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Heft, A Fintech Fanatic and Volleyball Star, Heading to Brown University

Monday, May 10th, 2021
Logan Heft, a senior business major and NJIT volleyball player, will intern as a business intelligence specialist at Global X ETFs this summer and then head to Brown University in the fall to study for a master's degree in data science. Heft, out of Whitehouse Station, was set to attend The College...

Franzoni's Blast Leads NJIT to Game Two Victory at Stony Brook

Sunday, May 9th, 2021
Senior captain Paul Franzoni's eighth inning home run, a two-run blast over the left field wall, helped push the NJIT baseball team past host Stony Brook in game two of Sunday's doubleheader at Joe Nathan Field. The Highlanders held on to win game two 7-5, after falling short 4-3 in t...

Researchers Explain, and Predict, COVID-19 Spread With Advanced Models

Thursday, May 6th, 2021
Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, health officials seized on contact tracing as the most effective way to anticipate the virus’s migration from the initial, densely populated hot spots and try to curb its spread. Months later, infections were nonetheless recorded in similar patterns in nearly every...

NJIT Shines Again as a Top 100 University in the QS USA Rankings for 2021

Thursday, May 6th, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has been ranked third in New Jersey and in the top 100 nationally in the second annual Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Ranking USA list for 2021. More than 750 institutions across the country were considered for the ranking. At No. 90, NJIT is jo...

Best Places to Work in New Jersey Survey

Wednesday, May 5th, 2021
Dear Faculty and Staff, Next week, we will launch a critical component of the university’s strategic initiative to build NJIT’s reputation as a great place to work: a comprehensive employee satisfaction and engagement assessment by faculty and staff. I ask that you mark your calendars for May 14, w...

Message from President Bloom – Best Places to Work in New Jersey Survey

Wednesday, May 5th, 2021
Dear Faculty and Staff, Next week, we will launch a critical component of the university’s strategic initiative to build NJIT’s reputation as a great place to work: a comprehensive employee satisfaction and engagement assessment by faculty and staff. I ask that you mark your calendars for May 14, w...

NJIT to Honor Class of 2021 With In-Person and Virtual Commencement

Wednesday, May 5th, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology will honor the Class of 2021, in addition to August and December graduates from 2020, through in-person ceremonies on May 12 and 14, and a hybrid ceremony streamed live on May 18. The uniqueness of this year's ceremony is due to local, national and worldwide activ...

Pair of Highlanders Earn 2021 NVA/AVCA All-America Honors

Monday, May 3rd, 2021
A pair of Highlanders, outside hitter Alvaro Gimeno and middle blocker Luca Berger were named to the 2021 National Volleyball Association (NVA)/American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) men's Division I-II All-America team. A two-time AVCA All-American, Gimeno was selected ...

NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 5/3/21-5/7/21

Monday, May 3rd, 2021
Here you will find a weekly listing of updates and announcements for members of the NJIT campus community. Announcements are to be submitted through the form found at https://forms.gle/V6PBxUy5b3jkErMc8. Those submitted by each Thursday will be included in the following week's Updates and Announceme...

Missing the NJIT Campus? Engineering Student Made One in Minecraft

Monday, May 3rd, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology has a new campus, but you can only go there by computer because civil engineering major Pawel Sierhej built it entirely in Minecraft. Sierhej, a junior who commutes from Linden, said he was inspired to build the virtual campus because he missed being at the real o...