NJIT has been named among the “104 Smartest Public Colleges in America” by Business Insider.  >>

WHAT: Launch of MarketShift, a nearly $6 million program funded by the Department of Defense (DOD) to boost the capacity of the aerospace and defense industry in New Jersey by helping companies better  understand and address risks associated with the defense supply chain, develop new products for existing markets, and identify new market opportunities for the products they already manufacture. >>

Timothy Franklin, associate vice president for business and economic development at NJIT, was inducted this week into the Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship (ACES), an organization whose mission is to improve the physical, social, civic and economic wellbeing of communities by advancing scholarship based on collaborative discovery by communities and their higher education partners. >>

NJIT ranked fourth among all public research universities in the U.S. for mid-career earnings/salary of graduates with a bachelor's degree, according to PayScale's latest college salary report. >>

U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges 2015 Edition ranked NJIT 149th among national universities overall for its range of undergraduate majors and master's and doctoral degree programs and commitment to groundbreaking research and 14th among national universities on the Campus Ethnic Diversity list. >>

A mobile app created by NJIT students that gives middle and high school basketball teams a searchable database of performance statistics is the winner of the New Jersey Apps Challenge, an innovation contest initiated two years ago by former U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). >>

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) continues to demonstrate the value of its educational offerings in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), according to a new report from PayScale.  >>