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NJIT Promotes Digital Readiness Across NJ Educational System

Friday, March 9th, 2018
In February, more than 300 educators, superintendents, technology advisors and engaged citizens from districts throughout New Jersey convened at NJIT to promote digital education at the 2018 Future Ready Schools New Jersey (FRS-NJ) North Regional Certification Summit. As the first of three regional...

$1.5M Grant Launches Henry J. and Erna D. Leir Research Institute Focusing on Business and Industry

Friday, March 9th, 2018
From stock market crashes to climate change, global disruptions pose substantial threats to corporate sustainability. To mitigate risks to their economic security, environmental accountability and social responsibility, companies must be able to identify their vulnerabilities and keep closer tabs on...

NJIT Research Paper on Oil Spill Investigation Featured in American Geophysical Union Publication

Tuesday, March 6th, 2018
NJIT’s Michel Boufadel, professor of civil and environmental engineering, co-authored a paper recently accepted by Geographical Research Letters, an American Geophysical Union (AGU) publication. The paper, “Was the Deepwater Horizon Well Discharge Churn Flow? Implications on the estimation of the o...

5 NJIT Students Selected as 2018 Governor's STEM Scholars

Tuesday, March 6th, 2018
Five NJIT students —  Ivan Mitevski, Kiera Nissen, Omar Qari, Priya Rajbabu and Michael Vitti — have been named 2018 Governor’s STEM Scholars, an honor that is providing them with unique opportunities to learn from and network with New Jersey STEM professionals, research organizations, academic...

NJIT's Civil Engineering Program Ranked Top 10 in the U.S. by College Factual

Monday, March 5th, 2018
New Jersey Institute of Technology’s civil engineering program now ranks among “the top 10 nationally”, according to the latest data published by College Factual. The rankings, which place NJIT’s civil engineering program at #9 and within the top 5 percent of all civil engineering programs offered ...

Lenny Kaplan Named 2017-18 Under Armour Athletics Director of the Year

Monday, March 5th, 2018
Assistant Vice President/Director of Athletics Lenny Kaplan has been named a 2017-18 Division I-AAA Under Armour Athletics Director of the Year (ADOY) award recipient by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA). Kaplan was one of 28 winners. The Athletics Director of th...

Kelly Guarino Selected to 2018 ASUN Conference All-Academic Team

Monday, March 5th, 2018
NJIT senior Kelly Guarino has been selected to the 2018 ASUN Conference All-Academic team. The league office announced postseason honors and awards Thursday. This marks the first selection for Guarino, who is a business major with a concentration in marketing and minor in communications. She earned...

Men's Fencing Ends Conference Season Undefeated; Placed Second at MACFA Championships

Monday, March 5th, 2018
NJIT men's fencing ended the conference regular season undefeated and placed second at the MACFA Championships defeating the 14 teams they competed against. Despite NJIT besting them at the championships, the Highlanders earned second place with 110 wins behind Johns Hopkins who accumulate 111 vict...

NJIT Featured at the National Brownfields Training Conference

Monday, March 5th, 2018
NJIT played a prominent role in the National Brownfields Training Conference sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the International City/County Management Association. Held last December in Pittsburgh, the conference brought together several thousand environmental profess...

Chinese Professionals Arrive at NJIT for a Spring Semester of Study

Monday, March 5th, 2018
They were newly arrived from China for a semester-long, customized, professional development program at NJIT, and for most of them the journey marked their first time coming to the United States. While some of the 10 employees from the China Triumph International Engineering Company, Ltd. (CTIEC)&nb...