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NJIT Dedicates Lobby of Popular Dorm to Family That Endows Scholarships

Wednesday, October 11th, 2023
The dedication of the lobby of the most popular residence hall at New Jersey Institute of Technology was truly a family affair. While accepting the recognition, Donald Dinallo, a builder whose company, Terminal Construction Corp. in Wood-Ridge, N.J., led the construction of Maple Hall, stood before...

Six World-Class New Faculty Join Ying Wu College of Computing for the 2023-2024 Academic Year

Monday, October 9th, 2023
Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) is proud to formally announce the appointments of six new assistant professors who have joined the departments of Computer Science, Data Science and Informatics. They will begin their tenure as educators and researchers during a time of unprecedented growth for th...

Celebrating NJIT's Hispanic/Latino Employee Resource Group

Wednesday, October 4th, 2023
NJIT has established employee resource groups (ERG) that meet regularly and encourage faculty and staff to connect outside of their direct working relationships. This month, NJIT is celebrating its Hispanic/Latino ERG and profiled two of its members: Vivian Lanzot, director of Community and Public S...

Annual NJIT GirlHacks Competition Goes into Space, and Beyond

Monday, October 2nd, 2023
LunaTech, a web application where players can learn about space from a cartoon cat and send their professors into orbit, won first place in GirlHacks 2023 at New Jersey Institute of Technology. The application is the brainchild of Fizah Fahad, Adrianna Rust and Ayushi Sangoi, who combined to win a ...

NJIT Launches Council to Hear from Students

Tuesday, September 26th, 2023
In an effort for students to share their insights and drive positive change within the NJIT community, Provost and Senior Vice president for Academic Affairs John Pelesko, and Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Marybeth Boger have launched the NJIT Undergraduate Student Advisory...

Data Science Techniques Help Evaluate COVID's Impact on Mental Health

Friday, September 22nd, 2023
In case of another pandemic, authorities might only have a 28-day window to connect vulnerable populations to mental health providers before it’s too late to prevent long-term concerns, according to new research assisted by a data science expert at New Jersey Institute of Technology. The research e...

NJIT Rises to No. 86 Among National Universities in U.S. News Rankings

Monday, September 18th, 2023
New Jersey Institute of Technology’s rise in national rankings continues, with U.S. News & World Report placing NJIT No. 86 among national universities for 2024 — a jump of 11 rungs from 2023. The latest ranking is indicative of a consistent trend over the past four years — as NJIT climbed from...

Data Science Meets Ironbound Street Shrines in NJIT Undergrad Summer Research

Monday, September 11th, 2023
Computer science and religion are rarely thought of together as connected research areas, but it’s going well for NJIT student Fernando Mantilla, who is performing a geospatial analysis of more than 200 street shrines in Newark’s historic Ironbound neighborhood. The shrines are tributes to importan...

Washington Monthly Ranking Reflects NJIT Values of Social Mobility, Service

Monday, September 11th, 2023
New Jersey Institute of Technology rose 13 spots to no. 88 among national universities in a ranking based on overall value, service and social mobility, as determined by the non-profit Washington Monthly magazine. The publication’s editors emphasized that such categories are important alternatives ...

As Classes Begin, Meet 10 Highlanders Energizing Campus

Thursday, September 7th, 2023
NJIT welcomed its Class of 2027 during this year’s University Convocation, where first-year students from all schools were in attendance. The new academic year has kicked off with a record number of students enrolled. Helping to fuel the new high water mark are 1,805 first-year students— an increas...
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