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It's Official! NJIT Unveils Leir Research Institute for Business, Technology, and Society

Thursday, May 24th, 2018
It was a gathering to not only inaugurate a new research institute on the NJIT campus, but also celebrate a longstanding relationship between the university and a committed foundation partner and benefactor. On April 30, NJIT administrators, faculty, staff and students, as well as distinguished gues...

Graduates Share Diverse Success Stories Across Science and Liberal Arts

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018
This spring, NJIT’s 2018 College of Science and Liberal Arts Awards honored an exclusive group of its undergraduate and graduate seniors with the CSLA Outstanding Student Award — a distinction annually given to students who have demonstrated the highest level of excellence in their field. We c...

NJIT Grad is Now a Medicolegal Death Investigator

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018
For some, the work of a professional “death investigator” might sound like something straight out of “Law & Order” and “CSI.”  However, for Carly Berdan ’18, that job will soon be a very real career. With her graduate coursework completed, Berdan will soon wrap up her master’s thesis at...

A Gathering of Go-getters: NJIT Celebrates 2017-2018 Scholarship Recipients

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018
The competition for scholarships and fellowships grows fiercer every year. Still, there’s good news: At NJIT, students are increasingly receiving notable awards that provide opportunities to do research, study abroad (both, in certain cases) and more. Just as the spring 2018 semester was coming to ...

Three Highlander Programs Receive NCAA Academic Performance Public Recognition

Monday, May 21st, 2018
Three NJIT Athletic programs were recognized in the 2018 NCAA Division I Academic Performance Program for ranking in the top 10 percent for Academic Progress Rate (APR) in their respective sport announced on Wednesday. The NJIT men's cross country, men's volleyball and women's v...

At 74, Chris Antholis is One of NJIT's Newest Grads

Monday, May 21st, 2018
It was about five minutes after Robert Dresnack’s Water Resources Engineering class had begun when a septuagenarian poked his head into the room. Puzzled, the professor inquired, “May I help you?” In fact, he could. “I’m a student in this class,” replied Chris Antholis, then 72, who was six ye...

NJIT Clinches Spot in ASUN Tournament with Doubleheader Sweep Over North Florida

Monday, May 21st, 2018
NJIT clinched a spot in the 2018 ASUN Conference Tournament with a doubleheader sweep, 3-1 and 7-1, over visiting North Florida Thursday afternoon in ASUN Conference action at Jim Hynes '63 Stadium on the campus of Kean University. With Thursday's sweep over the Ospreys, NJIT will make the programs...

Finance Graduate Harpuneet Kaur Lands Job at IEX

Monday, May 21st, 2018
Harpuneet Kaur is all smiles on a Friday afternoon as she seats herself at a table in the main communal area of The Henry J. and Erna D. Leir Research Institute for Business, Technology, and Society, on the NJIT campus. The Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM) finance major is happy to have he...

NJIT's 102nd Commencement Continues at the WEC

Friday, May 18th, 2018
Following its 102nd commencement ceremony May 16 at the Prudential Center in Newark, which recognized undergraduate and doctoral students, NJIT continued the festivities at its new Wellness and Events Center (WEC) yesterday and today. There, the university conferred degrees to master’s students from...

Flourishing After FEMME: A Pre-College Success Story

Friday, May 18th, 2018
From spending her very early childhood on the island nation of Sri Lanka to moving at the tender age of 8 to the suburbs of New Jersey, Chithma Gunawardana has indeed experienced dramatic change in her life. She has also realized significant achievement: Gunawardana taught herself how to read and wr...