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NJIT Students Come Together to Collect Water for Newark Community

Monday, November 18th, 2019
Spurred through competition amongst student organizations, NJIT's student senate started a water collection competition for the Newark community and challenged each other to try and collect the most bottled water. In total, roughly 300 cases of water were collected throughout th...

Men's Soccer Captures First ASUN Conference Tournament Title

Sunday, November 17th, 2019
NJIT's Regsan Watkins, the Most Valuable Player of the ASUN Conference Tournament, scored the game-winning goal in the 86th minute, leading the top-seeded Highlanders to its first-ever ASUN Conference Tournament title with a 2-1 victory over No. 2 FGCU Saturday evening at Lubetkin Field at Mal ...

NJIT's Chrystoff Camacho Wins an Edison Patent Award for an Aerial Reforestation Device

Friday, November 15th, 2019
Chrystoff Camacho, an inventor and budding entrepreneur who developed an aerial reforestation device while he was an engineering technology student at NJIT, received a Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award from the Research & Development Council of New Jersey for his drone-deployed seed capsule. Cama...

Images from NJIT Big Bear Solar Observatory Peel Away Layers of a Stellar Mystery

Thursday, November 14th, 2019
An international team of scientists, including three researchers from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), has shed new light on one of the central mysteries of solar physics:  how energy from the Sun is transferred to the star’s upper atmosphere, heating it to 1 million degrees Fahrenhei...

Data Science Expert Bader Looks to Fed Funding for Info Analysis

Thursday, November 14th, 2019
Data science has reached a point where techniques such as deep learning can beat humans at recognizing objects, although experts are still figuring out how to make explainable predictions from massive data, NJIT distinguished professor David Bader said. Bader leads the university's Institute for Da...

NJIT Men's Basketball Featured on SportsCenter's Top 10

Thursday, November 14th, 2019
Shyquan Gibbs' heroic shot in the final second completed the 20-point comeback and lifted NJIT to its first victory of the season.

Save Time and Money, Two Degrees in Five Years with the BS-MS Program

Thursday, November 14th, 2019
For Elena Prokhorova, the decision to begin taking master’s level courses while still a computer science undergrad came down to personal interest, as she wanted more options than what was available in the undergraduate catalog.  While reviewing potential classes for her senior year, she also s...

NJIT Professor Emeritus Receives Presidential Award for Science, Mathematics & Engineering Mentoring

Thursday, November 14th, 2019
Howard Kimmel, professor emeritus in chemical engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), has received a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM). He is one of 15 awardees nationwide and the only recipient in New Jersey this year. B...

Practical Project Experience Provides Students With Valuable Career Preparation

Tuesday, November 12th, 2019
Employment is becoming increasingly skills-focused. Indeed, the abilities to communicate effectively, problem-solve and quickly learn and apply new technologies, for instance, are proving to be of the utmost importance for landing jobs and nurturing early careers. With this in mind, NJIT’s Martin T...

Message from NJIT President Bloom - Veterans Day

Monday, November 11th, 2019
NJIT Community Members, Alumni and Friends,   Today we observe Veterans Day and express our gratitude for those who have served our nation in the United States Armed Forces. This is a day to reflect upon the selflessness and bravery of our veterans as well as that of their families and l...