Award Honors NJIT and University President for Commitment to Newark

Wednesday, April 17th, 2019
NJIT and the university’s president, Joel S. Bloom, have been recognized by the Newark Regional Business Partnership (NRBP) for their commitment to revitalizing Newark to help “make the City a better place to live, work or visit.” Both were publicly acknowledged April 2 at The Newark Museum, where t...

Students Join the Force to Enhance Campus Safety

Friday, April 12th, 2019
On any given day, they might be dressing a wound. Or they might be seeing that computers, phones and other personal property are not left unattended. Respectively, they are the student emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and community service officers (CSOs) at NJIT who, as volunteer members of a p...

NJIT to Confer Honorary Doctorates at 103rd Commencement Exercises May 21, 2019

Thursday, April 11th, 2019
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy to Deliver 2019 Commencement Address and Receive Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will award more than 3,000 baccalaureate, master’s and doctoral degrees at the 103rd Commencement exercises May 21, 2019, and May 23, 2019, at ...

Newark College of Engineering Celebrates a Century's Worth of Ties That Bind

Thursday, April 11th, 2019
For the latest in a series of eloquent centennial-year tributes to its traditions and people, a record crowd of more than 250 flocked to Newark College of Engineering’s 21st annual Salute to Engineering Excellence, held last night at the Park Avenue Club in Florham Park. “What we’ve achieved at NJIT...

NJIT Hosts Traveling Exhibitions Exploring Nuclear War and Peace

Monday, April 8th, 2019
On Friday, April 5, NJIT held the opening ceremony for the first of two internationally recognized peace exhibitions scheduled to be publicly displayed on campus this month, titled, "From a Culture of Violence to a Culture of Peace: Transforming the Human Spirit." The 36-panel exhibition — showcase...

A Source of Service: Student Volunteers at NJIT

Monday, April 8th, 2019
April 7-13 is National Volunteer Week, when volunteers nationwide are acknowledged for their service-oriented contributions. The NJIT community remains engaged in a range of giving-back activities, centrally coordinated by Career Development Services. To help meet its civic and social responsibili...

NCE Recognizes Faculty, Staff and Student Excellence

Friday, April 5th, 2019
Newark College of Engineering celebrated faculty, staff and student achievements at the first ceremony of the 21st Annual Salute to Engineering Excellence on April 4, 2019 in the Campus Center Atrium. Outstanding alumni also will be honored at a separate ceremony on April 10, 2019 at 6 p.m. at the P...

What's Hot and Cool in Tech? Come Find Out at NJIT's 7th Annual Innovation Day

Thursday, April 4th, 2019
NJIT Innovation Day, an invention-packed showcase of cutting-edge, student-led research, design and development across programs and disciplines, will take place Monday, April 8, at the Campus Center. Around 70 student projects – from autonomous lawn care equipment, to lightweight solar arrays for so...

NJIT Mourns Death of Former Newark Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson

Monday, April 1st, 2019
The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) community mourns the loss of one of its historic alumni, Kenneth A. Gibson, who died March 29. The 1962 graduate of the Newark College of Engineering (now NJIT) and recipient of an honorary doctorate from his alma mater in 1977 was the first African-Amer...

Pedaling for Power on a Modified Bike in a Remote Haitian Village

Friday, March 29th, 2019
The technology that engineering students Matt Reda and Rudolph Brazdovic installed last year in the remote, hilly community of Milot, Haiti, was simple enough: a modified bicycle with a back wheel that turns a generator, producing 20 watts of electricity. What was less straightforward, they quickly ...