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NJIT Grad Students Invent Slick New Dating App
Online dating has become a way of life for folks looking for love in the freewheeling, tap-and-swipe culture that dominates the 21st century.
According to the Pew Research Center, online dating sites or mobile dating app usage by 18-to 24-year-olds has increased nearly threefold since 2013, while usage by 55-to 64-year-olds has doubled.
Influential Scholar
A Starr is Born
It’s said that the most revolutionary ideas are often the result of spontaneous creativity.
For Starr Roxanne Hiltz (Distinguished Professor Emerita of information systems at NJIT), a most-defining moment of genius struck in 1977 while spending a year as a National Science Foundation (NSF) faculty fellowship awardee at Princeton University.
Distinguished Gentleman
For over a century, NJIT has produced ambitious leaders. Highlanders are encouraged to be boundary-pushing citizens with a strong sense of global awareness, ushered into the professional world to make a name for themselves.But for distinguished alumnus Ying Wu, the path to success led right back to where he started.
Why Study Cybersecurity?
If you’re thinking about studying cybersecurity or already working in the tech field and want a career change, now’s the time to act.
8: cybersecurity’s ranking on U.S. News and World Report’s list of the 100 best jobs for 2015
36.5%: the rate at which the cybersecurity profession is projected to grow by 2022
209,000: number of vacant cybersecurity jobs in 2015 in the U.S
$88,890: median yearly pay for an information security analyst