Jobseekers, get ready. Some 220 employers are scheduled to attend NJIT’s Spring 2020 Career Fair, to be held Feb. 26 at the university’s Wellness and Events Center. Recruitment for internships, co-ops and full-time positions will be the name of the game at the biannual event, which typically draws thousands of students and alumni in search of jobs. For employers, NJIT career fairs offer a valuable opportunity to meet prospective talent in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, as well as architecture, design and other hot fields. The Walsh Group, a fourth-generation, family-owned…

NJIT has announced the launch of a new initiative dedicated to the growing professional practice of creative placemaking — a field that places arts and culture at the center of community, social and economic development.  The program — the NJIT Hub for Creative Placemaking — will serve as both a professional training center and collaborative platform for NJIT faculty and students to partner with arts organizations and local artists, community planners and citizens, civic leaders, philanthropists and others interested in leveraging the arts to help shape and revitalize physical public…

New Jersey Institute of Technology is one of the nation’s best colleges for students seeking a superb education with great career preparation and at an affordable price, according to The Princeton Review®. The education services company profiles NJIT in the recently published 2020 edition of its annual guide, The Best Value Colleges. In order to make the list, institutions must demonstrate a stellar academic program and affordability, and offer strong opportunities for career prospects after graduation. A return on an academic investment is a highly sought-after quality. “An NJIT…

On Feb. 5, NJIT will welcome Luis Echegoyen, 2020 president of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the largest scientific society in the world.  As part of the College of Science and Liberal Arts’ Organic Syntheses Distinguished Seminar Speaker series, Echegoyen will speak to the NJIT community to share his experience and research interests over his nearly 50-year career — particularly regarding new possibilities in modern chemical research related to buckyballs, sometimes referred to as "the most magnificent molecule known to man." Echegoyen was…

The Department of Public Safety at NJIT has been ranked sixth nationwide for its campus safety initiatives. The recognition comes from Safe Campus, an independent organization that strives to improve the overall safety and security of U.S. college and university students, and annually rates campuses across the country for their safety measures. 2020 marks the third consecutive year that NJIT placed among the Top 25 of eligible U.S.-accredited higher-education institutions — 4,298 this time around. “It is both a privilege and an honor to be recognized for making a difference in student safety…

The concert of motion that fish schools are famous for isn’t merely an elaborate display of synchronized swimming. Their seemingly telepathic collective movement is part of a time-tested strategy for improving the group’s chances for survival as a whole, from defense against predators to food-finding and mating. A study published in Physical Review X  is offering new details that show how the aquatic flows created by certain schools of fish can benefit each of its individual members in yet another way — hydrodynamically. A research team from New Jersey Institute of Technology (…

Toward the end of 2017, a massive new region of magnetic field erupted on the Sun’s surface next to an existing sunspot. The powerful collision of magnetic energy produced a series of potent solar flares, causing turbulent space weather conditions at Earth. These were the first flares to be captured, in their moment-by-moment progression, by NJIT’s then recently opened Expanded Owens Valley Solar Array (EOVSA) radio telescope.  In research published today in the journal Science, the solar scientists who recorded those images have pinpointed for the first time ever exactly…

Remoras are among the most successful marine hitchhikers, thanks to powerful suction discs that allow them to stay tightly fastened to the bodies of sharks, whales and other hosts despite incredible drag forces while traveling through the ocean. But how do these suckerfish sense the exact moment when they must “stick their landing” and board their speedy hosts in the first place?  A team of biologists at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Friday Harbor Labs at University of Washington (FHL-UW) and The George Washington University (GWU) now offers an answer.  In findings…

A solar array atop the Wellness and Events Center, plus a food waste recycling effort, are the first two major sustainability projects underway as part of NJIT's commitment to sustainability in the recently adopted 2025 strategic plan. NJIT also recently became a member of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, joining several other institutions in New Jersey and nationwide which are deeper into their sustainability journeys. "As part of the process of developing the new strategic plan, sustainability came to the forefront as a theme through all aspects…

A new two-year agreement between Ocean County College and New Jersey Institute of Technology allows OCC graduates to transfer directly into NJIT colleges. The agreement went into effect on October 4, 2019 and covers NJIT's College of Science and Liberal Arts; Newark College of Engineering; Martin Tuchman School of Management; and Ying Wu College of Computing. In a ceremony at Ocean County College today, NJIT Provost Fadi Deek said our relationship with OCC is a special one. "NJIT’s relationship with Ocean County College is among the earliest with community colleges in New Jersey. Renewing…