Meet the 2019 gonfalon carriers! The six seniors chosen to represent their schools at NJIT's Commencement reminisce about life on campus, while they begin to envisage what lies beyond.   Newark College of Engineering Olivia Hadlaw Major: Electrical Engineering with a minor in Applied Mathematics Hometown: South Amboy, N.J. Next up: Design and analysis engineer in the Boeing Company’s Space and Security unit in St. Louis “I’m interested in sensors. For my senior project, I worked with two friends to design a device called the…

When NJIT holds its 103rd Commencement May 21, more than 100 Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) seniors will officially move on from their undergraduate study to begin the next chapter in their lives. While their plans after EOP may differ, the four years they’ve shared in the program provided them all with a uniquely supportive and familial environment. Here, we take a look at where just a few are going. Gloria Brewster Although Gloria Brewster is saying goodbye to EOP at NJIT, she’s not bidding adieu to the university. This fall, the computer engineering technology/medical…

While Spring Commencement is on the horizon for the Class of 2019, the first wave of year-end celebrations has already begun for a special group of award-winning seniors at NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts (CSLA).  This month, an exclusive band of graduating students took to the stage at the 2019 CSLA Awards where they were recognized with the “2019 Outstanding Student Award” — an honor annually presented each spring to the year’s most exceptional student-researchers and academic achievers across the sciences and liberal arts fields at the college.  Here, some of CSLA’s…

Sitting just outside the Campus Center on a sunny, breezy Tuesday afternoon, Siri Uppuluri reflects on her upcoming graduation from NJIT. “I feel like I’ve reached a milestone, so while it’s bittersweet to be leaving campus, I also feel like I’ve been prepared by my professors academically. And in terms of personal growth, I’m ready to move on to that next step,” said the biology major and Albert Dorman Honors College scholar, who will attend Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (NJMS) in the fall.   What’s indeed noteworthy about Uppuluri graduating is that she is doing so after…

Union County College (UCC) students pursuing an associate degree in either science or applied sciences are now able to seamlessly transfer into a variety of bachelor’s degree programs — from engineering and architecture to computing and management, and more — at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). The two institutions signed a two-year academic agreement April 30, 2019, to provide UCC students with the opportunity to plan their total baccalaureate experience at the beginning of their college education. Effective this past February, the agreement also serves to facilitate the…

On May 1, the annual springtime celebration of NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts (CSLA) kicked off, marking a year of highlights throughout the arts and sciences at the college during the 2019 CSLA Awards Ceremony.  This year’s event, held at the Campus Center Atrium, welcomed a diverse audience of CSLA students, faculty, alumni and staff, as well as special presenters and honors granted to standout performers from across each of the college’s departments, ranging from fields of law, philosophy, theatre and media communications, to STEM-driven disciplines of biology, chemistry…

“We saw when you came in as freshmen, and you thought you knew it all. Then you realized after the first week of the summer program, do I really know anything?” reminisced Crystal Smith, interim director of NJIT’s Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), while addressing EOP graduating seniors, their parents and university staff and faculty. “And then you made it through to this awards ceremony for us to celebrate you.” And celebrated they were at EOP’s 47th annual gathering to commend students for their academic accomplishments. The class of 2019 includes 110 graduates representing a range of…

Throw on any iconic rock album from the mid-1970’s to early 1980’s, and chances are, you’ll hear the distinct sound of pitch-shifting and harmonizing effects that were just beginning to revolutionize how records were being produced — from the rhythm instruments on David Bowie’s 1975 album “Young Americans”, to the arena-sized choruses of AC/DC’s “Back In Black”, to the signature double-tracked tones of Eddie Van Halen’s finger-blistering guitar work in his band’s 1978 debut album, “Van Halen”.  An important genesis of that sound would first make its waves in the basement of…

NJIT’s Career Development Services (CDS) paid tribute to an array of recruiting partners at its annual Awards and Recognition Ceremony, held April 2 in the Campus Center Atrium. There, CDS staff acknowledged the important relationship between the university and employers in advancing the professional success of NJIT students. The feeling was mutual among the award recipients, who remarked on the well-prepared and “motivated, diverse community of students,” as well as the “amount of incredible talent” at NJIT. Here are the 2019 honorees: Best Community Partner: American Cancer Society Best…

This week, nearly 50 of the year’s most promising NJIT student-researchers gathered to present their work to the campus community at the university’s annual year-end research competition — the 2019 Dana Knox Showcase “A Glimpse Into the Future.” At this year’s event, held open to the public on the second floor of the university’s Campus Center, students presented highlights from their research to attendees and more than 20 faculty-judges through poster demonstrations that ran the spectrum of scientific discovery at NJIT — from research exploring the social phenomena of live-stream…