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A Spring Afternoon with Sophia and Friends

Wednesday, April 4th, 2018
The first Friday afternoon of Spring 2018 brings an exciting concert to campus — acclaimed pianist Sophia Agranovich will be joined by two of her exceptional students, Mohammed Boubendir and Robert Argasinski. David Dubal, internationally known pianist, author, broadcaster and painter will introduce...

Undergraduate Ecosystems: Underwater with Blind Cavefishes

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018
Neuroecology of Unusual Animals Laboratory How do nervous systems evolve and adapt to extreme environments? The Soares lab uses neuroethological and ecological methods to understand the evolution of neural adaptation, examining the evolution of circuitries, behavioral adaptation and sensory novelty...

A Whole New Ball Game: Alumna Scores Job as Data Scientist for Philadelphia 76ers

Thursday, March 29th, 2018
NJIT alumni continue to prove that when armed with a degree from one of the nation’s leading public high-tech universities, trails are blazed and professional dreams really do come true. Just ask alumna Ivana Seric ’17, who was able to turn her love of sports, math and science into a dream job wi...

Score! Soccer Alumna Accepted Into Women Athletes Business Network

Wednesday, March 28th, 2018
“One of the things that I’m pretty passionate about is women being competitive and not having negative connotations around being competitive… I think that sometimes women don’t embrace that enough,” said Erika Taugher ’08, ’09, a star soccer alumna who earned a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering a...

Men's and Women's Tennis Open ASUN Action with Wins Over USC Upstate

Monday, March 26th, 2018
NJIT men's and women's tennis won their opening ASUN matches with wins over USC Upstate at the Naimoli Tennis Center on Saturday. "Great start to our conference schedule", said men's head coach Ira Miller about the 6-1 victory. "Doubles was tight but we pulled out the point and rode the momentum in...

NJIT Students Take No. 2 Spot in Health Care Competition

Monday, March 26th, 2018
Who better to develop ways to encourage young people to watch after their health than other young people? Such was the reasoning behind the first-ever Horizon BlueCross BlueShield of New Jersey’s (BCBSNJ) Health Care Transformation Challenge, conducted last year. The contest asked undergraduate stu...

Computer Technology Major Lands a Job at CISCO

Friday, March 23rd, 2018
This July, soon-to-be NJIT graduate Michael Bouzaglo will be happily settled in Raleigh, N.C., as an associate systems engineer (SE) for CISCO, a leader in the information technology (IT) and networking industry. He will receive training through the CISCO Sales Associate Program (CSAP) for his new r...

A Mathematician Takes Aim at Gunk

Thursday, March 22nd, 2018
Some industrial processes seem to resist optimization. Filters impervious to the slings and arrows of accumulated “gunk” – the particles, minerals and organic buildup that foul water treatment facilities, nuclear power plants and even breweries – are prime among them. And that’s where the mathemati...

One Year In, East Orange Shines as 'Future Ready' Exemplar of Digital Learning

Wednesday, March 21st, 2018
Paulette Salomon distinctly recalls April of 2016 as a critical point in her school district’s journey to provide the right digital learning resources and opportunities to the students of East Orange, New Jersey — a district where she has been an educator for 22 years, and has served as the educatio...

NJIT Volleyball Sweeps EIVA Conference Weekly Honors

Tuesday, March 20th, 2018
Alvaro Gimeno and Luca Berger were named Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA) Offensive Player of the Week and Defensive Player of the Week, respectively, the EIVA Conference announced Monday afternoon. Gimeno, the Highlanders newcomer, notches his first EIVA Offensive Player of th...