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Researchers Take Exploration of Key "Building Block" Particles Into Space

Monday, January 6th, 2020
Jan. 6, 2020 -- As part of SpaceX’s CRS-19 resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched Dec. 5, researchers from NASA, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and New York University (NYU) are set to begin a new scientific investigation to explore how a gr...

Businessman, Entrepreneur and Agile Thought Leader: Donald J. Reifer '69

Thursday, January 2nd, 2020
Donald J. Reifer ’69 is recognized as an agile thought leader and a leading figure in the fields of software engineering and management. He has more than 40 years of management experience in industry, academia and government. He is skilled in program/project/product management, development...

Grant Will Help Support Greater Number of Local Pre-College Students

Thursday, January 2nd, 2020
Since 1924, Victoria Foundation has awarded more than $300 million in grants to benefit Newark. One of the country’s oldest private foundations, Victoria dedicates itself to improving the lives of children and families in Newark, and protecting water resources and preserving open spaces throughout t...

Top This! Alumnus Vatsal Shah is "Young Engineer of the Year" for 2019

Tuesday, December 31st, 2019
Vatsal Shah '08, M.S. '09, Ph.D. '14, a civil engineer with Mott MacDonald who oversees the design and construction of foundations – for wind and solar farms, wastewater treatment plants, tunnels and bridges, among others – in starkly diverse landscapes from the East Coast to Texas, is the National ...

Judith Sheft Chosen to Lead Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology as Executive Director

Friday, December 20th, 2019
The New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology (CSIT) today announced that it has named Judith A. Sheft as its executive director. Sheft, who has an extensive background in fostering opportunities for early-stage New Jersey companies and for the next generation of New Jers...

$1 million NSF Grant Awarded to Develop Open Knowledge Network

Friday, December 20th, 2019
Two New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) professors are part of a consortium of 10 organizations that received a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to use technology to assist agencies that manage wildfires, water quality and biodiversity. Ying Wu College of Computing profes...

NJIT Was Early Leader in Giving Microcomputers to New Students in 1980s

Friday, December 20th, 2019
Personal computing evolved from the primordial soup of electronics miniaturization in the 1960s-1970s, and before long the revolution was at full strength in University Heights. Mainframes and servers still handled administrative and research tasks in the 1970s and 1980s, as they do today, although...

NJIT Athletics Announces 2020 Hall of Fame Induction Class

Thursday, December 19th, 2019
NJIT Athletics is proud to announce 11 new members that will make up the 2020 Hall of Fame induction class. The Annual Hall of Fame induction banquet will be held on May 16, 2020 in NJIT's Wellness and Events Center Associate Vice President/Director of Athletics Lenny Kaplan announced. Th...

Architecture Students Learning About Robots in Construction

Thursday, December 19th, 2019
Robotics have been part of NJIT engineering curricula for many years, and now the invasion is encroaching on architecture majors, too. It's important for architects to learn about the abilities and limitations of robots, experts say, because the assembly processes and visual appearance of buildings...

Composting and WEC Solar Panels to Lead Campus Sustainability Efforts in 2020

Wednesday, December 18th, 2019
A solar array atop the Wellness and Events Center, plus a food waste recycling effort, are the first two major sustainability projects underway as part of NJIT's commitment to sustainability in the recently adopted 2025 strategic plan. NJIT also recently became a member of the Association for the A...