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NJIT Awarded $1.1 Million to Broaden Access for Low-Income, First-Gen College Students

Thursday, August 25th, 2022
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has been awarded three Upward Bound grants by the U.S. Department of Education totaling $1,168,939 that will help pave the way for hundreds of Newark high school students to pursue a college degree. Upward Bound — one of seven federal TRIO programs crea...

4 NJIT Administrators Rank Highly Among ROI-NJ's 2022 Influencers

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022
ROI-NJ recognized four NJIT leaders, two innovative majors and a new building in its 2022 list of the most influential people and programs in New Jersey higher education. The NJIT administrators that made ROI-NJ’s annual higher education influencer list are: Teik C. Lim, president of NJIT; Atam Dhaw...

NJIT Featured in The Princeton Review's 'Best 388 Colleges' Guide for 2023

Wednesday, August 17th, 2022
At NJIT, students  are  “learning  on  an  Ivy  League  level,”  getting  “practical  career-focused  education”  at  “a  fairly  affordable  price.” - The Princeton Review New Jersey Institute of Technology has again be...

Highlander Foundry Showcase Gives Students Opportunity to Present their Startups

Wednesday, August 10th, 2022
After concluding their eight-week summer program, NJIT students presented their startups, giving them an opportunity to experience entrepreneurship and business creation. The Highlander Foundry program is a summer startup incubator that helps NJIT students and alumni grow with the same techniques an...

Smart Microrobots Learn How to Swim and Navigate with Artificial Intelligence

Thursday, August 4th, 2022
Researchers from Santa Clara University, New Jersey Institute of Technology and the University of Hong Kong have been able to successfully teach microrobots how to swim via deep reinforcement learning, marking a substantial leap in the progression of microswimming capability. There has been tremendo...

NJIT Student's Nonprofit Helps Diverse Voices Dive Into Shark Science

Monday, July 25th, 2022
July’s annual Shark Week and SharkFest have become can’t-miss TV events for nature lovers, but for NJIT Ph.D. student Amani Webber-Schultz, getting up-close-and-personal with the ocean’s most famous apex predators is not just a year-round occupation — it’s a vehicle for social ch...

Two Law, Technology and Culture Majors Win Gilman Scholarships to Study in South Korea

Thursday, July 21st, 2022
Two NJIT undergraduates won the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad in South Korea. Kiaja Jones ‘23 and Destiny Adeleye ‘23, both from Newark, shared their experiences on the process that led them to pursue a Gilman Scholarship and how this award will shape their future care...

NJIT Honors Scholar Pursues PhD in Bioengineering at UMD

Wednesday, July 13th, 2022
Next up for NJIT biomedical engineering graduate Amal Shabazz: the Ph.D. program in bioengineering at the University of Maryland. But first, the Albert Dorman Honors Scholar has a 10-week summer internship at Pfizer in Andover, Mass. Her four years in University Heights were filled with helpful ment...

NJIT Hosts NJ's First Forensic Science Education Conference

Thursday, July 7th, 2022
While shows such as CSI and Dexter have made the world of forensic science a hit on television, the field is also quickly become a hit in classrooms as well, evidenced by the recent turnout at NJIT for the first-ever Forensic Science Education Conference held in Ne...

Teik C. Lim Begins Tenure as Ninth President of NJIT

Friday, July 1st, 2022
July 1 marks the first day of Dr. Teik C. Lim’s appointment as president of New Jersey Institute of Technology. “My wife, Gina, and I are ecstatic to be joining the NJIT community, and we are excited about the opportunities and challenges that await us,” said Dr. Lim. “It was an honor to be selected...