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2015
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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New Jersey's Urban Water Systems the Focus of Conference at NJIT
December 11, 2015
State and federal regulatory officials, scientists and environmental advocates gathered at NJIT in December to launch a new coalition, Jersey Water Works, to address longstanding, significant problems facing New Jersey's urban water systems, from crumbling storm and wastewater infrastructure to inadequate supplies of clean drinking water.
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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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Yi Chen, Henry J. Leir Chair and an associate professor at NJIT's School of Management, was invited to give a talk at the IEEE Big Data Initiative Workshop at Georgia Institute of Technology on Dec. 1, 2015.
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Men's Swimming and Diving Wins First Ever ECAC Championship
December 07, 2015
The NJIT men's swimming and diving team captured its first-ever ECAC Championship in program history at the ECAC Winter Championships, which concluded Sunday at the Nassau County Aquatic Center. The Highlanders finished first among 11 men's teams in the three-day event and the gap between NJIT and second-place Pace (1,436 points-to-1089.50 points, 346.50 points) was the largest between any two consecutive spots in the team standings.
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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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SOM to Host Second Annual Strategic Management Showcase
December 02, 2015
NJIT's School of Management will host the Second Annual Strategic Management Showcase on Dec. 4, 2015, 5-9 p.m. in the Campus Center Atrium.
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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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SOM Students Participate in Institute of Management Accountants Leadership Conference
December 01, 2015
John Pelligra '16 and Kanishka Wadhwa '16 represented NJIT at the 2015 Institute of Management Accountants Student Leadership Conference in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
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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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T. Homer Bonitsis, associate professor of finance in NJIT's School of Management, was the first keynote speaker at the International Conference on Applied Business & Economics of the International Strategic Management Association, held at the University of Piraeus in Piraeus, Greece.
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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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A Message from President Bloom: The Beauty of NJIT's Diversity
November 25, 2015
As a participant in the life of this campus for the past 25 years, I have engaged in the evolution of the NJIT campus to one of a beautiful collage of diversity. At NJIT, we define diversity using its broadest sense including, but not limited to: race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, disability and ideas.
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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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Thanksgiving 2015
November 23, 2015
As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, please take some time to enjoy the people you love and care about and those who are less fortunate, hungry, displaced or in harm's way.
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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. >>
SOM Assistant Professor Haisu Zhang Presents Two Research Projects at PDMA Global Conference
November 20, 2015
Haisu Zhang, assistant professor of marketing and entrepreneurship in NJIT's School of Management, presented two research projects at the research forum of the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) Product Innovation Management Global Conference in Anaheim, Calif.
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Fifth Annual Business Conference Examines the Multidimensional Transformation of Healthcare
November 19, 2015
The multidimensional transformation of the healthcare industry was the focus of the Fifth Annual Business Conference hosted by NJIT's School of Management on Nov. 19, 2015 in the Campus Center Atrium.
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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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SOM's Executive MBA Class of 2016 Tours Argentina and Brazil
November 18, 2015
NJIT's School of Management Executive MBA class of 2016 attended various seminars in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as part of their course on International Business Strategy.
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SOM Assistant Professor Presents Paper at PDMA Annual Global Conference
November 17, 2015
Ellen Thomas, Ph.D., assistant professor of marketing in NJIT's School of Management, presented a paper at the 2015 Product Development and Management Association's annual global conference on product innovation management.
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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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Donald H. Sebastian Appointed to Rowan's SJTP Board
November 16, 2015
The Rowan University Board of Trustees has appointed Dr. Donald H. Sebastian to the Board of Directors of the South Jersey Technology Park at Rowan University.
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First Annual NJIT Research Centers and Laboratories Showcase
November 13, 2015
NJIT's inaugural Research Centers and Laboratories Showcase, featuring the work of more than 40 centers and laboratories, will take place on Monday, Nov. 16 in the Campus Center ballrooms.
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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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SOM Faculty Members Participate in NBEA Annual Conference
November 10, 2015
P. Ben Chou and Cesar Bandera, senior university lecturer and assistant professor, respectively, in NJIT's School of Management, participated in the 42nd Annual Conference of the Northeast Business and Economics Association on Nov. 6.
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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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NJIT's Fey Named NASPA 2016 Pillar of the Profession
November 04, 2015
Dr. Charles J. Fey, vice president for academic support and student affairs, has been named a 2016 Pillar of the Profession by the NASPA Foundation, an association for the advancement, health and sustainability of the student affairs profession.
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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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5 Ways to Protect Yourself Online
November 03, 2015
Watch out for cyber scams and other hoaxes that are sent via email.
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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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On Nov. 6, NJIT's MechaForce will take part in the 18th Annual Colloquium on International Engineering Education in New York City to discuss adapting the German dual skills education model to New Jersey's ecosystem.
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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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New Jersey Institute of Technology Partners with Zipcar to Offer Car Sharing on Campus
October 28, 2015
Today, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) launched a new partnership with Zipcar, the world's leading car sharing network, to offer a Zipcar car sharing program on campus. The convenient transportation option is now available at an affordable rate 24 hours a day, seven days a week for students, faculty and staff ages 18 and older, as well as members of the local community ages 21 and over.
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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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Dean J. Paranicas, President and CEO of HealthCare Institute of New Jersey, and Dr. Robert Goldberg, Co-Founder and Vice President-Center for Medicine in the Public Interest, will headline the NJIT School of Management's Fifth Annual Business Conference Nov. 19 in the Campus Center Atrium.
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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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CWL Kicks Off Partners for Success Program
October 22, 2015
On Thursday, Oct. 15, the Committee on Women's Leadership (CWL) kicked off the second year of its Partners for Success Program with a luncheon and orientation. The goal of the program is to assist recently hired women to become acclimated to the culture of NJIT and have a designated person as an initial resource and source of encouragement.
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Rising Entrepreneurs Invited to Participate in the Newark Innovation Acceleration Challenge
October 21, 2015
Rising entrepreneurs are invited to submit practical, innovative ideas as part of the Newark Innovation Acceleration Challenge. Deadline for submissions: Nov. 3.
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Better Prep Needed for K-12 Student Success
October 21, 2015
NJIT President Joel S. Bloom joined other educators and NJ Education Commissioner David Hespe yesterday in calling for higher standards and better preparation in K-12 education, as results of the first new PARCC assessment were released in Trenton.
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The NJIT NEXT comprehensive campaign has surpassed its $150 million goal to become the largest philanthropic fundraising effort in university history, NJIT officials reported today. The 10-year campaign raised $153,700,251 or 102 percent of the goal, two years ahead of schedule, to undergird a campus transformation that has received national attention.
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NJIT Overseer and Somerset Patriots Owner Steve Kalafer Honored by Somerset County Freeholders
October 20, 2015
The Somerset County Board of Freeholders presented an engraved commemorative bat to Somerset Patriots Owner Steve Kalafer, a member of the NJIT Board of Overseers, and Somerset Patriots Baseball Club President and General Manager Patrick McVerry on their sixth Atlantic League Championship win during the 2015 baseball season.
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Humberto “Humby” Baquerizo '95, associate director, Center for Student Involvement at NJIT overseeing student engagement, student programming and social media, spoke at the Campus Compact Conference Eastern Region Oct. 15-16 at NJIT.
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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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SOM Professor Gives Presentation on Taylorism in the 21st Century at Interdisciplinary Conference
October 09, 2015
Hindy Lauer Schachter, a professor in the School of Management, gave a presentation on "Frederick Taylor and Contemporary Management Education" last month at the international Taylor's World Conference.
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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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Backed by a nearly $50 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NJIT's New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII) will spend the next four years working with thousands of medical practices in the state to improve the quality and efficiency of the care they provide, while also lowering its cost.
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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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Thought Leaders Convene at NJIT to Reshape Outdated Perception of Manufacturing Careers
October 05, 2015
The opening ceremony for New Jersey Manufacturing Week, hosted at NJIT, kicked off an exciting week of workshops, talks and festivities to draw awareness to the shortage of qualified manufacturing professionals.
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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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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell recently announced that New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII) is one of 39 healthcare networks selected to participate in the Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative, a collaborative network that will join the federal government and other partners in supporting large-scale health care transformation among clinician practices.
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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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Winning Play by Michele Rittenhouse
September 29, 2015
Michèle Rittenhouse, director of NJIT's Theatre Arts and Technology Program, is among the featured playwrights whose work was selected as one of the winning plays for the 2015 Warner International Playwrights Festival.
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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 to Break Ground on Life Sciences and Engineering Building
September 28, 2015
NJIT will break ground on a $19 million state-of-the-art research facility designed to foster interdisciplinary collaboration in fields ranging from biomedical engineering and the biological sciences to electrical engineering and healthcare technologies.
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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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SOM Associate Professor Discusses His Research on TheStreet
September 25, 2015
T. Homer Bonitsis, associate professor of finance in NJIT's School of Management, appeared on TheStreet where he was interviewed by Jill Malandrino on his research with Farahmand Rezvani of Montclair State University.
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Wolfram Technologies in Education and Research
September 23, 2015
The NJIT community is invited to attend “Wolfram Technologies in Education and Research,” a presentation by Andrew Dorsett, Wolfram Research.
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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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NJIT-Led Consortium Wins EU Grant to Promote Economies on Both Sides of the Atlantic
September 21, 2015
A consortium of academic, policy and business organizations led by the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has been awarded a “Getting to Know Europe” grant from the Delegation of the European Union (EU) designed to boost economies on both sides of the Atlantic through the expansion of cooperation and trade.
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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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Radio Hosts to Speak at Opening Ceremony for New Jersey Manufacturing Week Sept. 28
September 16, 2015
NJIT and ManufactureNJ to host opening ceremony for New Jersey Manufacturing Week Sept. 28.
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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 Experts to Discuss "Newark at a Crossroads" on One-on-One with Steve Adubato in a Series of Panel Talks
September 11, 2015
Watch NJIT President Joel Bloom on One-on-One with Steve Adubato in the special series, “Newark at a Crossroads,” where he will discuss innovation and ways to drive economic development through the collaboration of students and business leaders.
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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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Sheft Recognized as a Top 'Intrapreneur'
September 09, 2015
NJIT's Judith Sheft has been recognized as one of six top women "intrapreneurs" by Leading Women Entrepreneurs & Business Owners (LWE). This is the first year the organization has honored “intrapreneurs,” which it defines as corporate innovators who are all accomplished, intelligent and inspire others through their work.
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NJIT Gains Ground in US News & World Report Ranking
September 09, 2015
New Jersey Institute of Technology is ranked 140 in the category of Best National Universities, US News & World Report reported today in releasing its 2016 rankings. NJIT, which moved up nine places from last year's 149, is also ranked well for its ethnic diversity and providing more students needed opportunities. >>
Notre Dame Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Chair to Speak on Direct Numerical Simulation
September 08, 2015
The NJIT community is invited to a colloquium by Professor Gretar Tryggvason on Friday, September 11, which will begin in Cullimore Lecture Hall II at 11:30 a.m.
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NJIT's Joshua Mercer Selected 2015 Senior CLASS Award Candidate
September 08, 2015
NJIT men's soccer senior Joshua Mercer was selected one of 30 candidates, who excel both on and off the field, for the 2015 Senior CLASS Award in collegiate soccer.
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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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Apply Now for a National Science Foundation I-Corps Mini-Grant to Commercialize Your Technology
September 03, 2015
Attention Student Entrepreneurs: Do you have an exciting technology that works in the lab? Would you like help to start a company to commercialize it? Would you like to test your prototype in a real-world environment?
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NJIT Grads' Starting Salaries Among Best in New Jersey
September 02, 2015
New Jersey Institute of Technology was recently ranked first among New Jersey public universities and third among all New Jersey schools where graduates earn the highest starting salaries in a study by New York-based financial technology company SmartAsset.
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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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NJIT Ranked Among Top 25 Colleges for Earning Six Figures
August 27, 2015
NJIT has been cited as one of the top 25 colleges where you can earn six figures before getting an advanced degree by Time's Money Magazine, after PayScale released new data today that keeps NJIT in the top rankings for return on investment.
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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 students interning at Prudential this summer were treated to a special networking session with employees of the company who are also NJIT alumni.
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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 School of Management Ranked among Top 50 Best Value Master's in Management Programs
August 11, 2015
NJIT's School of Management (SOM) was ranked #24 among the top 50 Best Value Master's in Management Programs by Value Colleges.com.
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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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ManufactureNJ, The New Jersey Advanced Manufacturing (M-NJ) Talent Network, is hosting its first-ever Young Manufacturers Summer Academy (YMSA) at NJIT Aug. 10-15.
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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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Virginia Sulzberger '62, '66, a consultant at Electric Power Systems and a member of NJIT's Helen and John J. Hartmann Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Industry Advisory Board, will be inducted into the National Academy of Engineering in October.
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Judith Sheft, NJIT's associate vice president of technology development, was recently interviewed by Bart Jackson for his radio show The Art of the CEO.
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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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Bill Rapp, the Henry J. Leir Professor of International Trade and Business in NJIT's School of Management, presented the keynote address last month at an international conference on emerging markets in Timisoara, Romania.
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NJII Awarded $2.9M to Ensure Health Care Providers Can Share Patient Records Reliably and Safely
July 30, 2015
NJII will develop a safe and reliable way to allow health care providers – from doctors, to clinics, to hospitals – to share patients' electronic health care records.
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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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upSKILL, a U.S. Department of Labor-funded consortium led by NJIT, Rutgers-Newark and four north Jersey community college partners will hold a speed interview session August 4.
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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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The America East Conference named seven NJIT women's tennis players to the 2014-15 Winter/Spring Honor Roll, Jonathan Stanko Communication Fellow announced.
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2015-2016 Tuition and Fees Set by NJIT Board of Trustees
July 23, 2015
New Jersey Institute of Technology's Board of Trustees approved, on July 23, 2015, a 2.39 percent tuition increase for undergraduate, in-state students. Annual tuition for full-time, in-state students will be $13,434 for 2015-2016. Tuition for out-of-state, undergraduate students will increase by 3.33 percent to $27,652.
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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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The Role of Technology in Newark 3.0
July 20, 2015
Judith Sheft, NJIT associate vice president of technology and enterprise development, will take part in tonight's Tech Town Hall in Newark.
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The NJIT community mourns the loss today of Edward Cruz '63, '13 HON, president and chief executive officer of E.E. Cruz & Company, one of the region's largest engineering and construction firms that he co-founded in 1984 with his cousin Evaristo.
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Michael Ehrlich, Ph.D., a professor of finance and international business expert in NJIT's School of Management, is available for comment on the Greek debt crisis.
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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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On June 29 President Joel Bloom was in Bangkok for the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between NJIT and Chulalongkorn University for the Center of Excellence on Hazardous Substance Management (HSM).
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NJII HealthIT Connections Program-Applications Open
July 06, 2015
The New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII) is recruiting growth-stage health IT companies (with revenues between $250K-$6MM) to participate in the third cohort of its HealthIT Connections Program.
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Yi Chen, an associate professor and The Henry J. Leir Chair in Healthcare in NJIT's School of Management, received the Peter Chen Big Data Young Researcher Award yesterday at a plenary session of six co-located IEEE Conferences in New York City.
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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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This designation acknowledges New Jersey Institute of Technology working with public and private sector partners in New Jersey and the surrounding region to support economic development
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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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NJIT Ranked Among Top 25 Public Colleges in the U.S. for Low Student Loan Default Rate
June 23, 2015
NJIT is one of the top 25 public colleges in the nation, the only N.J. institution and one of the top 50 overall to have a low student loan default rate, according to BestColleges.com.
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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 announced that Dr. Donald H. Sebastian of Randolph has been named an Innovation Hero as part of the 2015 NJBIZ Healthcare Heroes Awards.
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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, hosted 60 companies and public officials at the NJ MarketShift Design Forum 2.0 on Friday, June 12, 2015 at the Forsgate Country Club.
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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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Mathematicians Speak of Tsunamis and Stars
June 18, 2015
The increasing utility of applied mathematics in every branch of science and technology, and in daily life, was once again made clear at the Frontiers in Applied and Computational Mathematics (FACM) conference that convened on the NJIT campus in June.
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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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Student Improv Group to Perform at Comedy Marathon
June 16, 2015
The Rutgers-Newark/NJIT Joint Theatre Program is proud to announce that the student group I.T.: Improv Technicians has been accepted into the 17th annual Del Close Marathon, a weekend-long comedy festival held in New York City.
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Young Speaks on Cell Biology
June 15, 2015
Associate Professor Yuan-Nan Young, Department of Mathematical Sciences, was among the invited speakers at NCS4: Northeast Complex Fluids and Soft Matter Workshop, held at Sony Brook University on June 12.
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New Dean for SOM
June 12, 2015
Mechanical Engineering Professor Reggie J. Caudill, Ph.D. has been appointed dean of the NJIT School of Management.
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NJIT and NJII to Participate at BIO Innovation Theater
June 11, 2015
The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and the New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), an NJIT corporation, will participate at the 2015 BIO International Convention, the world's largest biotechnology gathering.
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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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NJIT Professors Wenbo Selina Cai and Sanchoy Das, both in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, along with Ph.D. students Sevilay Onal and Jingran Zhang, attended the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) 2015 conference in Washington D.C.
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MIE Assistant Professor and Students Participate at Pan-American Conference of Applied Mechanics
June 09, 2015
Two mechanical engineering Ph.D. students, Shuolun Wang and Fangda Cui, along with Shawn Chester, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, recently attended the 15th Pan-American Conference of Applied Mechanics (PACAM) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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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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Energy Address and Pro Bono Honor
June 05, 2015
Professor N. M. Ravindra, director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Materials Science and Engineering and former chair of the Physics Department, recently presented “Engineered Composite Materials – Applications to Energy and Sports” at the 2015 Global Conference on Polymer and Composite Materials held in Beijing, China.
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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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Judith Sheft, associate vice president of technology and enterprise development, and Angela Garreston, special assistant to the president for policy and government relations, will participate in the Rainbow PUSH Wall Street Project & City of Newark Economic Summit held on Tuesday, June 2, at Rutgers University's Paul Robeson Campus Center in Newark.
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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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At the Mathematical Frontier
May 26, 2015
FACM '15 — the 12th annual Frontiers in Applied and Computational Mathematics conference — will be held on campus June 5-6, organized by NJIT's Department of Mathematical Sciences and Center for Applied Mathematics and Statistics. The event has again been made possible with support from the National Science Foundation.
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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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NJIT President Joel S. Bloom and Dr. Diane Bloom attended the Actors Fund Gala last evening as guests of Steve Kalafer, chairman of Flemington Car and Truck Country and a member of the NJIT Board of Overseers.
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Thomas E. Motyka Appointed Senior Executive Director Smart Infrastructure, New Jersey Innovation Institute
May 11, 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 announced the appointment of Thomas E. Motyka as Senior Executive Director of Smart Infrastructure.
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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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Tracy Espiritu, who received an M.S. in Management of Science and Technology in 2000, has won the Milken Educator Award, dubbed the "Oscars of Teaching" by Teacher magazine.
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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 ranks in the top 1 percent of colleges and universities in the U.S. for its occupational earnings power – a measure of the market value of the careers it prepares its graduates to pursue, according to a new study by the Brookings Institution, the Washington, D.C.-based think tank.
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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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Deane Evans Serves as Race to Zero Judge
May 04, 2015
Deane Evans, executive director of NJIT's Center for Building Knowledge, recently served on the jury for the second annual Race to Zero Student Design Competition.
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Rewarding Invention at the Dana Knox Research Showcase
April 30, 2015
An algae-based system for shrinking the energy consumption and carbon footprint of buildings and an assessment of the progress cognitive science has made toward an understanding of human consciousness tied for first place among undergraduate projects at the 2015 Dana Knox Student Research Showcase.
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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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NJIT President Bloom Attends Annual Alumni Meeting in China
April 28, 2015
NJIT President Joel S. Bloom and Dr. Diane Bloom attended the 2015 NJIT Alumni Association China Chapter Annual Meeting last month in Beijing, China.
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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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NACME President and CEO Irving Pressley McPhail to Address Class of 2015 at NJIT's 99th Commencement
April 20, 2015
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will confer honorary degrees upon two distinguished individuals at the 99th Commencement exercises Tuesday, May 19, 2015, 9 a.m. at the Prudential Center in Newark.
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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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Brownfields Experts from Across the Globe Will Meet to Advance Next-Gen Redevelopment Strategies
April 10, 2015
Brownfields redevelopment experts from across the globe, including from NJIT, will gather in Lower Manhattan on April 15 for the sixth Northeast Sustainable Communities Workshop.
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NJIT to Host TETN Industry Week Kickoff Event April 13
April 10, 2015
NJIT will host the opening ceremony for TETN's Second Annual Technology & Industry Week.
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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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Seminar on NIH Funding Mechanisms
April 09, 2015
Zeynep Erim, Ph.D., program director for the Division of Inter-Disciplinary Training at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will give a talk on the agency's funding mechanisms for trainees and junior investigators at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 10 in 210 Kupfrian Hall.
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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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Colette Santasieri, Ph.D. will be a featured speaker at the Creative Placemaking Forum for Professional Artists and Graduate Arts and Design Majors to be held at the NJIT campus on April 13, 2015 from 6-9 p.m.
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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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The NJIT Campus Center is now providing applications for the Highlander Student Leadership Awards. >>
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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Apply Now for a National Science Foundation I-Corps Mini-Grant to Commercialize Your Technology
March 31, 2015
Attention Student Entrepreneurs: Do you have an exciting technology that works in the lab? Would you like help to start a company to commercialize it?
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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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Lt. Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski '78 Named Four-Star General
March 30, 2015
The Senate confirmation of Lt. Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski '78, Military Deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., to the rank of general with the assignment to the position of AFMC commander was announced on March 27, 2015.
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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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NJIT Selected to Present at Social Justice Conference
March 25, 2015
Deliris Diaz '17, Inaceli Tubilleja '17 and Sherlene Ayala, assistant director of NJIT's Leadership & Diversity Programs, will present at the 2015 Committee to Advance our Common Purposes social justice conference at Rutgers University on March 29. >>
Gale Spak Nominates Recipient of 2015 STEP Award
March 25, 2015
Gale Spak's nominee, B.J. Dowlen, has been chosen as a 2015 STEP Award Honoree.
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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, introduced the NJ MarketShift Design Forum on March 20, 2015.
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NJIT, the last Division I men's basketball program still playing of the 21 in the Metropolitan area, will face a big challenge from rugged Cleveland State in Round 2 of the 2015 CollegeInsider.com postseason men's basketball tournament (CIT) when the Vikings invade Fleisher Athletic Center Monday at 7 pm.
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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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The Third Annual NJIT Innovation Day
March 20, 2015
NJIT Innovation Day, an invention-packed showcase of cutting-edge, student-led research, design and development across programs and disciplines, will take place on Wednesday, March 25 at the Campus Center.
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Former New Jersey Governor Richard J. Codey witnessed the Highlanders' 84-77 victory over New Hampshire in NJIT's first-ever Division I national postseason game March 16.
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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. >>
NJIT's Office of Admissions and Division of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) will host a Graduate and Professional Development Information Session.
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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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Verizon Executive to Keynote Murray Center for Women in Technology's 20th Anniversary Conference
March 16, 2015
“Women Designing the Future: 1995-2015 ... and Beyond,” a one-day conference marking the 20th anniversary of the Murray Center for Women in Technology, will be held March 27 at NJIT.
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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. >>
Highlanders flocked to the 2015 Spring Career, Co-op and Internship Fair presented by Career Development Services (CDS) March 4.
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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. >>
Girl Power: WOW Presents New Jersey's Forum on Women in Information Technology March 12
March 09, 2015
Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW) will present New Jersey's Forum on Women in Information Technology March 12, 1:00-4:30 p.m. at Essex County College in the Morton A. Siegler Lecture Hall.
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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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JPMorgan Chase announced a $300,000 grant to New Jersey Innovation Institute during its Small Business Forward event at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), where regional business, civic, nonprofit and government leaders came together to discuss Newark's burgeoning health care IT cluster.
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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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JPMorgan Chase and NJIT to Hold a Summit on Spurring Growth in Newark's Health Care IT Cluster
March 04, 2015
JPMorgan Chase & Co. and NJIT's New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII) will hold a summit on a $1.45 million initiative to advance the health care sector in the Newark metro region and boost economic development by promoting growth in the city's burgeoning health care IT cluster.
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NJIT Names Ugorji New Associate VP of Communications
March 04, 2015
NJIT, New Jersey's science, technology and design university, announces the appointment of Lauren Ugorji as the associate vice president of communications, marketing and branding, effective March 2, 2015.
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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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NJIT Graduate Student Team Places Third in 2015 APICS Case Competition
February 25, 2015
A team of three graduate students in NJIT's School of Management placed third in the 2015 American Production and Inventory Control Society Northeast District Case Competition.
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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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NJIT's Third Annual Faculty Research Symposium
February 19, 2015
NJIT's Third Annual Faculty Research Symposium
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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's Michael Ehrlich to Discuss New Venture Financial Modeling and Valuation at IMA Meeting
February 10, 2015
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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Two students from the School of Art + Design were among the winners of the recently completed Ferring Pharmaceuticals Art Competition.
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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 President Joel S. Bloom has once again been named to The Power 100, NJBIZ's annual ranking of the most powerful people in New Jersey business.
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NJIT's Alan Yan Named One of Top 10 Outstanding Researchers at the 2015 Internet Economy Researcher Conference
February 02, 2015
Zhipeng (Alan) Yan, associate professor of finance in NJIT's School of Management, received a "2014 Top Ten Outstanding Researchers Award" at the 2015 Internet Economy Researcher Conference on Jan. 29 in Beijing, China.
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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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NJIT has been ranked at the top of Business Insider's 2015 list of the most underrated colleges in the U.S.
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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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Michael Smullen Appointed as Director of Alumni Relations at NJIT
January 21, 2015
Michael Smullen, of Linden, has been appointed as Director of Alumni Relations at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT).
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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. >>
NJIT Winning Streak Goes to Five After 79-60 Victory Wednesday Night
January 15, 2015
Junior Winfield Willis scored 11 points in each half and NJIT pulled away from a determined St. Joseph's Brooklyn, 79-60, in men's basketball Wednesday night in the Estelle and Zoom Fleisher Athletic Center.
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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's Judith Sheft to Participate at Newark Small Business Summit
January 13, 2015
Judith Sheft, NJIT's associate vice president of technology development, will be a panelist at the Small Business Summit hosted by Mayor Baraka and Prudential Financial Jan. 14 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Summit. >>
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Small Business Forward - NJII Health IT Entrepreneurial Connection Program
January 12, 2015
Attention Entrepreneurs: Apply by January 21 to Participate in Seminars, Training Programs and Networking Sessions >>
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. >>
William (“Bill”) Wilson (B.S.C.S. '88), a partner in the law firm of Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass, has co-written a book entitled New Jersey Insurance Coverage Litigation – 2015: A Practitioner's Guide, which has been published by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, a Division of the New Jersey State Bar Association.
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The Eastern College Athletic Conference announced that a fast-break dunk play by NJIT men's basketball against Saint Francis U is the Division I Basketball Play of the Week. >>
Jerry Creighton Sr., executive director of the Enterprise Development Center (EDC), was a keynote speaker at the Seed Forum in New York City Dec. 2. The Seed Forum is a global network of national not-for-profit foundations and representatives in more than 40 countries that provides investor ready born global companies to investors focused on attracting overseas companies to the metropolitan area and introducing attendees to the many advantages of operating in an entrepreneurial ecosystem.
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