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Dealing a Therapeutic Counterblow to Traumatic Brain Injury

Thursday, September 26th, 2019
A blow to the head or powerful shock wave on the battlefield can cause immediate, significant damage to a person’s skull and the tissue beneath it. But the trauma does not stop there. The impact sets off a chemical reaction in the brain that ravages neurons and the networks that supply them with nut...

Powering Up the Navajo Nation: Glenn Steiger '70, '87

Wednesday, September 25th, 2019
Glenn Steiger ’70 is helping the Navajo Nation see the light — literally. Steiger currently is the executive consultant for the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority (NTUA), providing professional oversight to NTUA’s major generation, power supply and transmission initiatives. As project director fo...

Top 100 National Intern Elijah Mathew Talks Summer with Stryker

Thursday, September 19th, 2019
Mechanical engineering major, Elijah Mathew, spent his summer interning with Stryker. Through NJIT's career fair, Elijah found the operations intern position and has earned a spot on the Top 100 Intern list on nationalinternday.com.  

NJIT is Number 2 on College Factual's List of Best Civil Engineering Programs Nationwide

Tuesday, September 17th, 2019
For the second year in a row, the Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) program at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is ranked number two in the nation by College Factual, a data analytics and research company that focuses on outcomes. Only Georgia Tech is ranked higher on the ...

Getting the Job: NJIT Students Share Their Career Fair Know-how

Monday, September 16th, 2019
According to NJIT Career Development Services’ most recent annual report, almost one-fifth of undergrads from the Class of 2018 who reported full-time employment indicated an NJIT career fair as their source. That figure certainly demonstrates the value of students attending the fair, to both mingl...

Already Distinguished, Twin Sisters Are Ready for Further Success at NJIT

Wednesday, September 11th, 2019
One is studying computer science at NJIT, the other biomedical engineering, but they both join the university as Mayor’s Honors Scholars. Samara and Samantha Augustin — freshmen at Ying Wu College of Computing and Newark College of Engineering, respectively — are among the first recipients of the fu...

NJIT Ranks in Top 2% Nationwide in College Salary Report by Payscale

Friday, August 30th, 2019
Payscale has released its 2019 College Salary Report and New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has placed #53 out of over 4,000 colleges and universities across the U.S. in the mid-career salary rankings. In addition, NJIT is #1 for state schools in mid-career salary. “NJIT students are in high...

The Hearst Foundations Promote Diversity in NJIT's Undergraduate Research Community

Tuesday, August 27th, 2019
A five-woman team of undergraduate engineering students is tackling a problem experienced by a diverse and growing population: balance instability. For the elderly, people recovering from strokes and accidents or those living with disorders that affect movement, such as Parkinson’s disease, falls pr...

The Makerspace at NJIT Wins $125,000 in a U.S. Small Business Administration Competition

Friday, August 23rd, 2019
The Makerspace at NJIT, New Jersey Institute of Technology’s training-focused, rapid prototyping facility, is the winner of a $125,000 award from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to advance careers in advanced manufacturing. NJIT is one of 12 winners of the SBA’s MaTCH Pilot Competition...

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...