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Highlanders Take a Trip to the Federal Reserve

Monday, October 7th, 2019
As the state of our economy receives greater and greater attention, last week a group of Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM) business students were given the opportunity to leave their classrooms and see things for themselves at the New York Federal Reserve in New York City. Organized by Zhip...

NJIT Shuts Out VMI, 5-0, Rene White Becomes NJIT D1 All-Time Scoring Leader

Saturday, October 5th, 2019
NJIT redshirt junior Rene White scored a pair of goals and became NJIT's Division I All-Time scoring leader with 28 goals as the Highlanders shutout visiting VMI, 5-0, in non-conference men's soccer action on Homecoming Weekend at Lubetkin Field at Mal Simon Stadium.   In pregame cere...

NJIT Student Launching New Mobile Payment App for Small Businesses

Friday, October 4th, 2019
Stop in any Starbucks or McDonalds and you’ll see the signs by the credit card reader: Google Pay accepted here, Apple Pay accepted, or tap to pay.  Visit a vendor at a farmers market and you’ll find many accept credit or debit cards using an attachment on their smartphone from Square or Clove...

A Pioneer in Automation Receives NJIT's 2019 Excellence in Research Award

Friday, October 4th, 2019
MengChu Zhou, a pioneer in automation science and engineering who optimizes systems, from manufacturing, to data centers, to transportation, to glean efficiencies and improve outcomes, is this year’s winner of NJIT’s Excellence in Research award. Zhou, distinguished professor of electrical and comp...

NJIT Students Come in 1st With Election-Inspired Hackathon Project

Friday, October 4th, 2019
It was a timely inspiration that garnered two Honors College students a first-place hackathon win. With the upcoming election season expected to be fraught with doctored videos of famous figures aiming to influence voters — known as deepfakes — Aarati Srikumar and George Aboudiwan, along with two te...

NJIT Promotes Lenny Kaplan to Associate Vice President/Director of Athletics

Thursday, October 3rd, 2019
Lenny Kaplan, who has headed New Jersey Institute of Technology's division of physical education and athletics since August 2000, has been promoted to the new title of associate vice president/director of athletics. Kaplan has been instrumental in guiding the program's growth, first at the NCA...

Management School Heads to France for Spring Break Study Abroad

Thursday, October 3rd, 2019
Building on last year’s fruitful trip to Germany, NJIT’s Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM), in collaboration with the university’s Office of Global Initiatives, is again offering a faculty-led study abroad trip during Spring Break — this time to Lyon, France, in March 2020. Students will le...

NJIT Hosts Tech Giants Facebook, Google and Microsoft

Tuesday, October 1st, 2019
NJIT students had a chance to connect with tech powerhouses Facebook, Google and Microsoft during information sessions held on campus. Sessions included tech challenges, puzzle competitions, panel discussions and résumé workshops. Reynald Benoit, ‘06, shared his journey of ending up at Google ...

Aseng, Chamberlain Lead Women's Soccer To 2-1 Win Over UNA

Monday, September 30th, 2019
For the first time since joining the ASUN Conference in 2015, the NJIT women's soccer team has begun league play with a 2-0 record. The Highlanders held off the North Alabama Lions, 2-1, to improve to 5-3-2 on the season and earn back-to-back ASUN victories to open conference play. Jessica Aseng&n...

NJIT Planned Its First Computer Lab 65 Years Ago, Used for Dissertations

Monday, September 30th, 2019
There were no digital computers at NJIT, known as Newark College of Engineering, in 1960. This was not a unique situation. Most computers in 1960 were room-sized beasts performing logic through vacuum tubes. A few companies made smaller machines, when small was a relative term meaning something abo...