Feature Stories

Past stories tagged with "class of 2013"

Student Profile
August 2, 2011
The second-richest man in the world pays for Elaine Gomez to attend NJIT.Elaine is a Gates Millennium Scholar, which means Bill Gates, by way of his foundation, pays her tuition.  Elaine, a... read more!
Student Profile
April 28, 2011
Two NJIT students released an iPhone app that’s getting national recognition.The app, called Quotebook, allows people to store, sort, and share quotations on the iPhone and iPod... read more!
Student Profile
February 5, 2011
He Builds Amazing Robots, Writes Best-Selling Books and Runs FastWhen he was a boy, Jonathan Daudelin spent endless hours building LEGO robots. He was home-schooled and his parents thought his... read more!
Scene & Heard
December 14, 2010
Julian Rivera, a sophomore at NJIT, believes it’s his mission in life to help people: especially poor people living in undeveloped parts of the world.After his freshman year in high school,... read more!
Scene & Heard
September 22, 2010
During high school, Carly Occhifinto had a jaundiced view of sorority girls.  Sororities girls, she thought, were superficial, vain and snobby – the kind of girls who devoted more time... read more!
Scene & Heard
September 15, 2009
The class of 2013 -- with nearly 1,000 students -- is the largest freshman class ever to enter NJIT.  But it’s not just class size that’s impressive.  What’s more... read more!