NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 9/28/20-10/2/20

Here you will find a weekly listing of updates and announcements for members of the NJIT campus community. Announcements are to be submitted through the form found at https://forms.gle/V6PBxUy5b3jkErMc8. Those submitted by each Thursday will be included in the following week's Updates and Announcements email.

Faculty and Staff

Leir Research Institute (LRI) Weekly Seminar Series  — Martin Tuchman School of Management

In next week’s virtual seminar at 1–2 p.m. on Wednesday, October 7, the LRI hosts a research presentation paper discussion of “Medical Staff Assignment and Patient Scheduling Optimization Model.” The paper — co-authored by Jen-Yi (Jay) Chen, associate professor at Cleveland State University’s Monte Ahuja College of Business and Oya Tukel, dean of NJIT’s Martin Tuchman School of Management — proposes a mixed-integer programming model that helps assign staff members who each may concurrently serve multiple patients of different acuity levels. To join, go to https://njit.webex.com/meet/rroy. Upcoming seminars can be found at https://centers.njit.edu/leir/Fall-2020-and-Spring-2021-Seminars/.

Students

Annual Food Pantry — Office of Student Life

The Annual Food Pantry Can Drive for 2020 is live! All faculty, staff, alumni, and students are welcome to donate directly to the pantry via the no-contact drop off bin outside of the Office of Student Life, Campus Center 485. Please put your name inside your bag of donations in order to be recognized on our official donor list. If you would like to donate online, please see our amazon wish list at bit.ly/njitcandrive to send items directly to the pantry. Alternatively, you may also give thru NJIT's food pantry donation site to provide monetary donations for our drive. Thank you for generously supporting the food pantry for the benefit of NJIT Community members in need!

NJIT Hype Week  — Office of Student Life 

NJIT will host Highlander Hype Week Oct. 5-11 mostly virtually to promote community spirit and the close ties enjoyed by students, alumni, faculty, staff, family and friends. Join us for many events including a virtual 5k, Highlander Trivia Night, an on-campus pumpkin patch, Latinx Heritage Month celebration, and much more! For the full schedule of events, visit njit.edu/hypeweek.