The Murray Center for Women in Technology at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will hold its fifth annual Women Designing the Future conference — “Game Changers! Technological Innovations That Will Transform Our Lives”— Friday, March 29, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the university’s Campus Center Ballrooms A and B. Conference participants will have the opportunity to interact with women scientists, government leaders and entrepreneurs as they discuss technological innovations that will both disrupt and improve our lives over the next 10 years. Experts will address a wide range of topics…

This month, NJIT officially commemorated the start of “New Jersey STEM Month” — a  celebration supported by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy to “highlight the Garden State’s strong presence and accomplishments in science, technology, engineering and math.”  To mark the occasion, NJIT President Joel S. Bloom spoke to state educators at the campus’s Central King Building regarding a number of ongoing STEM-related topics in New Jersey — from teacher recruitment and STEM workforce development and retention, to digital learning and computer science education for young students…

It was a cold and windy Wednesday, but the winter weather didn’t stop the more than 2,200 students and alumni in search of internships, co-ops and full-time jobs from packing the Wellness and Events Center Feb. 13. There, 212 employers were recruiting for a range of positions — and doling out swag — at the Spring 2019 Career Fair, coordinated by NJIT’s Career Development Services. We spoke with some of the employers, many of them first-timers at NJIT, about the value career fairs hold for their talent pipelines, and how they prepared for the big event. (Above) Mark Parette ’83, of…

On Thursday, February 28, NJIT welcomed New Jersey’s teachers, school district leaders and stakeholders for an annual nationwide “celebration of technology paired with great teaching,” known as “Digital Learning Day 2019.” The event attracted nearly 300 educators and 200 attendees streaming on YouTube to learn about new technologies that enhance effective teaching and student learning. The event also kicked off the “2019 Certification Summit” for a record number of schools and districts pledging commitment to the Future Ready Schools-New Jersey (FRS-NJ) certification program…

In building upon its deep and close relationship with the city in which it resides, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is partnering with the City of Newark and the Newark Public Schools on two new and important initiatives. NJIT President Joel S. Bloom, Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka and Newark Board of Education Superintendent Roger León announced The Mayor’s Honors Scholars Program and the NJIT/Newark Math Success Initiative (MSI) at a news conference, held Feb. 27 at Newark City Hall. “As a 22-year-educator in Newark Public Schools, I know just how dedicated, talented and motivated…

The purpose is twofold: “tap into the creative and forward-thinking minds of young people, and at the same time, encourage students to take a more active role in understanding and shaping health care.” Indeed, the second annual Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ) Health Care Transformation Challenge yielded new apps and devices designed by college students with their peers top of mind. The teams placing first and second in the statewide competition — which this year awarded $10,000 in cash prizes and addressed mental/behavioral health, disease management and…

Each day, millions of gamers log online to spend their free time playing Blizzard Entertainment’s popular video game title, “World of Warcraft” — a virtual, open-box-styled “land of myth, magic and legendary adventure.”  However, the immersive nature of fantasy role-playing video games — similar to that of "World of Warcraft" — has been expanding to classroom education as well. This month, NJIT’s Collaborative for Leadership, Education, and Assessment Research (CLEAR) and the collaborative's LiFE project, hosted a professional workshop exploring how…

Every year, hundreds of high school and college students throughout the Garden State apply for the honor to be a Governor’s STEM Scholar. Slots are limited and the competition is steep. For 2019, three Highlanders have been chosen to wear the mantle: Ricardo Garcia, Yasmine Ghattas and Kevin Pemberthy. They and the other scholars are spending this academic year attending STEM conferences and field trips, participating in team-based research projects, and learning from and networking with New Jersey STEM professionals, state policymakers, academic institutions and research organizations. The…

In 2012, CBS’s crime-fiction television drama, “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” reached the zenith of primetime television ratings. That year, the show’s estimated 63 million viewers across five continents earned it the title of “most watched television show in the world” for the fifth time in the show’s history at the Monte Carlo Television Festival.  Since its introduction to viewers in 2000, “CSI” and other popular shows of the genre — from “Law & Order” to  “Bones” to “Dexter” — have drawn a swell of public imagination to the world of forensic science, as well as…