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NJIT Makes Global List in QS Subject Rankings

Thursday, March 18th, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology has been ranked in three subject areas in the 2021 QS World University Rankings By Subject list, marking the third year in a row NJIT has earned a spot on the global ranking. The full 2021 rankings — published by Quacquarelli Symonds, an organization specializing i...

NJIT Co-Hosts 2021 Forensic Science Summit for the Criminal Defense Bar

Thursday, March 18th, 2021
This March 23-25, New Jersey Institute of Technology is set to join the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey (ACDL-NJ) and New Jersey State Office of the Public Defender (NJOPD) in co-hosting the 2021 Forensic Science Summit for the Criminal Defense Bar — the leading annual for...

New Study Shows Microplastics Turn Into 'Hubs' for Pathogens, Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

Wednesday, March 17th, 2021
It’s estimated that an average-sized wastewater treatment plant serving roughly 400,000 residents will discharge up to 2,000,000 microplastic particles into the environment each day. Yet, researchers are still learning the environmental and human health impact of these ultra-fine plas...

NJIT Alum Ryan Brown Kicks Off Super Bowl LV with the CBS Sports Team

Thursday, March 4th, 2021
If you were one of the 96.4 million viewers of this year’s Super Bowl LV, chances are you were watching the work of NJIT alum Ryan Brown flash across your TV screen all night without realizing it. Since leaving NJIT with a Communications and Media B.A. degree, Brown ’15 has moved into the posit...

NJIT Theater Debuts Zoom-Based Reboot of 15th Century Play 'Everyman'

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021
The Rutgers-NJIT Theatre Program is taking the classic late-medieval period morality play, Everyman, into the digital age.  The cast and crew have recently debuted their spin on the original for online streamers — titled Every_01: A Morality Play — where audiences ...

Six NJIT Honors College Students Named U.S. Fulbright Semifinalists

Monday, February 22nd, 2021
NJIT students have broken three university records so far this year in pursuit of Fulbright scholarships, submitting a historic high of 11 applications, followed by another milestone achievement – the elevation of six to the semifinal round, including a first-ever candidate for study in the U.K., on...

Strategy for Instruction: NJIT Responds to the Pandemic in Forward-Thinking Fashion

Thursday, February 18th, 2021
Last year, as the COVID-19 pandemic began its inexorable march across the country, NJIT, along with higher education institutions nationwide, faced an unprecedented challenge: how to best move to fully remote instruction, both quickly and safely. Immediately, the university drew upon its technologic...

NJIT Physics Professor Philip Goode Named American Astronomical Society Fellow

Thursday, February 11th, 2021
Philip R. Goode, distinguished research professor of physics at NJIT’s Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (CSTR), has been named 2021 Fellow of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) — the leading organization of professional astronomers in North America established in 1899. The fellowship ...

As NJIT Preps for Next Career Fair, Students Reflect on Finding the Right Match

Wednesday, February 10th, 2021
Nearly 100 employers and more than 1,000 students are expected to participate in this month’s NJIT career fair, which remains online via the Handshake networking platform. Among the employers offering internships, co-operative educational opportunities and jobs at the Feb. 19 fair are Bristol Myers ...

NJIT's Maurie Cohen Publishes New, Timely Guide to Sustainability

Thursday, February 4th, 2021
Encompassing everything from electric cars, meatless diets and the compostable cups we find at Starbucks, to big ideas of economic and social equality, the catch-all buzzword “sustainability” has taken on a life of its own over the past few decades — but what does it mean today? Maurie Coh...