conference play The nine overall wins and seven shutouts thus far in 2018 tie the school record, which was set in 2017 under head coach Ally Nick.

Known as a chemical manufacturing by-product of many cosmetics and home cleaning products, the industrial solvent 1,4-Dioxane is now considered by the Environmental Protection Agency to be an “emerging contaminant” and “likely human carcinogen” that can be found at thousands of groundwater sites nationally — potentially representing a multi-billion dollar environmental remediation challenge.

Please support one of New Jersey Institute of Technology’s (NJIT) pioneering researchers in her pursuit of a highly competitive award for work on concussion diagnosis and VISION therapy. Voting ends Tuesday at 9 a.m.

Before Jonathan Lewis arrived at NJIT to study biomedical engineering, he had already earned five college credits — two after completing the university’s Management 190 course and three after finishing its Fundamentals of Engineering and Design 101. He was then a student at St. Benedict’s Prep, participating in the Center for Pre-College Programs’ (CPCP) Academy College Courses for High School Students.

The school year is back in swing and teachers in New Jersey have returned to the classroom with new computer science skills acquired this summer at NJIT’s Ying Wu College of Computing. The teachers, from three school districts, were students this summer at NJIT in a CS 100 course titled “Python Programming and Introduction to Computer Science.” They attended class side-by-side with NJIT students.