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NJIT Grad Students Invent Slick New Dating App

Monday, February 6th, 2017
Online dating has become a way of life for folks looking for love in the freewheeling, tap-and-swipe culture that dominates the 21st century. According to the Pew Research Center, online dating sites or mobile dating app usage by 18-to 24-year-olds has increased nearly threefold since 2013, while u...

Helping to Make Written Words Matter at NJIT

Thursday, February 2nd, 2017
Words have consequences. Whether spoken or written, the words we choose to use matter profoundly across the spectrum of our relationships with others. They matter from the very personal communication we share with those closest to us, to achieving success in school and the workplace, to engaging in ...

Graduate Openhouse

Friday, January 20th, 2017
Join us for our Graduate Open House and find out how NJIT can help you advance your degree and career!  You will have the opportunity to: Meet the Admissions team and find out more about the graduate admissions process and requirements Learn more about the different graduate degre...

College Factual Ranks NJIT’s Information Systems Program Best in the Nation

Thursday, January 19th, 2017
College Factual, a leading source of college data analytics and insights, has ranked NJIT’s information systems program the best in the United States.  The program was ranked 1 out of 333 nationwide and ranked 1 out of 14 in New Jersey, making it the best IS program in the state and the coun...

The Grades Are In: Two Engineering Professors Earn an A+ for Teaching

Thursday, January 19th, 2017
There are top-notch teachers who expertly transmit what they know in class. But more influential still are the mentors who immerse their students so thoroughly in their subject matter they feel like they’ve lived it. Those experiences can be life-changing. Ronald Rockland, chairman of NJIT’s Departm...

NJIT Engineers Win an Edison Patent Award for Technology that Masks the Taste of Bitter Drugs

Tuesday, January 17th, 2017
Rajesh Davé, distinguished professor of chemical, biological and pharmaceutical engineering, and two of his former graduate students, Maxx Capece and Daniel To, received a Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award from the Research & Development Council of New Jersey for developing a manufacturing process...

The Art of War: Engineering Protective Gear for 21st Century Soldiers

Tuesday, January 17th, 2017
Battle-inflicted head injuries are as old as war itself, evidenced by the copper helmets worn by Bronze Age soldiers to deflect blows from spears and axes. Over the ensuing millennia, as weapons evolved, so did armor. Today, the powerful explosive devices of 21st century warfare have once again rais...

NJIT Grad Talks Digital Design

Monday, January 16th, 2017
Pixar has been entertaining millions for over two decades with brilliant work like “Toy Story,” “The Incredibles” and “Up.” The American film animation studio also continues to inspire budding animation artists, like 2016 graduate Mark Sanna, to create their own art and stories.

Influential Scholar

Friday, January 13th, 2017
A Starr is Born It’s said that the most revolutionary ideas are often the result of spontaneous creativity. For Starr Roxanne Hiltz (Distinguished Professor Emerita of information systems at NJIT), a most-defining moment of genius struck in 1977 while spending a year as a National Science Foundati...

Course Spotlight: Behind the Scenes of the Incredible CoAD Superhero Studio

Friday, January 13th, 2017
During the 2015 fall semester, there was a collective of interior, digital and industrial designers and architects holed up in the Idea Factory on the lower level of Cypress Hall creating the legends of tomorrow. The widely-acclaimed Superhero Studio is a collaborative design workshop headed by Assi...