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Using the Internet of Things to Teach Computer Science to High School Students

Monday, October 19th, 2020
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a network of billions of devices like cell phones, cars, smart TVs and home alarms connected to the internet. It's also the idea behind the innovative curriculum that Pramod Abichandani and Prateek Shekhar are developing to teach computer science and software engineer...

NJIT Magazine – Fall 2020 Issue

Friday, October 16th, 2020
Dear NJIT Community Member, I hope this email finds you safe and well! I am pleased to send you the Fall 2020 issue of NJIT Magazine, which is a digital-only edition. Within these pages, you will find uplifting stories on the success of recent graduates, the appointment of a new chief information o...

New Admissions Option Will Increase Honors Student Enrollment

Friday, October 16th, 2020
Albert Dorman Honors College welcomed more than 70 additional students this year as part of a new program called Dean's Scholars, designed to allow for a more robust honors education across campus. The program admits scholars from the College of Science and Liberal Arts, Hillier College of Architect...

Q&A with NJIT's BoT Chair and Stryker's President of Digital, Robotics, and Enabling Technologies

Friday, October 16th, 2020
This month, three-time NJIT alum and new Board of Trustees Chair Robert C. Cohen ’83, ’84, ’87 was promoted to President of Digital, Robotics and Enabling Technologies at Stryker Corporation, one of the world’s leading medical technology companies, with facilities in N.J. Alongside his longstand...

'NJIT Magazine' Fall 2020 Edition Available Now

Friday, October 16th, 2020

Hispanic Heritage Month

Thursday, October 15th, 2020
Dear NJIT Community Members, NJIT is proud to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month this October, and we recognize that diversity is among our university’s greatest strengths. It is a key component of learning and innovation, because hearing the perspectives of those with varied backgrounds, cultures, a...

NJIT Earns Recertification in Active Threat, Emergency Response Preparedness

Tuesday, October 13th, 2020
The ALICE Training Institute has recertified NJIT in active threat and emergency response efforts, with 82% of its full-time staff and faculty completing online training that’s designed to safeguard the campus community in the event of an active threat. To achieve recertification, NJIT’s Department ...

Former NASA Astronaut Bernard Harris Joins NJIT Forum on Post-COVID STEM Learning

Tuesday, October 13th, 2020
On Oct. 8, NJIT welcomed former NASA astronaut and noted STEM education leader Bernard Harris at its annual STEM School Leadership Forum, sponsored by NJIT's Center for Pre-College Programs (CPCP) — an event that attracted scores of educators virtually for a discussion on what the future of post-CO...

Honors Students Learn to Merge Information Tech and Social Consciousness

Tuesday, October 13th, 2020
Ying Wu College of Computing Assistant Prof. Michael Lee, in an effort to help informatics students consider social consciousness, began teaching a new course last spring, Design Thinking: Addressing Structural Inequality, which will be offered again in spring 2021 due to its success. The course, IS...

Institute for Data Science Unveils 2020-2021 Talks, Many to Discuss COVID-19

Monday, October 12th, 2020
About two dozen experts on data science are giving seminars to the NJIT community this semester and next, with many of them excited to participate virtually from far away with the students and faculty here in New Jersey . David Bader, director of NJIT's Institute for Data Science, said he is excited...