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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...

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...

Engineers Track the Coronavirus's Movements Through a Supermarket

Tuesday, February 9th, 2021
In a study of COVID-19 pathways inside supermarkets, a team of environmental engineers and modelers investigated the role that surfaces play not as infection hazards, but rather as deterrents. Shelves, floors and ceilings proved to be attachment magnets for virus-laden particles, reducing the conce...

ACM Chapter and Computing College Partner for Online Tutoring

Friday, January 29th, 2021
NJIT's student ACM chapter is known for its tutoring center, which is moving online this semester in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, matching the new way that university instruction is provided. The program, designed in conjunction with Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC), , matches student volunte...

College of Computing Industrial Affiliates Program Continues to Impact the Corporate World

Friday, January 29th, 2021
When companies want to address important challenges and opportunities that would benefit from computing expertise, they look to the Industrial Affiliate Program (IAP) at the NJIT Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC). Such was the case for global, diversified media, information and services company H...

U.S. News & World Report Commends NJIT Online Graduate Programs

Wednesday, January 27th, 2021
Four of NJIT's online graduate programs placed among the top 100 in this year's U.S. News & World Report rankings of American universities. While studying online became an important academic offering in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NJIT has long offered both fully online and partial, or h...

NJIT's Guvendiren Develops 3D-Printed Biomaterials to Create Rejection-Proof Organs

Thursday, January 21st, 2021
There is no sustainable cure at present for osteoarthritis, the most common chronic musculoskeletal disorder of the joints. And while joint replacements are successful treatments for older patients with already reduced mobility, they hold less promise for younger patients, with failure in the long-t...

NJIT@JerseyCity Celebrates First Graduates of M.S. in Data Science Program

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2020
NJIT @JerseyCity celebrated the graduation of its first group of master’s students, with four students earning their Master of Science in Data Science at the end of the fall semester this week. While a typical part-time M.S. program takes five semesters to complete, including a full summer semester,...

Two NJIT Engineers are Elected 2020 Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors

Tuesday, December 15th, 2020
Two pioneering researchers, Rajesh Davé, a distinguished professor of chemical and materials engineering, and MengChu Zhou, a distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering, were recently elected fellows of National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Davé and Zhou join 173 other academic i...