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NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 6/28/21-7/2/21

Monday, June 28th, 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...

Entrepreneur Lands Job at Venture For America, Defers Med School

Friday, June 25th, 2021
Parth Agrawal, a 2021 biomedical engineering graduate and Albert Dorman Honors scholar, was accepted to the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. But he’s not going – right away, at least. He deferred admission for a two-year fellowship with Venture For America, a nonprofit organization that trains rec...

COVID-19 Community Vaccination Center at NJIT: 221,450 Inoculations in 90 Days

Friday, June 25th, 2021
As the federally supported COVID-19 Community Vaccination Center at New Jersey Institute of Technology entered its final days, leaders of the operation that ultimately delivered 221,450 vaccinations in 90 days recognized each other for their cooperation, professionalism and humanity. Offi...

Message from NJIT President Joel S. Bloom

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021
NJIT Community Members, I hope this communication finds you well as we continue to progress toward a return to normalcy. After an incredibly busy spring semester at NJIT, during which we successfully brought more than 4,000 people to campus each week for in-person learning and work and graduat...

NJIT Alumnus Alvaro Gimeno Signs Professional Contract to Play Volleyball in Spain

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021
Former NJIT men's volleyball standout Alvaro Gimeno announced on Wednesday, June 23 that he has signed a contract to play professional volleyball for Rio Duero Soria volleyball club in Spain. "At first I would like to thank NJIT, coaches, staff, athletes and teammates for making this expe...

NJ Brownfields Assistance Center @NJIT: Invaluable Know-How with an Action Plan

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021
The NJ Brownfields Assistance Center serves New Jersey communities by providing free training and guidance on how to get brownfields cleaned up for productive redevelopment. Their work includes assistance to community groups developing a strategy for moving local brownfields toward redevelopment, id...

Expertise for High Potential Students and Buildings with Good Bones

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021
A new program called “Blueprint” will launch this fall, with the aim to provide career readiness to selective students in the architecture and interior design programs at Hillier College and Kean University.  Advisory board member Brenda Nyce -Taylor, who is managing director and principal in G...

NSF Funds Collaborations Within an Immersive Augmented Reality Environment

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021
Submitted by Nisha Mistry  My name is Nisha Mistry ‘21, I am a digital design graduate from the Hilliler College of Architecture and Design. Our research project is entitled Molecular Augmented Reality for Design and Engineering (MADE): Effectiveness of AR Models on Discovery, Learning and Edu...

Tesla Engineer & NJIT Alum Talks Product Design, Roofing, & His Cybertruck

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021
Tommy Rodrigues ‘16 came to Hillier College’s industrial design program while employed in the roofing industry. Now he is working at Tesla, based in California, in the role of staff mechanical design engineer. He is part of a team of engineers developing Tesla Solar Roof. He took some time out to sh...

Men's Swimming and Diving Honored by CSCAA as Scholar All-America Team

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2021
The NJIT men's swimming and diving program was once again honored by the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) as one of the 426 overall institutions and 110 Division I men's programs to earn Scholar All-America team honors for the spring semester. The Highlanders put...