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NJIT Hosts Launch of the NJIT Campus Gateway MLK Project, Phase 1

Wednesday, April 25th, 2018
Continuing its positive trajectory of campus and community development, NJIT hosted today the launch of Phase 1 of the NJIT Campus Gateway MLK Project. “We are very excited about what this project will do for University Heights, NJIT, and the City of Newark as a whole,” said Joel S. Bloom, Presiden...

NJIT Undergraduate Amir Elzomor Publishes Acclaimed Guide to the World of Heart Genomics

Wednesday, April 25th, 2018
Since the Human Genome Project was completed in 2003, the race toward the next era of patient care — genomic medicine — was on.  However, advances in being able to treat patients based on their genetic information have also reshaped the training needed for nearly three million nurses in the U....

Among NJIT's Women Engineers, Junior Jaasrini Vellore is Judged "Outstanding"

Wednesday, April 25th, 2018
Success in a Snapshot: Jaasrini Vellore*, a biomedical engineering student who specializes in biomaterials, was honored at the 2018 NCE Salute to Excellence as the Madame Mau Outstanding Female Engineering Student. Although she’s a junior, Vellore’s accomplishments – from a 3.96 GPA, ...

Amanda Helminsky and Mayar Eltony Named to 2018 ASUN Women's Tennis Second-Team All-Conference

Monday, April 23rd, 2018
NJIT women's tennis players Amanda Helminsky and Mayar Eltony were named to the 2018 ASUN Second-Team All-Conference the league office announced on the eve of the ASUN Women's Tennis Tournament. Eltony, a 2017 ASUN All-Freshmen Team and first-team honoree, tabs second-team honors at No. 2 singles w...

Blake Brancato Breaks 5K Record at 2018 Larry Ellis Invitational

Monday, April 23rd, 2018
Blake Brancato broke the 5K record at the 2018 Larry Ellis Invitational held at Princeton Friday. The senior was the only Highlander participant at the invite. Brancato broke the 5K record coming in first with a time of 14:45.48, three seconds faster than the second place finisher from Villanova.

IBM Boot Camp Is a 'Shoe-in' for Student Success

Monday, April 23rd, 2018
Last fall NJIT entered into a first-of-its-kind partnership with IBM Global University Programs to deliver digital technologies and education to NJIT students. Not only is NJIT the first university in the country to adopt the venerable technology corporation’s IBM Skills Academy, it also is the only...

NJIT's Top Student Researchers Take Center Stage at Dana Knox Student Research Showcase

Friday, April 20th, 2018
This month, the work of NJIT’s top student researchers was put on display at the 2018 Knox Student Research Showcase, “A Glimpse Into the Future”.  The showcase, which annually honors outstanding research done at NJIT by its graduate and undergraduate students, awarded Najmaddin Akhundov first...

NJIT's Engineers Celebrate Homegrown Talent at the 20th Annual NCE Salute to Excellence

Friday, April 20th, 2018
With cherry blossoms at peak season, more than 200 members of the Newark College of Engineering (NCE) community gathered this week at Nanina’s in Branch Brook Park to pay tribute to their own – high-flying seniors setting off on careers, alumni who have already made their mark on the world, and prof...

NJIT Ranks #1 in Forbes list for Student Upward Mobility

Wednesday, April 18th, 2018
A recent report from Forbes ranks NJIT #1 nationally for colleges with the highest percentage of students from the bottom fifth of the income distribution who end up in the top fifth. The study is based on an analysis by The Equality of Opportunity Project which compares the financial status of a st...

NJIT Launches Program to Expand Access to M.S. Degrees in Computing

Wednesday, April 18th, 2018
NJIT, one of the nation’s leading public technological universities, will offer a new program this fall that puts students on the fast track to earn a master’s degree in one of six graduate programs offered by the Department of Computer Science at Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC). Designed ...