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Tech Entrepreneur Robert Tarantino '90 Has Been Part of NJIT's Innovation Ecosystem for 30 Years

Monday, April 22nd, 2019
Before his freshman year had even begun, Robert Tarantino ’90 had embarked on more professional ventures than many people do in a lifetime: computer systems manager, programmer, journeyman tool and die maker and software developer. But in founding his high-tech start-up, New Jersey Precision T...

These Employers Are This Year's Tops for Supporting NJIT Students

Monday, April 22nd, 2019
NJIT’s Career Development Services (CDS) paid tribute to an array of recruiting partners at its annual Awards and Recognition Ceremony, held April 2 in the Campus Center Atrium. There, CDS staff acknowledged the important relationship between the university and employers in advancing the professiona...

NJIT Computer Science Professor's Startup Places in Top 2 of IT Security Competition

Sunday, April 21st, 2019
Duality Technologies, a startup company co-founded by a NJIT Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) professor, was the first runner up in the Innovation Sandbox Competition at the RSA Conference, the security industry’s leading meeting of the minds. Associate Professor Kurt Rohloff’s startup applies a...

Students Share Discovery and Success at Dana Knox Research Showcase

Thursday, April 18th, 2019
This week, nearly 50 of the year’s most promising NJIT student-researchers gathered to present their work to the campus community at the university’s annual year-end research competition — the 2019 Dana Knox Showcase “A Glimpse Into the Future.” At this year’s event, held open to the public on...

Award Honors NJIT and University President for Commitment to Newark

Wednesday, April 17th, 2019
NJIT and the university’s president, Joel S. Bloom, have been recognized by the Newark Regional Business Partnership (NRBP) for their commitment to revitalizing Newark to help “make the City a better place to live, work or visit.” Both were publicly acknowledged April 2 at The Newark Museum, where t...

NJIT Announces Launch of "Newark Live Local" Incentive Program

Friday, April 12th, 2019
Beginning April 15, 2019, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will join a growing citywide initiative introduced to encourage its employees to “live local.” NJIT President Joel S. Bloom formally announced that the university will provide its faculty and staff with new special incentives as pa...

Alvaro Gimeno Earns Sports Imports/AVCA Player of the Week

Friday, April 12th, 2019
Sophomore Alvaro Gimeno has been selected Sports Import/American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Player of the Week the organization announced on Tuesday. In a 2-0 week for the Highlanders, Gimeno averaged 5.17kps, combining for a .490 hitting percentage and totaling 39.5 points. T...

Students Join the Force to Enhance Campus Safety

Friday, April 12th, 2019
On any given day, they might be dressing a wound. Or they might be seeing that computers, phones and other personal property are not left unattended. Respectively, they are the student emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and community service officers (CSOs) at NJIT who, as volunteer members of a p...

NJIT to Confer Honorary Doctorates at 103rd Commencement Exercises May 21, 2019

Thursday, April 11th, 2019
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy to Deliver 2019 Commencement Address and Receive Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will award more than 3,000 baccalaureate, master’s and doctoral degrees at the 103rd Commencement exercises May 21, 2019, and May 23, 2019, at...

Newark College of Engineering Celebrates a Century's Worth of Ties That Bind

Thursday, April 11th, 2019
For the latest in a series of eloquent centennial-year tributes to its traditions and people, a record crowd of more than 250 flocked to Newark College of Engineering’s 21st annual Salute to Engineering Excellence, held last night at the Park Avenue Club in Florham Park. “What we’ve achieved at NJI...