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Pair of Highlanders Earn AVCA All-America Honors

Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
A pair of Highlanders, outside hitter Alvaro Gimeno and middle blocker Luca Berger were named to the 2020 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) men's Division I-II All-America team. Gimeno, Uvaldo Acosta Memorial Co-Player of the Year and first-team honoree in the EIVA, was selected to the ...

Experts on Built Environment Design Training For Scoring Energy Efficiency

Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
Members of NJIT’s Center for Building Knowledge (CBK) have produced training material for how to use the first standardized tool for evaluating and scoring the energy efficiency of buildings. Approximately 129 million households and more than 4.7 million commercial buildings account for close to 40%...

NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 4/20/20-4/24/20

Monday, April 20th, 2020
Here you will find a weekly listing of updates and announcements for members of the NJIT campus community. Announcements are to be submitted through the form found at https://forms.gle/V6PBxUy5b3jkErMc8 or by your area vice president to Deric Raymond, director of content planning and intelligence, i...

Computer Science Alum Leads Mask-Making Effort in Morris County

Friday, April 17th, 2020
A team of teachers in Morris and Essex counties, looking to do their part to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic, has produced almost 500 face masks, 700 face shields and 1,400 ear guards, led by NJIT alumna Jessica Liatys of the class of 2010. Liatys teaches technology education at Chatham Middle Scho...

NJIT Hires Newark Homegrown Talent

Friday, April 17th, 2020
NJIT has always been part of the fabric of Newark since it was established more than a century ago — and the ties between the two have never been stronger. In demonstrating its commitment to the city, the university became an integral partner in the comprehensive economic development strategy, “Newa...

NJIT Engineers Build New Model to Track COVID-19

Thursday, April 16th, 2020

NJIT 2020 Goldwater Scholar Class Among Largest In U.S.

Thursday, April 16th, 2020
NJIT undergrads continue to earn the nation’s top academic honors, the latest being a new university record of four students named Goldwater Scholars this year by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. The scholarship is recognized among the country’s most prestigiou...

NJIT Security Expert Applies Startup's Tech to COVID-19 Tracing

Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
The healthcare process of identifying who traveled close to contagious patients, known as contact tracing, typically assumes a lack of privacy — but NJIT cybersecurity expert Kurt Rohloff said his software is a good match to fix this. Rohloff is known in the computer security field for his work in h...

'Shark Tank' Gives Deals to Professor, Alum of Industrial Design Program

Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
An adjunct professor and an alumnus, both affiliated with the Hillier College of Architecture and Design, recently earned funding for their start-up companies on the television show Shark Tank. Professional designer and instructor Krystal Persaud took in $150,000 for her solar charging products, whi...

With an NSF RAPID Grant, NJIT Engineers Build a New Model to Track COVID-19

Tuesday, April 14th, 2020
A team of environmental engineers at NJIT is developing a new way to track the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus, by combining advanced statistical methods with models that incorporate environmental conditions, such as wind speed, temperature and social distancing. To date, modelers are la...