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NJIT Technology and Society Forum Presents: Is Technology the Cure for Health Care Inequities?

Tuesday, April 30th, 2019
The life expectancy for those living in Chad is less than 50 years. In Swaziland, 26% of the population is HIV positive. These statistics are just some indicators of a much larger global health crisis. But what possible role can technology play in addressing this crisis and what can biomedical engin...

Custom-Designed Prosthetics and Pothole Scanners are Winners on Innovation Day

Tuesday, April 30th, 2019
A team of biomedical engineering students who designed a body-powered prosthetic index finger for a carpenter who lost part of one in an accident were the first-place winners of this year’s TechQuest Challenge, announced earlier this month at NJIT’s seventh annual Innovation Day. Their prosthesis, ...

Justin Etts Drives Home Game-Winning Run in NJIT's 7-6 Win Over Kennesaw State

Monday, April 29th, 2019
Senior shortstop Justin Etts drove in the game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth in NJIT's 7-6 ASUN Conference victory over visiting Kennesaw State Sunday afternoon at Bainton Field on the campus of Rutgers University. NJIT snaps a five-game skid, improving to 13-23-1 overall, 5-13 in the ASU...

Solar Decathlon Exhibit Showcases NJIT 'Green Design' in US Department of Energy Competition

Friday, April 26th, 2019
The Solar Decathlon exhibition opened Monday April 15 at the Littmann Library at the College of Architecture and Design. The exhibition documents the design and construction of the solar house that was built as part of the final phase of Solar Decathlon China, a competition by the U.S. Department of...

Leir Research Institute Conference Centers on Well-being, Connectedness and Resilience

Friday, April 26th, 2019
Esteemed guests joined NJIT faculty, students and staff April 15 for the inaugural research conference of The Henry J. and Erna D. Leir Research Institute for Business, Technology, and Society. The Martin Tuchman School of Management-sponsored event was themed “Well-being, Connectedness and Resilien...

NJIT Welcomes Anthony Agnello: Grammy‑Winning Engineer, Digital Music Pioneer

Wednesday, April 24th, 2019
Throw on any iconic rock album from the mid-1970’s to early 1980’s, and chances are, you’ll hear the distinct sound of pitch-shifting and harmonizing effects that were just beginning to revolutionize how records were being produced — from the rhythm instruments on David Bowie’s 1975 album ...

NJIT's Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering Program is #1 in New Jersey, #6 Nationally

Monday, April 22nd, 2019
NJIT offered the best biomedical engineering program for undergrads in New Jersey according to the 2020 BestValueSchools.com rankings. This program is also ranked sixth nationally. NJIT's biomedical engineering program is part of the Newark College of Engineering (NCE), the oldest and larg...

Tech Entrepreneur Robert Tarantino '90 Has Been Part of NJIT's Innovation Ecosystem for 30 Years

Monday, April 22nd, 2019
Before his freshman year had even begun, Robert Tarantino ’90 had embarked on more professional ventures than many people do in a lifetime: computer systems manager, programmer, journeyman tool and die maker and software developer. But in founding his high-tech start-up, New Jersey Precision T...

These Employers Are This Year's Tops for Supporting NJIT Students

Monday, April 22nd, 2019
NJIT’s Career Development Services (CDS) paid tribute to an array of recruiting partners at its annual Awards and Recognition Ceremony, held April 2 in the Campus Center Atrium. There, CDS staff acknowledged the important relationship between the university and employers in advancing the professiona...

NJIT Computer Science Professor's Startup Places in Top 2 of IT Security Competition

Sunday, April 21st, 2019
Duality Technologies, a startup company co-founded by a NJIT Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) professor, was the first runner up in the Innovation Sandbox Competition at the RSA Conference, the security industry’s leading meeting of the minds. Associate Professor Kurt Rohloff’s startup applies a...