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College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) student Alexander Cutrona '16 won honorable mention for his fifth-year Comprehensive Design Studio project for the Vectorworks Design Scholarship 2015.
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NJIT Participates at NJTC Tech Day
December 15, 2015
Members of the NJIT community, Judith Sheft, Pushpendra Singh, Som Mitra and Naga Musunuri, participated in this year's NJTC Tech Day, a full day tech event that included fireside charts, exhibitors and panel discussions.
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Overcoming the Digital Divide: NJIT and NJ-Israel Commission Offer Insight Dec. 15
December 09, 2015
The New Jersey-Israel Commission will offer perspectives on education and innovation to drive economic development and address the digital divide Dec. 15, 10 a.m. - noon inside the Campus Center Atrium at NJIT.
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NJIT Hosts Newark Kids Code Showcase Dec. 12
December 09, 2015
Newark Kids Code is an educational initiative designed to introduce technologically disadvantaged and underrepresented youth to programming, coding and other digital and computer technologies.
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NJIT Grads' Median Salaries Among Best in the Country
December 09, 2015
NJIT recently made the top 50 in a new national ranking, just released by Georgetown University, on the “50 colleges where students earn the highest salaries.” In the report, "Ranking Your College: Where You Go and What You Make," the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce looked at the four-year colleges whose students go on to earn the highest salaries 10 years after starting their studies.
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Rising Entrepreneurs Present Ideas for New Products and Businesses at Newark Innovation Acceleration Challenge
December 04, 2015
Rising entrepreneurs presented their ideas for new products and businesses at the 2015 Newark Innovation Acceleration Challenge, an annual event coordinated by the Newark Innovation Acceleration Center and NJIT's School of Management and sponsored by Capital One Bank.
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Geller's paper, “Identifying Pairs of Terms with Strong Semantic Connections in a Textbook Index,” was co-authored by Shmuel T. Klein of Bar-Ilan University in Israel and Yuriy Polyakov, a research professor at NJIT.
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NJIT Scientists Shed Light on How Solar Flares Accelerate Particles to Nearly the Speed of Light
December 03, 2015
For scientists studying the impacts of space weather, one of the central mysteries of solar flares – the colossal release of magnetic energy in the Sun's atmosphere that erupts with the force of millions of hydrogen bombs – is the means by which these explosions produce radiation and accelerate particles to nearly the speed of light within seconds.
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A Musical Finale
December 01, 2015
The fall 2015 semester will have a musical finale with concerts by the NJIT string and wind ensembles and the jazz band, showcasing the talents of students, faculty and staff.
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Ready, Set, Hack!
November 30, 2015
Highlanders pull an all-nighter to build innovative Web and mobile applications.
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Steve Devick, a former optometrist and entrepreneur who founded and co-founded a series of technology-based public and private companies, including the software company Platinum technology, will give a talk, “The Marriage of Science and Business” on Dec. 1 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Room 112 of Eberhardt Hall.
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Computer Science Seminar Nov. 30 and Dec. 2: Internet of Things and Indoor Localization
November 30, 2015
A leading researcher and computer scientist discuss the Internet of Things and indoor localization technologies.
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Shedding Light on Oil Behaviors Before the Next Spill
November 25, 2015
A comprehensive scientific report released today by The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) has concluded that there are still critical research gaps hampering efforts to both assess the environmental impacts of crude oil spills and to effectively remediate them.
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CCS Capstone Showcase Nov. 30
November 24, 2015
The College of Computing Sciences will host the fall 2015 CCS Capstone Showcase Monday, Nov. 30 at the Campus Center Ballroom from 5-9 p.m.
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Real-Life Drama Premieres at NJIT
November 23, 2015
Almost daily, it seems, the news brings us images of refugees taking to the seas to flee wars in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa. All aspire to find a new life and hope, but so many find themselves unwanted, dispossessed and lost in bureaucratic infighting. >>
Center for Resilient Design Hosts Concrete Construction Workshop
November 19, 2015
NJIT's Center for Resilient Design hosted a one-day workshop on how to use concrete to make single-family homes more resilient and sustainable.
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Celebrating an Extraordinary Alumnus and College
November 16, 2015
On Nov. 13, 2015, NJIT commemorated both the 20th anniversary of the college—the latest in a yearlong series of events—and the exceptional alumnus for whom the Honors College was named at Celebration 2015, the university's annual black-tie fundraiser held at The Pleasantdale Chateau in West Orange.
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CoAD Library Awarded Grant to Develop Archive of Newark Architecture
November 13, 2015
NJIT's Barbara and Leonard Littman Architecture and Design Library was awarded a $13,500 state grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission to further develop the Digital Archive of Newark Architecture.
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Center for Resilient Design to Assist 'Storm-Strong' in Breezy Point
November 13, 2015
NJIT's Center for Resilient Design (CRD) will participate in a project to build a resilient, energy efficient and sustainable new home.
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NJIT President Dr. Joel Bloom Named Educator of the Year by R&D Council
November 13, 2015
The Research & Development Council of New Jersey honored the winners of the 2015 Edison Patent Awards at the 36th Edison Patent Awards Ceremony & Reception on November 12, 2015. Over 50 inventors and 12 New Jersey companies and universities were recognized at the event.
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CoAD Student Awarded Grant From Getty Foundation
November 10, 2015
Through his research, Mohamed Gamal-Eldin examines modern Middle East history and the development of peripheral cities.
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Professor James Geller Keynotes CCSC Eastern Conference
November 10, 2015
James Geller discusses the importance of enhancing the quality of medical terminologies.
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Computer Science Dept. Seminar Nov. 9
November 06, 2015
There will be a discussion about detecting abnormal traffic behaviors in 3G/4G LTE networks.
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Celebrating Women Composers: Moonlight Duo
November 06, 2015
The Moonlight Duo, cellist Karen Pinoci and pianist Claudia Baumgartner Lemmerz, will musically illuminate the work of women composers when they perform in the Campus Center Atrium on Friday, November 13, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Lanzerotti Participates on Presidential Space Weather Panel
November 03, 2015
Louis Lanzerotti, distinguished research professor in the Department of Physics, took part in the October 29 panel discussion “Space Weather: Understanding Potential Impacts and Building Resilience” convened in Washington, D.C. under the auspices of the Executive Office of the President of the United States.
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CCS to Host 2015 HACKNJIT Nov. 7 - 8
November 02, 2015
Approximately 200 graduate and undergraduate students representing NJIT and other participating colleges and universities will participate in a 24-hour hackathon organized and hosted by NJIT's Association of Computing Machinery student chapter and the College of Computing Sciences Nov. 7 - 8.
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NJIT to Honor AECOM Founding Chairman Albert Dorman '44, '99 HON at Celebration 2015
November 02, 2015
NJIT will hold its annual black-tie fundraiser, Celebration, on Nov. 13, 2015 at The Pleasantdale Chateau, West Orange.
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STEAM: Science, Technology and the Future of Performance
October 29, 2015
On November 12, the Theatre Arts and Technology Program, which NJIT offers jointly with Rutgers University-Newark, will bring together NJIT faculty members and design professionals associated with the McCarter Theater to present a panel discussion of their exciting work to Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools (MCVTS) theater students, and students at NJIT and Rutgers-Newark.
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International award-winning architect and College of Architecture and Design associate professor Maria Hurtado de Mendoza has another accolade to add to her illustrious career.
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NJIT Students Attend Grace Hopper Conference for Women in Computing
October 27, 2015
A dozen College of Computing Sciences students attended the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in Houston Oct. 14-16.
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Resilient Newark: Water and Beyond
October 26, 2015
Water is a vital resource in every environment, and the focus of the next in the fall series of Technology, Art and Science Forum presentations will be water and the City of Newark.
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"Monument Man" Harry Ettlinger '50 Receives Congressional Gold Medal
October 23, 2015
"Monument Man" Harry Ettlinger, who received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Newark College of Engineering in 1950, was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal yesterday in a ceremony in Emancipation Hall on Capitol Hill.
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NJIT Featured on Women in STEM Show
October 16, 2015
Albert Dorman Honors College Dean Katia Passerini and Jasmine Faldu '15 recently were interviewed for the talk show"Life & Living with Joanna Gagis," which aired on the NJTV network.
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Historical News
October 15, 2015
Conference presentations on topics ranging from medical care to computing and global environmental awareness were on the schedules of three members of the Department of History for October.
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Architecture and Beyond: CoAD Hosts Reception to Unveil Historical Digital Design Exhibit Oct. 15
October 14, 2015
In 1985, NJIT's School of Architecture became the first architecture program in the United States to offer fully computer/electronic design studios with 3D modeling and color.
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Klang Returns to Campus
October 13, 2015
The Klang String Quartet will once again be heard at NJIT in continuing celebration of musical expression on campus.
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On Sept. 29, the International Photography Awards (IPA) competition announced category winners for 2015. Eight photographs taken by Glenn Goldman, professor and director of the School of Art + Design, were declared honorable mention winners in nine categories, racking up 11 separate awards.
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NJIT's Center for Resilient Design recently co-convened the first New Jersey Urban Mayors Academy on Resilient Design and Mitigation.
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Look Who's Talking: Check out CoAD's 2015 Fall Lecture Series Lineup
October 07, 2015
The College of Architecture and Design's (CoAD) fall 2015 lecture Series is back and in full swing, boasting an impressive roster of acclaimed, well-respected experts in the field of architecture and design.
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NJIT Scores High in U.S. Department of Education Scorecard
October 05, 2015
The New Jersey Institute of Technology ranks first in public universities in New Jersey and third in the state overall -- based on post-graduation earnings, with a median salary of $65,300 -- in the new College Scorecard.
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POSTPONED: "Digital is Destroying Everything" Technology, Art and Science Forum on Oct. 7
October 01, 2015
"Digital Destruction," the Technology, Art and Science Forum presentation by futurist and digital-marketing consultant Andrew Edwards originally scheduled on Wednesday, October 7, has been postponed.
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Internationally Acclaimed Solar Physicist to Receive Excellence in Research Prize and Medal
September 30, 2015
NJIT Distinguished Professor Haimin Wang, Ph.D., a leading authority on fluctuations of the Sun's magnetic field that give rise to solar flares and space weather, will receive the eighth annual Board of Overseers Excellence in Research Prize and Medal on Oct. 1, 2015.
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A Novel Idea: NJIT Mentioned in #1 New York Times Best-seller
September 28, 2015
Professors and computing experts speak on the science behind the reference to NJIT in "The Girl in the Spider's Web."
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NJIT Students in High Demand: Two Hundred Employers Will Attend NJIT's Fall Career Fair
September 28, 2015
Two hundred employers will attend the 2015 Fall Career Fair—the largest technologically-based fair in the metro region. More than 2,500 job seekers will attend the fair – the most ever at NJIT.
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NJIT Signs Prime Contract for DARPA SafeWare Activity
September 23, 2015
NJIT recently signed a contract to lead the PALISADE project as part of the SafeWare program to develop encrypted computing technologies and address software security limitations.
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NJIT Partners with AT&T for New Jersey Civic App Challenge
September 22, 2015
NJIT is one of several higher education partners to team up with AT&T in collaboration with the New Jersey Technology Council to launch the New Jersey Civic App Challenge, which runs from Sept. 16 until Nov. 13. The challenge will award $19,000 in prizes for best civic apps, including apps to serve veterans.
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Computer Science Dept. Seminar Sept. 23: Improving Android's Reliability and Security
September 21, 2015
Calling all Android lovers!
Associate professor Guiling Wang will host a computer science department seminar on improving Android reliability and security run by associate professor Iulian Neamtiu Sept. 23.
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New Jersey School of Architecture Director Tapped to Judge Virtual Design Competition
September 17, 2015
New Jersey School of Architecture (NJSOA) director, Richard Garber, will serve as a judge for Build NY Live, the sixth in a series—and the first in the U.S.—of international design competitions sponsored by BuildEarthLive.com.
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Across the Creative Spectrum
September 17, 2015
The new academic year at NJIT brings an expanding spectrum of events spanning creative scientific, technological and social inquiry, and celebrating the arts — beginning with a performance by pianist Yelena Grinberg, who will perform on September 25 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Jim Wise Theatre.
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The Rankings Are In: NJIT Is One of Nation's Top Universities
September 14, 2015
Whether you're focused on academic excellence or on getting a high paying job upon graduation and quickly paying off debt, top news and ranking sources agree that NJIT may be the school for you.
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NJIT Welcomes the Class of 2019 and Recognizes Faculty and Staff Excellence at Annual Convocation
September 09, 2015
The NJIT community officially welcomed the incoming Class of 2019 and recognized faculty and staff excellence during the annual Convocation on Sept. 9, 2015. Owen Fitzgerald '08 delivered the keynote speech.
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TEDxNJIT Event on September 29
September 09, 2015
A TEDxNJIT event will take place on September 29, 2015 in the Jim Wise Theatre on the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) campus and also via an accompanying live simulcast broadcast available to viewers worldwide.
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University Convocation to Officially Welcome the Class of 2019 and Recognize Faculty and Staff Excellence
September 08, 2015
The NJIT community will officially welcome the incoming Class of 2019 and recognize faculty and staff excellence during the annual Convocation on Sept. 9, 2015 on the Campus Green.
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Picture Perfect: Photo by Glenn Goldman Receives Additional Citation
September 01, 2015
A photo taken of the Vancouver Convention Center by Glenn Goldman was named a finalist in the Photographer's Forum 2015 photography contest.
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Edward Cruz '63, '13 HON Described His Journey to Success in Recently Published Memoir
September 01, 2015
Prior to his passing this summer, Edward Cruz '63, '13 HON published his memoir, A Bold Journey, in which he described the path that took him from his boyhood in Portugal to becoming an NJIT soccer star, successful businessman and highly respected community leader.
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NJIT Art + Design Students Participate at SIGGRAPH 2015
August 18, 2015
Samples of student work produced in NJIT's School of Art + Design were exhibited for the fourth consecutive year at the curated Student Work Exhibit at SIGGRAPH, the Association of Computing Machinery's (ACM) conference on computer graphics and interactive techniques.
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NJIT is one of 15 universities to participate in BRAID's three-year effort to expand outreach to high school teachers and students to modify introductory computer science courses and broaden participation among women and students of color.
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NJIT's Eon Soo Lee Sees the Energy Future and it is Hydrogen
August 10, 2015
Eon Soo Lee, an assistant professor of mechanical and industrial engineering and director of NJIT's Advanced Energy Systems and Microdevices Laboratory, gave several talks on his research into next-generation batteries and fuel cells at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Power and Energy Conference held this summer in San Diego.
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Shy Nag, a code opera co-written by NJIT Humanities Professor Christopher Funkhouser and directed by NJIT Professor Louis Wells that was first produced by the NJIT-Rutgers Theatre Department in Feb. 2015, will be staged again at the Electronic Literature Festival in Bergen, Norway.
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CCS Presents Capstone and RWC Showcase Aug. 4
August 03, 2015
On Aug. 4, the College of Computing Sciences (CCS) will host the Real World Connections (RWC) Showcase in the Campus Center Ballroom 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
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Clifford M. Samuel, who received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from NJIT in 1988, has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Access Operations and Emerging Markets in the Corporate & Medical Affairs organization of Gilead Sciences, Inc.
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CCS Professor Named Recipient of 2015 Yahoo FREP Award
July 30, 2015
D. Yvette Wohn, an assistant professor in the information systems department at the College of Computing Sciences, has been named a recipient of the 2015 Yahoo Faculty Research and Engagement Program Award.
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NJIT Alumna Awarded Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship
July 30, 2015
Cindy Celi, who received a B.Arch. degree from NJIT in 2009, has been awarded a Woodrow Wilson New Jersey Teaching Fellowship.
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A three-day workshop was recently held at NJIT to plan the details of a $1.75 million grant for work on family-based quality assurance of biomedical ontologies.
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For the ninth consecutive year, NJIT hosted the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp.
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CoAD Students Awarded First Prize at APA Conference
July 21, 2015
Students from the Master in Infrastructure Planning (MIP) program won first prize at the 2015 American Planning Association Northeast Conference.
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D2D: Research Trends and Future Perspectives
July 15, 2015
Nei Kato, Tohoku University, Japan, will present “D2D: Research Trends and Future Perspectives” July 15 at 2:30 p.m. in ECEC, Room 202.
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Interior Design Students Compete in IIDA Fashion Show
July 09, 2015
Members of the NJIT student chapter of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) had a successful showing at the fourth annual IIDA Fashion Show.
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Professor and computer science department chair James Geller coauthored and presented a paper at the 2015 Medical Informatics Europe Conference (MIE2015) in Madrid.
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Keith Krumwiede, associate professor and director of the College of Architecture and Design's graduate architecture program, wrote an article about resilient design on theconversation.com.
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Change of Command
June 25, 2015
There's new leadership at Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) Detachment 490.
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The Foundation for Newark's Future (FNF) recently awarded a $1.5 million grant to the Newark City of Learning Collaborative (NCLC).
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Computer Science Professor Wins 2015 Test of Time Award
June 22, 2015
Computer science professor Vincent Oria has won the prestigious Test of Time Award given by the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Management of Data.
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CoAD Gallery curator and adjunct faculty member of the School of Art + Design, Matthew Gosser, curated two exhibits that opened during the seventh annual Paterson Art Walk
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Alum Wins Core77 Design Award
June 17, 2015
A graduate of NJIT's School of Art + Design was honored with a Core77 Design Award.
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Summer Undergraduate Nanotechnology Research Opportunity
June 09, 2015
Funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) associated to the new minor in nanotechnology at NJIT will support six undergraduate students in their research on nanotechnology.
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Somenath Mitra, distinguished professor of chemistry and environmental science, was awarded a patent last month for a next-generation water desalination and purification technology that uses uniquely absorbent carbon nanotubes to remove salt and pollutants from brackish water and industrial effluent for reuse by businesses and households.
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New Jersey Innovation Institute Receives Three TechConnect 2015 National & Global Innovation Awards
June 08, 2015
The New Jersey Innovation Institute, (NJII), an NJIT Corporation that applies the intellectual and technological resources of the state's science and technology university to challenges identified by industry partners, has received three TechConnect 2015 National & Global Innovation Awards.
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School of Art + Design Receives NASAD Accreditation
June 04, 2015
The School of Art + Design obtains accreditation from the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.
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High-Impact Math
June 03, 2015
It seems to contradict common sense — that greater speed for a missile or meteorite does not necessarily mean deeper penetration into the ground upon impact.
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Glenn Goldman, professor and director of the School of Art + Design, received honorable mention in the American Institute of Architects (AIA) annual photography competition.
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CCS Students Shine at Capstone Showcase
May 27, 2015
Innovative industry-sponsored and entrepreneurial projects were on full display at the College of Computing Sciences Spring 2015 Capstone Showcase.
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Celebrating CSLA
May 26, 2015
An awards ceremony recognizing faculty, staff, students and alumni was a concluding highlight of the spring semester for the College of Science and Liberal Arts (CSLA). Held in the Campus Center, the event on May 6 also featured a keynote presentation on biological and electronic olfaction by prominent researcher Dr. Alan Gelperin, who is with the Princeton Neuroscience Institute.
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CoAD Professor Speaks at Seminar in South Korea
May 26, 2015
College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) associate professor Andrzej Zarzycki was an invited speaker at the Digital Human Research Center.
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Great Expectations
May 20, 2015
What do we expect from new technology, and at times even demand that technical inventiveness deliver?
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NJIT conferred 3,931 bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees today at the 99th commencement exercises at the Prudential Center in Newark, bringing the total amount of degrees awarded by the university to more than 77,000.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: NJIT to Confer More Than 3,100 Degrees at 99th Commencement Exercises on May 19
May 14, 2015
NACME President and CEO Irving Pressley McPhail to Deliver 2015 Commencement Address and Receive Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
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CoAD's fall 2014 MIP studio took home first honorable mention at the Global Schindler Awards in Shenzhen, China April 30.
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NJIT associate professors Reza Curtmola and Joerg Kliewer speak at the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science.
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NJIT Industrial Designers Curse the Darkness
May 07, 2015
Candleholders created by industrial design instructors and students from the School of Art + Design will be showcased during New York City Design Week.
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NJIT Alumnus and Former Board of Overseers Chair to Receive Global Business Leadership Award
May 05, 2015
Philip L. Rinaldi '68, '77, CEO of Philadelphia Energy Solutions, has been selected by The World Trade Center Greater Philadelphia (WTCGP) to receive the 2015 Global Business Leadership Award on May 7, 2015.
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NJIT Contingent Attends TMS Annual Gathering
April 30, 2015
NJIT faculty and students were among some 4,000 business leaders, engineers, scientists and other professions sharing technical knowledge and commercially significant solutions involving minerals, metals and materials in mid-March at the 144th annual meeting of the TMS Society.
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CCS Presents Spring 2015 Capstone Showcase May 7
April 29, 2015
The spring 2015 College of Computing Sciences (CCS) Capstone Showcase will take place in the Campus Center Atrium May 7 at 3 p.m.-6 p.m.
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Groundbreaking images of the Sun captured by scientists at NJIT's Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) give a first-ever detailed view of the interior structure of umbrae – the dark patches in the center of sunspots – revealing dynamic magnetic fields responsible for the plumes of plasma that emerge as bright dots interrupting their darkness.
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NJIT's New Solar Telescope Peers Deep into the Sun to Track the Origins of Space Weather
April 28, 2015
Scientists at NJIT's Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) have captured the first high-resolution images of the flaring magnetic structures known as solar flux ropes at their point of origin in the Sun's chromosphere. Their research, published today in Nature Communications, provides new insights into the massive eruptions on the Sun's surface responsible for space weather.
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A group of students in the College of Architecture and Design's (CoAD) fall 2014 Master of Infrastructure Planning (MIP) studio will head to Shenzhen, China for five days as one of 12 finalists for the Global Schindler Award.
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Panasonic Creative Design Challenge Nurtures Early Interest in Engineering and Robotics
April 27, 2015
Science and technology were on full display at the 2015 Panasonic Creative Design Challenge (CDC), a premier robotics competition for New Jersey high school students held annually at NJIT.
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NJIT Scores Dramatic Win in the Regional Round of the 2015 National Student Steel Bridge Competition
April 27, 2015
A team of NJIT civil engineers scored a dramatic win in the regional round of the 2015 National Student Steel Bridge Competition this past weekend for the tenth year in a row, beating nine other teams, including Columbia University, Cooper Union and Rutgers University.
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Set in Stone: CoAD Students Get Hands-on Experience During Masonry Design/Build Competition
April 27, 2015
Second year students in the College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) recently spent the weekend working alongside a group of masonry journeymen to compete in the 2015 Masonry Design/Build Competition.
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Campus Musical Talent Celebrates Spring
April 23, 2015
NJIT faculty, students and friends have mustered an impressive array of talents to form a jazz band, string and wind ensembles and a dance group. With the snows of winter now behind us, these talents will be a celebratory part of spring on campus.
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Distinguished professor of architecture Zeynep Çelik and multiple award-winning associate professor María Hurtado de Mendoza will be overseas this week sharing ideas and discussing their latest projects.
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Students from 24 New Jersey high schools will compete in the Panasonic Creative Design Challenge (CDC), a premier robotics competition for New Jersey high school students held annually on the NJIT campus.
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Linode Donates $1.2 Million in Servers to NJIT as Part of Workforce Development Initiative
April 17, 2015
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) recently received 420 Intel-based Supermicro servers from Linode, a Linux-based cloud hosting company based in Galloway, NJ. The servers, valued at $1.2 million, will support advanced instruction, research and career advancement for NJIT students.
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NJIT Student Receives NCORE Scholarship
April 16, 2015
Deliris Diaz, a sophomore applied physics major, was recently selected as a recipient of the 2015 National Conference for Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE) scholarship. >>
New Jersey Future, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that brings together concerned citizens and leaders to promote responsible land-use policies, has named College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) associate professor Darius Sollohub a 2015 Smart Growth Award Winner.
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For the second year in a row, a team of NJIT students reached the final four of the CFA Institute Research Challenge, an annual global competition that provides university students with hands-on mentoring and intensive training in financial analysis.
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NJIT men's basketball coach Jim Engles was honored Friday afternoon as the 2015 John McLendon National Coach of the Year at the annual CollegeInsider.com Awards Banquet, held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
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The School of Art + Design's industrial and digital design programs will represent NJIT at the Greater Newark Mini Maker Faire April 11, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Newark Museum.
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Ali N. Akansu, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Mustafa Torun, Ph.D. '13, a software development engineer for Amazon Web Services, have authored the book, "A Primer for Financial Engineering: Financial Signal Processing and Electronic Trading."
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Fighting Fraud in Science
April 08, 2015
Fighting error, bias, dishonesty and fraud in science will be the topic of a talk to be given by Newark College of Engineering Dean Moshe Kam on Friday, April 17 from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Jim Wise Theatre, Kupfrian Hall.
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A concert by The Montclair Trio will kick off the CoAD Concert Series presented by NJIT's School of Art + Design April 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the Barbara and Leonard Littman Library.
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Q&A Session with Yashi on April 8
April 06, 2015
Yashi's Larry Nolan, head of technology, and Mark Paone, vice president of platform engineering, will be participating in a free question and answer session on April 8 from 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. in GITC 1100. >>
Nearly $117 million in bonds sold quickly yesterday bolstering an already strong financial outlook for NJIT, university officials announced.
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CoAD Announces New Director for School of Architecture
April 02, 2015
Richard Garber, associate professor of architecture, has been appointed director of the School of Architecture at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), effective immediately.
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Excellence, NCE Style
April 02, 2015
The 17th annual NCE Salute to Engineering Excellence drew nearly 200 faculty, students, alumni, industry partners and friends of the university to a jam-packed, festive celebration in the Campus Center Atrium following the awards ceremony.
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CoAD Student Wins AIA-NJ Scholarship Award for Second Time
April 02, 2015
Saif Haobsh, a senior in the College of Architecture and Design and an Albert Dorman Honors College scholar, has received the prestigious Scholarship Award from The New Jersey Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA-NJ), an honor he also received in 2011.
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Cybersecurity Conference Offers Business Community Methods to Protect Confidential Data
April 02, 2015
Business leaders, CEOs and information security professionals looking to beef up their data protection strategies attended a half-day cybersecurity conference at NJIT March 30.
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NJIT Mathematical Sciences Professor Bruce Bukiet has released his 2015 Major League Baseball projections. >>
The energy on campus is electric. Everywhere you turn, students are sporting NJIT gear in support of tonight's game.
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Computing Sciences Dean Marek Rusinkiewicz to Appear on One-on-One with Steve Adubato
March 31, 2015
Watch NJIT's Marek Rusinkiewicz, dean of the College of Computing Sciences, on One-on-One with Steve Adubato.
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Let There Be Light: Interior Design Students Participate in Lighting Workshop at Philips in Somerset
March 30, 2015
Second year interior design students investigate lighting application case studies.
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Watch NJIT's Barbara Littman MArch '94, adjunct professor in the School of Art and Design in the College of Architecture and Design, on Life & Living with Joanna Gagis. The program is scheduled to air on March 28 at 2 p.m. on NJTV. The program will repeat on April 25 at 9 a.m. and on April 26 at 11:30 p.m. on FiOS 1.
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College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) associate professor Georgeen Theodore will speak at the 2015 Journalists Forum on Land and The Built Environment at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design March 28.
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The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) will bestow one of its highest honors, the Outstanding Projects And Leaders (OPAL) Lifetime Achievement award, this evening on two NJIT alumni who have made substantial and lasting contributions to the field of engineering.
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Newark College of Engineering to Recognize Alumni, Faculty and Students at 17th Annual Salute to Excellence
March 23, 2015
Newark College of Engineering (NCE) will celebrate its continued commitment to engineering education advancement at the 17th annual Salute to Engineering Excellence on March 31, 2015 in the Campus Center Atrium. Proceeds from the event will benefit the NCE Dean's Fund.
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A Legal Edge
March 19, 2015
The verdict is in: law schools and employers with a need for legal acumen are definitely interested in applicants who have a strong, relevant background in science and technology as well as the social sciences and humanities. >>
New Jersey High School Students Prepare to Compete in Panasonic Creative Design Challenge April 21
March 16, 2015
Students have been tasked with designing and constructing a device that has the ability to maneuver through a post-earthquake landscape.
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Humanities Lecturer To Co-Star in New Film To Be Screened as Part of the Maplewood Ideas Festival
March 13, 2015
Jonathan Curley, senior university lecturer in NJIT's Department of Humanities, co-stars in Love & Arguments, a new film that will be screened as part of the Maplewood Ideas Festival on March 26 at 7 p.m. at the Maplewood Memorial Library.
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NJIT men's basketball will play in its first-ever national postseason tournament at the Division I level when the Highlanders host a first-round game in the 2015 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) as a host team on Monday, March 16 at 7 p.m. >>
Baroque Is Back
March 12, 2015
The Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey (BONJ), conducted by Robert W. Butts, returns to campus on Wednesday, April 1 with an exciting concert of contemporary music, a presentation of the NJIT Technology, Art and Science Forum. The performance will be from 2:30 to 4:00 P.M. in the Jim Wise Theatre. >>
IEEE Talk on March 12
March 11, 2015
Ron T. Ogan, IEEE Senior Member and recently a Senior Research Engineer at Georgia Tech Research Institute, will discuss "Integration of Manned and Unmanned Aircraft Systems into U.S. Airspace" on March 12, 5-6 p.m. in ECE 202.
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Cohen to Research Social Sustainability and Work
March 11, 2015
Maurie Cohen, associate professor in NJIT's Department of Humanities, is the recipient of the 2015–2016 Lewis O. Kelso Fellowship for the study of employee ownership, profit sharing, and broad-based equity compensation in corporations and society in the United States. The award is conferred annually by the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University. >>
NJIT Humanities Professors Christopher Funkhouser and Andrew Klobucar were invited to present at Interrupt 3, a discussion forum and studio for new forms of language art, on March 12-15 at Brown University.
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Look Who's Talking: The Spring 2015 CoAD Lecture Series Features Big Names in Architecture
March 04, 2015
Mark your calendars! Progressive designers and architects make their way to NJIT to speak with CoAD students.
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Theresa Hunt, University Lecturer in NJIT's Department of Humanities, presented her research at the Eastern Sociological Society (ESS) Annual Conference in New York City.
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CoAD to Host Newark Housing Roundtable Feb. 25
February 24, 2015
There will be a Newark Housing Roundtable presented by Brick City Conversations Feb. 25, 6-8 p.m. at the College of Architecture and Design Gallery inside Weston Hall.
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Uncommon Ground: Landscape Architect Thomas Balsley to Speak at CoAD Spring Lecture Series Feb. 23
February 23, 2015
As part of the College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) 2015 spring lecture series, landscape architect Thomas Balsley, FASLA, founder and principal designer of Thomas Balsley Associates (TBA) will discuss the process, design and tactics of urban placemaking Feb. 23 at 6 p.m. inside Weston Lecture Hall 1.
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Marino Xanthos Memorial Lecture Series on March 11
February 23, 2015
Morton M. Denn, Ph.D. of the Benjamin Levich Institute at the City College of New York will deliver the inaugural Marino Xanthos Memorial Lecture on March 11, 2015 at 2:30 p.m. in Eberhardt Hall 112.
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NJIT Freshman Wins Prize at the New Jersey Entrepreneurial Network (NJEN) Annual Showcase
February 20, 2015
Sahitya Allam, '17, a biomedical engineering major, won the best presentation prize at the annual New Jersey Entrepreneurial Network poster showcase held this week at Princeton University for her research on the impact of inner-ear stimulation on the fine motor control skills of people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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Blackmore Named Distinguished Teacher
February 18, 2015
Professor Denis Blackmore, Department of Mathematical Sciences, has been honored by the New Jersey Section of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA-NJ) with the award that it presents annually for distinguished college or university teaching of mathematics. >>
Racism: Post Ferguson
February 18, 2015
February 26, 2012: unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin was fatally shot by George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida. August 9, 2014: unarmed teenager Michael Brown was fatally shot by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. These are just two instances of violent death suffered by young Black men in a tragic continuum that mars our nation's history. >>
Media Advisory: NJIT Researcher Can Comment on the FAA's Proposed Regulations of Commercial UAS
February 17, 2015
In January, NJIT and partners were the first team to conduct unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) flights in the state under a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) program to test the feasibility of safely integrating drones into national airspace and to assess the research and operational capabilities of communications and mapping sensors aboard the craft.
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Remoras Don't Suck: Their Iconic Clinch is Far More Complex
February 12, 2015
How does the hitchhiking, flat-headed remora fish attach to surfaces so securely yet release so easily? Suction was thought to be the easy answer, but Brooke Flammang, a biologist at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), has proved this long-held conclusion to be only partly true.
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Two CoAD Faculty Members Win National Design Awards
February 11, 2015
NJIT College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) faculty members Maria Hurtado de Mendoza and Matt Burgermaster have both recently won the highest-level design award offered by the Boston Society of Architects (BSA) in its annual design competition, the BSA Design Awards.
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Two CoAD Professors Win ACSA Architectural Education Awards
February 11, 2015
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) announced the 2014-2015 Architectural Education Award winners. Two College of Architecture and Design professors won awards in two categories this year.
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NJIT Named an ACI Excellent University for 2014
February 06, 2015
For the fourth year in a row, NJIT has been named an American Concrete Institute (ACI) Excellent University, one of 15 universities to receive the award for 2014.
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David Childs, One World Trade Center Architect, to Discuss Resilient Design Feb. 11 at NJIT
February 05, 2015
A Conversation with One World Trade Center Architect David Childs will kickoff the Spring 2015 College of Architecture and Design Lecture Series.
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NJIT's Wen Zhang Gives Talk at Tsinghua University
February 04, 2015
Wen Zhang, assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering was invited to give a talk to graduate students at Tsinghua University in Shenzhen, China, on Jan. 10. >>
CoAD Dean to Moderate 'Integrated Approach to Urban Problems' Conference at United Nations Feb. 10
February 04, 2015
Urs Gauchat, dean of The College of Architecture and Design (CoAD), will moderate a conference on “The Future of Cities: An Integrated Approach to Urban Problems,” Feb. 10 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.
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Ravindra Honored in India
February 04, 2015
Nuggehalli M. Ravindra, professor of physics and director of NJIT's interdisciplinary program in materials science and engineering, was honored in New Delhi on Global Friendship Day in January with the Bharat Gaurav Award and Certificate of Excellence. >>
NJIT Conducts Historic Unmanned Aircraft Flights in National Airspace over the Atlantic Ocean
January 30, 2015
With a piercing whoosh, the silver RS-16 aircraft took off yesterday afternoon from the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May, climbed to about 3,000 ft. and began soaring in loops over the Atlantic Ocean.
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Photographs taken by Glenn Goldman, founding director of the School of Art + Design, are among the winners in an annual architectural photography contest.
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The Fine Print: CoAD Gallery Hosts Opening Reception for Printmaking Exhibit Feb. 5
January 29, 2015
The College of Architecture and Design Gallery (CoAD Gallery) will present “Four Printmakers…Four Decades,” an exhibition featuring the work of four talented printmakers with selections covering the past four decades, on Feb. 5, 2015.
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NJIT's Shawn Chester Presents Two Seminars in China
January 29, 2015
Shawn Chester, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, presented two seminars in China last month at which he described his research on the multiphysics mechanics of soft materials.
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Healing Mind and Body: New Location
January 28, 2015
On Friday, January 30, Research Professor Hans Chaudhry will now give his presentation “Healing Mind and Body,” an Albert Dorman Honors College Colloquium, from 11:30 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. in Cullimore Hall, Lecture Room 3. >>
The exhibition features inventive work created by the digital, industrial and interior design students from The School of Art + Design.
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Siva Nadimpalli, assistant professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, gave invited talks at the Indian Institute of Technology on Jan. 12-13, 2015.
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Center for Building Knowledge Receives High-Performance Building and Community Award
January 23, 2015
The National Institute of Building Sciences Sustainable Buildings Industry Council honored NJIT with a 2014 Beyond Green Merit Award.
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Timothy J. Paul Appointed as Assistant Development Director at NJIT
January 22, 2015
Timothy J. Paul, of Plainview, New York, has been appointed as Assistant Development Director for Intercollegiate Athletics/Newark College of Engineering at NJIT.
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Professor Glenn Goldman Presents Paper at International Conference
January 22, 2015
Glenn Goldman, professor and director of the School of Art + Design, presented “Selfie or Group: Working Alone (or) Together” at the 13th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities in Honolulu.
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Climate Reality Check: Center for Resilient Design Hosts Climate Change and Global Warming Presentation
January 20, 2015
NJIT alum Jason Kliwinski led an informative two-hour presentation at the College of Architecture and Design about the linkages between climate and weather and the effects of global warming.
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NJIT Expert Tapped by Royal Society of Canada to Assess the Impact of Oil Spills on Northern Waters
January 16, 2015
Michel Boufadel, director of NJIT's Center for Natural Resources Development and Protection, has been appointed by the Royal Society of Canada to a panel of experts charged with evaluating the impact of crude oil spills in northern water bodies, including the Arctic Ocean. >>
Nirwan Ansari, distinguished professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of the Advanced Networking Lab, delivered the keynote address, "Greening the Last Mile Access," at the 12th Annual IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC 2015) in Las Vegas. >>
Theresa Hunt, University Lecturer in NJIT's Department of Humanities, presented a paper entitled “Launching Revolutions and Challenging the State: Egyptian Women's Anti-Sexual Harassment Campaigns, 2004-2012” at the annual Middle East Studies Association (MESA) conference in Washington, DC.
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Design Professor Named Most Admired Educator
January 14, 2015
Glenn Goldman, professor and founding director of the School of Art + Design, has been named one of the “30 Most Admired Educators for 2015” by DesignIntelligence magazine.
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CoAD Students Present Design Ideas to Community in Sea Bright
January 13, 2015
As part of NJIT's graduate architecture program, 16 students have developed conceptual designs for a new borough hall in Sea Bright.
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NJIT Alumnus Awarded 2015 Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
January 08, 2015
Pierre Ramond '65, a theoretical physicist and director of the Institute for Fundamental Theory at the University of Florida has won the 2015 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics, one of the highest honors for scientific investigators in that field.
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The Center for Resilient Design in collaboration with the New Jersey Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council is cosponsoring “Climate Reality: Causes, Affects, & Solutions for the 21st Century & Beyond” Jan. 14 inside Weston Hall at the College of Architecture and Design at 2 p.m.
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Scholarships and Jobs on the Horizon for NJIT's Concrete Industry Management Students
January 07, 2015
NJIT's Concrete Industry Management (CIM) program raised $50,000 last semester in scholarship funds from local and national patrons to be awarded this spring to exceptional first-year CIM students and talented transfer students who are joining the program. >>