NJIT Newsroom tagged with "cory booker"

NJIT Hosts Program to Discuss Brookings Report about Newark Manufacturing

Tue, 28 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Newark has manufacturing assets, but it also faces several challenges, according to a new report by the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program. Mayor Cory Booker announced partnership-based commitments to capitalize on Newark’s strengths and improve its capacity for 21st-century production at an event this morning hosted by NJIT.

Tagged: donald sebastian, joel bloom, newark, cory booker

Inventor of World's Smallest Probe on Nano Scale Receives NJIT Top Honor

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT Research Professor Reginald C. Farrow, PhD, who with his research team have discovered how to make nanoscale arrays of the world’s smallest probe for investigating the electrical properties of individual living cells was awarded yesterday, Oct. 4, 2012, the NJIT Board of Overseers Excellence in Research Prize and Medal. This prize is the most prestigious research award at NJIT. It is the fifth time the award has been made.

Tagged: college of science and liberal arts, csla, department of physics, department of chemistry and environmental science, cory booker, reginald farrow, gordon thomas, zafar iqbal, sheng liu, board of overseers excellence in research prize and medal

Installation of NJIT President Joel S. Bloom Set for Sept. 14, 2012

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Idealism, celebration and commentary from leading state dignitaries will mark the installation of NJIT’s eight president, Dr. Joel S. Bloom on Sept. 14, 2012, at 11:30 a.m. in the Naimoli Family Athletic and Recreational Facilty on the campus green.

Tagged: albert dorman honors college, joel bloom, center for pre-college programs, president, us news and world report, inauguration, c. stephen cordes, mayor cory booker, rochelle hendricks, governor thomas kean

NJIT Celebrates Department of Labor Grants

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400

On June 21, NJIT celebrated the award of some $8 million in Department of Labor grants awarded to NJIT and the Newark Workforce Investment Board (NWIB). Partnering with the NWIB, industry partners, local community colleges and other business alliances, NJIT will provide training in high-wage, high-demand information technology occupations to help fill vacancies that otherwise would go to foreign labor using H-1B visas.

Tagged: grant, cory booker, department of labor

Cranes, Bulldozers, Hard Hats Dot NJIT Campus as Building Begins for Village

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500

NJIT, New Jersey’s science and technology university, is growing not only in faculty and enrollment, but physical size in order to meet the demand for workforce and economic development in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) professions.

Tagged: albert dorman honors college, joel bloom, stem, board of trustees, warren street village, board of visitors, mayor cory booker, kathy wielkopolski, campus gateway development project, bot, economic development, alliance for action

Mayor Booker Meets Monday at NJIT With 6 Cub Reporters from Summer Program

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Newark Mayor Cory Booker will participate in a mock press conference on Monday, July 25 at 4 p.m. with 25 students in NJIT’s Upward Bound program.

Tagged: cory booker, trio

iSpeech Wins Investor Comp at Conference Hosted by NJIT

Wed, 25 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400

A promising new venture based at the NJIT Enterprise Development Center was selected as the winner at iEvening New Jersey, an innovative new business event attended by more than 160 startup founders and entrepreneurs, and hosted by NJIT on May 19, 2011.

Tagged: enterprise development center, edc, judith sheft, cory booker, jerry creighton, ispeech

Enterprise Development Center at NJIT To Host Pivot Workshop Featuring Newark Mayor Cory Booker

Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400

The Enterprise Development Center (EDC) at NJIT will host "Network, Exhibit & Pitch," a start-up conference featuring Newark Mayor Cory Booker on May 19, 4-8 p.m. in the NJIT Campus Center.

Tagged: enterprise development center, edc, cory booker

NJIT To Host 2010 Digital Empowerment Broadband Summit on April 23

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400

"Broadband: Closing The Economic Divide," The Alliance for Digital Equality's Newark Digital Empowerment Broadband Summit, will be held on April 23, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. in the NJIT Campus Center. Speakers include: Newark Mayor Cory Booker; CNN Contributor Mario Armstrong; New York Secretary of State Lorraine Cortez-Vasquez; JNET President and CEO David Jefferson; FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn; and National Urban League President Marc Morial as well as other distinguished panelists and participants locally and nationwide. For more information or to register, log on to: www.alliancefordigitalequality.org

Tagged: newark, cory booker

CGC Genetics, Inc. Celebrates Grand Opening of U.S. Operations in NJIT's Enterprise Development Center

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400

CGC Genetics, Inc., the first private medical genetics laboratory in Portugal, celebrated the grand opening today of its U.S. operations in NJIT's Enterprise Development Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and press conference. Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker, whose office brought CGC to Newark and the U.S., led the ribbon-cutting ceremony with Stefan Pryor, deputy mayor for Economic Development; Joao Vellera, Portuguese ambassador to the U.S.; Maria Amelia Paiva, consul general of Portugal; Robert A. Altenkirch, president of NJIT; Donald H. Sebastian, senior vice president for research and development at NJIT; and Dr. Robert Johnson, dean of the New Jersey Medical School.

Tagged: enterprise development center, donald sebastian, robert altenkirch, cory booker, cgc genetics

NJIT Commencement To Fete Newark Mayor, Former Astronaut, Bay Rays Founder

Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT’s 2009 Commencement Ceremony will be held Saturday, May 16, 2009, at the Prudential Center, Newark from 9 a.m.-noon. During the ceremony, more than 2,000 honorary doctoral degrees and earned doctoral, master’s, and bachelor’s degrees will be conferred on the Class of 2009.

Tagged: alumni, commencement, vincent naimoli, bernard harris, office of the provost, cory booker, exxonmobil, tampa bay rays, summer science camp, harris foundation, prudential center, anchor industries international, major league baseball

NJIT Raises $400,000 at Celebration Dinner: Newark Mayor Booker Honored

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker was the guest master of ceremonies at NJIT’s Celebration 2007 at the Somerset Palace. Celebration is NJIT’s annual black-tie event. This year 300 supporters attended and raised almost $400,000 for endowed scholarship funds to benefit NJIT students. Since 1995, this gala evening of dinner and dancing has raised nearly $3 million. Celebration honors individuals for achievements of great benefit to New Jersey and the nation, and organizations that have been exceptional in their commitment to the university's mission.

Tagged: celebration, cory booker

NJIT Raises $400,000 at Celebration Dinner: Newark Mayor Booker Honored

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker was the guest master of ceremonies at NJIT’s Celebration 2007 at the Somerset Palace. Celebration is NJIT’s annual black-tie event.

Tagged: students, celebration, newark, board of trustees, cory booker, fundraiser, mayor, endowed scholarship

NJIT Raises $400,000 at Celebration Dinner: Honorees Included Verizon, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, NJ Devils’ Jeff Vanderbeek

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker, Jeffrey Vanderbeek, chairman/managing partner of the New Jersey Devils hockey franchise, Verizon Communications Inc., and Vincent Naimoli, chairman of the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team were honored at NJIT’s Celebration 2007. Comedian Joe Piscopo entertained guests at the affair held this past November at the Palace at Somerset Park.

Tagged: celebration, vincent naimoli, cory booker, jeffrey vanderbeek, verizon communications inc

Educational Opportunity Program at NJIT Celebrates 35th Anniversary at Annual Awards Ceremony

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0400

"I'm here because this program inspires me," Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker told NJIT students and their families yesterday at the Educational Opportunity Program's Annual Awards Ceremony. "You are evidence of what is truly great in America." Mayor Booker presented EOP Executive Director Tony Howell with a proclamation recognizing the 35th anniversary of the program.

Tagged: educational opportunity program, eop, tony howell, mayor cory booker

Cory Booker To Speak at NJIT’s Upcoming Convocation

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT will hold University Convocation, an annual celebration and awards ceremony to mark the start of the academic year, on Sept. 6 at 3 p.m. in the Jim Wise Theater in NJIT’s Kupfrian Hall. The event recognizes students, faculty, staff and alumni. Newark Mayor Cory Booker will be the keynote speaker.

Tagged: alumni, students, awards, university convocation, faculty, staff, academics, mayor cory booker

NJIT Hosts Newark Mayor-Elect's Transition Team Kick-Off Event

Tue, 30 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT President Robert A. Altenkirch met with Newark Mayor-Elect Cory Booker whose transition team kick-off event was held on May 25 in NJIT's Campus Center Ballroom.

Tagged: robert a. altenkirch, cory booker, mayor