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NJIT Launches NJ Brownfields Assistance Center

Sunday, March 8th, 2020
New Jersey communities grappling to bring damaged properties to productive reuse will now be able to turn to NJIT experts for advice, as the university recently launched NJ Brownfields Assistance Center @ NJIT, the first of its kind center that solely serves New Jersey. New Jersey statutes define b...

Great Colleges to Work For Survey Bulletin from Dr. Bloom

Friday, March 6th, 2020
Dear Colleagues, I am very pleased to announce that NJIT will participate in the 2020 Great Colleges to Work For Program. The Great Colleges to Work For Program provides senior-level administrators as well as academic leaders with insights regarding the quality of the workplace experience and the c...

Men's Volleyball Upsets No. 11 Princeton in Straight Sets

Friday, March 6th, 2020
NJIT upset No. 11 Princeton in straight sets, 3-0, (30-28, 25-18, 25-22) Friday evening in EIVA men's volleyball action inside Dillion Gymnasium. NJIT (9-5 overall, 4-3 EIVA) are winners of three in a row. The Highlanders have now defeated three nationally ranked teams this season – USC (then-ran...

New York Times Data Scientist Tells Students to Prioritize Client Communications

Thursday, March 5th, 2020
Chris Wiggins, chief data scientist at The New York Times, presented on his field Feb. 25 at the Jersey City branch of the Ying Wu College of Computing. Technology is important, but to be a good data scientist it's more important to understand communications skills, explained Wiggins, who holds a P...

Museum Cases Around Campus Being Updated by History Dept. Students

Wednesday, March 4th, 2020
The history of NJIT will become more prominent around campus and online in the next couple of semesters, as a team including two students, a librarian and a historian are working to digitize and expand existing artifact displays. Their goals are to reorganize, digitize and expand the university's m...

Alpha Kappa Psi Team Makes Top 10 in Business Competition's Preliminary Round

Wednesday, March 4th, 2020
By Krishna Sutariya Late last month NJIT’s chapter of Alpha Kappa Psi, a professional business fraternity, won first place in the annual Case Competition held at each location of the Principled Business Leadership Institute (PBLI), “Alpha Kappa Psi’s annual flagship event where students and alumni ...

The AIAA Taps Space Weather Pioneer Louis Lanzerotti for a Career Award

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020
Louis Lanzerotti, a distinguished research professor of physics best known for shedding light on the space environment around Earth and its impact on hardware in space and critical infrastructure on the ground, has been awarded the 2020 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) James...

NJIT's ChemE Students Aim for Diversity and Success, Dazzle on Both Scores

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020
At the American Institute of Chemical Engineering’s (AIChE) inaugural ChemEsports Competition in Orlando last November, Alexander Olowniuk’s eyes were fixed on the bubbling chemicals in his team’s distillation tower, a cylindrical vessel used in plants to separate volatile liquids into their pure fo...

Downsizing the McMansion: Study Gauges a Sustainable Size for Future Homes

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020
What might homes of the future look like if countries were really committed to meeting global calls for sustainability, such as the recommendations advanced by the Paris Agreement and the U.N.’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development? Much wider adoption of smart design features and renewable ener...

Message from President Bloom - Women's History Month

Monday, March 2nd, 2020
NJIT community members, The month of March, for more than 30 years, has been designated as Women’s History Month and is celebrated as a national tradition. At NJIT, we proudly participate in this opportunity to recognize the impact of women on our university, our society, and our world. Throughout...