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NJIT Professor Awarded Prestigious DARPA Fellowship

Wednesday, August 28th, 2019
Kurt Rohloff, a professor of computer science at NJIT’s Ying Wu College of Computing, has been awarded the prestigious DARPA Director’s Fellowship from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The $500,000 grant that comes with the Fellowship will be used to continue to advance deploy...

The Hearst Foundations Promote Diversity in NJIT's Undergraduate Research Community

Tuesday, August 27th, 2019
A five-woman team of undergraduate engineering students is tackling a problem experienced by a diverse and growing population: balance instability. For the elderly, people recovering from strokes and accidents or those living with disorders that affect movement, such as Parkinson’s disease, falls pr...

NJIT Athletics Hosts 21st Annual Highlanders Golf Classic September 16

Tuesday, August 27th, 2019
The Department of NJIT Athletics will hold its 21st Annual Highlanders Golf Classic, presented by GTS Consultants on Monday, September 16, 2019, at Edgewood Country Club in River Vale, NJ.  The Highlanders Golf Classic is one of the largest fundraisers for the athletics department and pav...

NJIT Mourns Death of Alumnus Vincent Naimoli '62

Tuesday, August 27th, 2019
Vincent Naimoli,  a 1962 graduate of the Newark College of Engineering (now New Jersey Institute of Technology) and namesake of the Naimoli Family Athletic and Recreational Facility, has died. He was 81.  Naimoli attended Notre Dame as an undergraduate on a Navy ROTC scholarship...

FAQs Regarding Newark's Water Filters and Efforts to Address Lead in the Water

Tuesday, August 27th, 2019
NJIT proactively tests the water at all campus locations. NJIT has been unaffected by the Newark water main issues and has replaced older drinking fountains that could cause issues due to lead solder used for initial installation. To learn more about NJIT's water testing protocols, visit https:...

The Makerspace at NJIT Wins $125,000 in a U.S. Small Business Administration Competition

Friday, August 23rd, 2019
The Makerspace at NJIT, New Jersey Institute of Technology’s training-focused, rapid prototyping facility, is the winner of a $125,000 award from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to advance careers in advanced manufacturing. NJIT is one of 12 winners of the SBA’s MaTCH Pilot Competition...

#NJITSummer Success

Friday, August 23rd, 2019
    As the #NJITSummer comes to a close, so are the internships and research experiences that began just a few short months ago after school let out. The NJIT staff and faculty are proud to see our fellow Highlanders succeed through their internships and real-world experiences. Here are...

Math Success Initiative Holds True to Its Name

Friday, August 23rd, 2019
It was an intense seven-week program of math enrichment in algebra, pre-calculus and calculus, coupled with college and SAT prep, and on-campus recreation. When it concluded Aug. 9 at a ceremony in the Campus Center Atrium, the 35 rising 12th-graders who participated in the inaugural NJIT/Newark Mat...

NJIT Grad Leaves Roc Nation Success With Empire State of Mind

Thursday, August 22nd, 2019
Like many young New Jersey commuters making the morning trek through the Lincoln Tunnel into New York City, Jenessey Amparo-Rosario Morel would shuffle through her phone’s music playlist to find familiar star names like Rihanna, Shakira and Jay-Z. However, for Morel, those particular popular artists...

Program started by NJIT Professor Spreading Entrepreneurial Spirit Around the World

Wednesday, August 21st, 2019
Three times a year, NJIT’s Osama Eljabiri makes the trip to Medellin, Colombia, as part of his Real World Connections (RWC) program. RWC mirrors a program he started more than a decade ago in New Jersey for middle school and high school students, designed to help them innovate, create and gain real...