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New Jersey Institute of Technology Receives Transformative $3M Donation

Tuesday, October 25th, 2022
Pioneering venture capitalist John Martinson is donating $3 million to New Jersey Institute of Technology to broaden and deepen the curriculum and real-world experiences for top scholars at its Albert Dorman Honors College and throughout the university. The largest single gift in the 27 years of AD...

An Engineer and a Mathematician Win Honors at NJIT's 2022 Excellence in Research Ceremony

Tuesday, October 25th, 2022
Engineer Michel Boufadel, one of the world’s chief experts on oil spills and a frequent consultant on cleanups, is the winner of the Board of Overseers Excellence in Research Award for 2022. Denis Blackmore, a mathematician who specialized in measuring and modeling changes in a range of dynamic syst...

Women's Soccer Holds Off Defending AE Champ Vermont With 2-1 Victory

Sunday, October 23rd, 2022
The NJIT women's soccer team picked up a crucial victory and sent their seniors out in style with a 2-1 win over defending America East champion Vermont Sunday afternoon at Lubetkin Field at Mal Simon Stadium. The Highlanders (4-7-6, 1-4-2 AE) needed a victory to keep their chances of securing the ...

NJIT's 2022 Homecoming Unites Everything that Makes University Great

Thursday, October 20th, 2022
The 2022 Homecoming festivities at New Jersey Institute of Technology welcomed students, parents and alumni to an event-packed weekend that featured music, food, culture and plenty of Highlander spirit. Homecoming kicked off Oct. 6 with a concert by Kenny Beats at the Wellness and Events Center. On...

Murray Turoff: A Pioneer of Instant Messaging

Thursday, October 20th, 2022
Long before social networks, instant messengers, web forums, Internet Relay Chat, AOL, Compuserve, and dial-up bulletin board systems, there was EIES – Electronic Information Exchange System, pronounced like the word eyes.  Developed by Distinguished Professor Emeritus Murray Turoff back in 19...

NJIT Alumna, Faculty Earn Prestigious Engineering Award

Wednesday, October 19th, 2022
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has bestowed on NJIT alumna General (retired) Ellen M. Pawlikowski the 2022 Arthur M. Bueche Award. Pawlikowski joins distinguished professor Louis Lanzerotti as the second Highlander to receive the award. Established in 1982 by the NAE, the Arthur M. Buech...

'Teik Talks' - Maple Hall

Tuesday, October 18th, 2022
Join NJIT President Teik C. Lim as he gets a first-hand look at NJIT's newest residence building, Maple Hall. Maple Hall, the new apartment-style residential building at NJIT, officially opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 29. The building has extensive amenities such as a well-equippe...

Riley Jones Named America East Rookie of the Week

Monday, October 17th, 2022
For the second time this year, NJIT women's soccer has picked up an America East weekly award in back-to-back weeks. Freshman Riley Jones has been named the America East Rookie of the Week, the league announced Monday morning. The award is NJIT's fourth weekly accolade of the season, following Ciar...

S&P Global Ratings Raises Financial Outlook on NJIT

Monday, October 17th, 2022
S&P Global Ratings has raised its financial outlook on New Jersey Institute of Technology, based on a “firmer enrollment trend and expectations of improved financial operating performance,” the rating agency said. NJIT’s outlook is now “stable,” while the university’s long-term credit rating re...

NJIT's Junior Police Academy: Instruction, Drills, Play and a Trip

Friday, October 14th, 2022
Participation in a summer program that brings Newark middle-schoolers to the campus of NJIT to introduce them to public safety officers and learn the finer points of policing has more than tripled in its first three years, leading organizers to consider launching second program for high school stude...