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NJIT Climbs the Rankings of U.S. News & World Report, A Top 50 Public University

Monday, September 13th, 2021
– No. 103 among National Universities, up 15 spots from last year – NJIT Ranks 46th among public universities – Reputation score up for second year in a row; tied for second nationally in reputation growth over the last four years – Top 100 Best Value School New Jersey Institute of Technology ha...

NJIT Senior Finds Hispanic Role Models in Software Internships

Tuesday, August 31st, 2021
From NJIT to Apple to Google and back, senior computer science and mathematics major Ricky Palaguachi always expands his peer network around those who share Hispanic heritage. On campus, he's the webmaster for the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), which welcomes students from any m...

Liftoff: NJIT Grads Enter Facebook, Merck, Air Force, Brown University

Tuesday, August 31st, 2021
Facebook, Merck, Brown University, the University of Minnesota, Venture for America and the U.S. Air Force are among the destinations of standouts from the Class of 2021 at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Here’s a closer look at seven graduates.  Roberto Adamson: Eidgenössische Techni...

A New Brand of Ethics: NJIT's New Center Trains Tomorrow's Responsible Researchers

Friday, August 20th, 2021
Amid the many new lab facilities that have recently risen across NJIT’s campus, Associate Professor of Philosophy Britt Holbrook is laying the groundwork for an initiative he contends will be just as vital in driving impactful research and innovation at the university and beyond for years to come — ...

NJIT Undergrad Braeden Perdue Speaks at White House COVID-19 Press Event with Dr. Fauci

Wednesday, August 11th, 2021
In the span of just a few short weeks, NJIT student Braeden Perdue has gone from taking a summer job as a community organizer helping promote COVID-19 vaccine education and access across New Jersey, to becoming a voice for health care equality during the pandemic that has reached the White House and...

Undergraduate Research and Innovation on Display at NJIT Symposium

Wednesday, August 11th, 2021
Countless hours of research and preparation were on display at the Undergraduate Summer Research and Innovation (URI) Symposium as 134 students presented 108 projects to a group of peers, NJIT faculty and URI External Advisory Board members. The board selected three top project presentations for the...

NJIT Launches a Campus Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors

Wednesday, August 4th, 2021
In conjunction with the 2021 Summer Research Symposium, NJIT launched a campus chapter of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), an organization founded in 2010 to recognize and promote academic technology and innovation and to encourage its translation into devices and services that benefit socie...

NJIT's Julie Ancis Features in New Documentary Exploring Social Media 'Vitriol'

Thursday, July 29th, 2021
Vitriol — it’s not hard to find anywhere you look across Twitter, Reddit, Facebook and elsewhere online. The growing dilemma of our polarizing online discourse is also now the subject of a new documentary set to hit film festivals, featuring NJIT Cyberpsychology Director Julie Ancis. The film,&nbsp...

Big Bear Solar Observatory Becomes Home to NSF's SOLIS Telescope

Thursday, July 22nd, 2021
NJIT’s Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research and National Solar Observatory announce construction to bring NSF’s SOLIS facility to Big Bear Solar Observatory, paving the way for decades of richer observations of the Sun and explosive space weather events. NJIT-Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research ...

$1.4 Million Federal Grant Launches NJIT Forensic Science Initiative

Wednesday, July 14th, 2021
Federal funding supporting New Jersey’s “Opportunity Meets Innovation” higher education challenge will introduce Newark high school students to forensic science as a pathway to college – and a STEM education – under a new program from New Jersey Institute of Technology. The NJIT Forensic Science In...