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Saturday in the Park: NJIT Students Survey Branch Brook Lake

Thursday, August 15th, 2019
On a Saturday in late June, 12 surveying engineering technology (SET) students, one adjunct professor and one faculty professor — all from NJIT — headed to the lower lake in Newark’s Branch Brook Park. Outfitted with a 15-foot Jon boat and a range of high-tech equipment provided by SET industry part...

Top 3 Things To Do During Your First Week at NJIT

Wednesday, August 14th, 2019
Starting your first year at college can be a whirlwind of emotions.  No matter if you’re coming from a different country or if you’re just coming from down the block, college life is bound to be a change in your life. A full class load, joining clubs and organizations and making new friends ca...

Potable Water at NJIT

Wednesday, August 14th, 2019
Recent news reports have outlined issues with the water in parts of the City of Newark.  NJIT has and continues to regularly, and independently, test our water to ensure the levels of lead are within the EPA standards for drinking water.  While we have had some issues and concerns in the p...

NJIT's Bipin Rajendran is Named a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors

Tuesday, August 13th, 2019
Bipin Rajendran, an engineer who develops computing systems that aim to match the efficiency seen in nature by studying the organizational principles of the brain, has been elected a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). NAI Senior Members are active faculty, scientists and...

NJIT Professor Receives Facebook Research Award for Data Science

Tuesday, August 13th, 2019
The director of NJIT’s new Institute for Data Science has received an award from Facebook to support real-world analytics research. The research aims to develop faster learning patterns to make it easier for companies to extract actionable information from extremely large data sets. Institute Direc...

Pre-College 40th Anniversary Alumni Profile: Stephanie Iring Is Pursuing Biomedical Research

Monday, August 12th, 2019
Stephanie Iring grew up in a working-class community in New Jersey, where, she says, social status and educational inequality were closely related and opportunities for success were limited. “Fortunately, my grammar school teacher recommended me to the Center for Pre-College Programs [CPCP] [at NJI...

NJIT's Educational Opportunity Program Has a New Director

Thursday, August 8th, 2019
Crystal Smith has been appointed director of NJIT’s Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), effective July 1, 2019. Smith is responsible for EOP’s overall administration and supervision, which involves collaborating and coordinating with many universitywide departments and offices. She also sees to p...

NJIT Management Students Win Big at Avanade Conference

Tuesday, August 6th, 2019
A contingent from NJIT’s Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM), which included new dean Oya Tukel, crossed the country in June to attend the Avanade FUEL Innovation, Leadership, and Technology Conference in Pomona, Calif. Among those invited to the prestigious event were 30 Avanade Scholars fro...

NJIT Featured in The Princeton Review's "Best 385 Colleges" Guide for 2020

Monday, August 5th, 2019
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has been named a top college according to The Princeton Review in the newest edition of its college guide, "The Best 385 Colleges," a designation only 13% of America’s four-year colleges have earned. NJIT also received honors as a top college in the Northeas...

How Using Virtual Reality Helps to Make Real-World Roads Safer

Friday, August 2nd, 2019
Making changes to roadways can be a controversial issue. Seemingly a simple matter, adding a traffic light or changing a traffic pattern can raise many questions in the impacted community. So when the North Jersey Transit Planning Authority (NJTPA) recommended replacing a few traffic lights and sto...