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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...

NJIT Earns National Distinction for 'Best Value' From Niche

Thursday, August 31st, 2023
Economic mobility was a new factor in Niche ranking New Jersey Institute of Technology No. 45 among all U.S. institutions for “Best Value,” reaffirming the university’s return on investment to its students and alumni. NJIT earned the No. 1 spot for “Best Value” among New Jersey public institutions. ...

Army Supports Summer Interns, Designing New Robots at NJIT Research Center

Thursday, August 31st, 2023
A little-known R&D facility, operated by NJIT’s New Jersey Innovation Institute with the U.S. Army Picatinny Arsenal for its primary client, is beginning to thrive one year after moving off-campus. The facility is called COMET — Collaborative Operationalized Manufacturing Engineering and Traini...

Harvesting the Toxic Blooms of Summer

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023
*"Harvesting the Toxic Blooms of Summer" is part of NJIT's 2023 Research Magazine* Amid summer’s cornucopia, there is one proliferation that is universally dreaded: the toxic algae blooms that float on lakes and streams, killing fish, gobbling oxygen from the water and chasing away swimmers. C...

NJIT Showcases the Most Impactful Research and Innovation from Students

Monday, August 21st, 2023
Stuti Mohan, a senior biomedical engineering student, was the winner of the top Dr. James F. Stevenson Innovation Award at the 2023 Undergraduate Summer Research and Innovation (URI) Symposium at NJIT. Her project sought to identify a non-invasive yet precise method to diagnose the tapping foot of ...