More than 30 New Jersey high schools are expected to attend the Fall Career Day event today from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Hosted by NJIT's Newark College of Engineering, students will have the opportunity  to explore six diverse engineering fields, all on the same day on the NJIT campus. >>

High school students and their families can obtain valuable information on admissions procedures, tour the campus, and discover the wide range of undergraduate degree programs at NJIT's Fall Open House on Oct. 28, 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. >>

Lisa Simone, PhD, an assistant research professor in the department of biomedical engineering, works with high school students enrolled in the Connections Program, which debuted at NJIT this summer. Through the CCS Capstone Open University Connections Program, high school students work in small project teams to solve real world problems based on scenarios drawn from actual industry cases in a broad array of fields, including health, communications, sports, and entertainment. Founded by Osama Eljabiri, lecturer and director of CCS capstone courses at NJIT, the program is focused on building a shared peer-to-peer education network that offers unique learning experiences. >>

NJIT was awarded a five-year, $3-million National Science Foundation grant to impart and infuse computational methods and tools in a math and science context into high school classrooms in Newark. The “Computation and Communication: Promoting Research Integration in Science and Mathematics” or C2PRISM grant will place 24 Fellows—all working towards doctoral degrees in the computational sciences or mathematics— in one of three Newark public high schools and one private high school, St. Vincent’s Academy. >>

Seventeen New Jersey public and private high schools will participate in a national test of engineering aptitude, mathematics, and science on March 12, 8 a.m.- 2 p.m. in the NJIT Campus Center and Ballrooms. The test questions represent college freshman-level engineering coursework. >>

Empty coffee cups, excitement and innovative web design will be the order of the day on March 14, when more than 300 high school students gather for the second annual web design competition at NJIT. >>

High school students and their families can tour the campus, attend financial aid workshops, meet faculty, staff and students, and more at the NJIT Winter Open House on Feb. 25, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. >>