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Send your Esports Teams to the Spring Rally!

Wednesday, March 25th, 2020
Hey Highlanders - help support your NJIT Esports in their quest for AndBox Spring Rally 2020! The AndBox Spring Rally is a collegiate esports competition that puts the best teams against each other into two tournaments: a 32-team Overwatch bracket & an 8-team Call of Duty Gunfight Bracket....

Message to the NJIT Community of Alumni, Friends, Faculty & Staff

Tuesday, March 24th, 2020
Dear NJIT Community Members and Friends, A time of optimism and promise every year at NJIT is Convocation. When I welcome the new class of Highlanders and speak to them about the shared characteristics and experiences of NJIT students, I tell them that they are surrounded by people who are intelli...

NJIT Recognized in 4 Areas of Distinction for Student Opportunity and Success

Monday, March 23rd, 2020
For its unwavering and ongoing commitment to both first-generation college students and students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds, NJIT has been acknowledged in four key areas of distinction: inclusion, affordability, completion and outcomes. The accolade comes from Strive for College...

Virtual Reality Becoming a Useful Tool for Interior Design Students

Monday, March 23rd, 2020
Interior design majors are learning to use virtual reality tools earlier than ever, with sophomores and even first-year students here at NJIT working with the technology as a way to gain an edge for their careers. The crux of the plan involved 14 sophomores in a design studio course developing virtu...

NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 3/23/20-3/27/20

Monday, March 23rd, 2020
Here you will find a weekly listing of updates and announcements for members of the NJIT campus community. Announcements are to be submitted through the form found at https://forms.gle/V6PBxUy5b3jkErMc8 or by your area vice president to Deric Raymond, director of content planning and intelligence, i...

Simulated 'Frankenfish Brain-Swaps' Reveal Senses Control Body Movement

Monday, March 23rd, 2020
Plenty of fictional works like Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein have explored the idea of swapping out a brain from one individual and transferring it into a completely different body. However, a team of biologists and engineers has now used a variation of the sci-fi concept, via computer simulation, to e...

Commencement and Credits for Housing, Meals Plans, and Parking

Friday, March 20th, 2020
NJIT Community Members, Allow me to provide you with updates regarding Commencement and credits for housing, meal plans, and parking. Commencement Our Commencement marks an annual highlight for the entire NJIT community and is particularly meaningful for the students who graduate that day, as well a...

An Amputee Acquires a Prosthetic Finger From an NJIT Capstone Team

Friday, March 20th, 2020
After a table saw severed the top of his right index finger, Adam Zanellato, a 20-year-old cabinet-maker at the time, had to relearn basic hand maneuvers, such as how to write and hold a fork. There were no affordable prosthetics on the market to help him regain dexterity. Several years later, he st...

Donald J. Reifer '69 To Receive NJIT Alumni Achievement Award

Thursday, March 19th, 2020
Donald J. Reifer ’69 is recognized as an agile thought leader and a leading figure in the fields of software engineering and management. He has more than 40 years of management experience in industry, academia and government. He is skilled in program/project/product management, development, metrics,...

Anthony Schuman To Receive NJIT Van Houten Award

Thursday, March 19th, 2020
Anthony Schuman is Professor of Architecture in the Hillier College of Architecture and Design, where he has taught for 40 years. He typically teaches a design studio plus a seminar class each semester. He is currently leading an upper-year undergraduate “options” studio addressing three adjacent ...