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Martin Tuchman School of Management Professors Publish Economics Paper

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019
Assistant Professor of Finance Stephen Taylor and Assistant Professor of Accounting Ming Fang co-authored the paper, “Unbiased weighted variance and skewness estimators for overlapping returns,” in the Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES). According to the article’s abstract, Taylor and ...

NJIT Board of Overseers Chair and MBA Alumna Marjorie Perry Shares Her Journey to Success

Friday, December 21st, 2018
Marjorie Perry ’05, president and CEO of MZM Construction and Management, sits in a meeting room inside NJIT’s Enterprise Development Center (EDC). Her well-manicured hands are folded on top of a large conference table. Pink nail polish adds a pop of color to her all-black ensemble. She removes a Ha...

An Egyptian-American Engineer Does it Her Way. Intel Approves.

Friday, December 21st, 2018
For Dina Ayman’s parents, the road to medical school beckoned enticingly to their gifted daughter, a driven student with a love for math and science. The profession, they argued, would eagerly welcome a woman of her talents. But Ayman ’18, M.S. ’18, did not hear that call. And she resisted. “From t...

Mechanical Engineering at NJIT Earns Top Ranking

Friday, December 21st, 2018
College Factual ranks NJIT’s mechanical engineering program in the Top 15 percent of all mechanical engineering programs in the United States. Mechanical engineering at NJIT moved up 14 slots over last year, from No. 53 to No. 39, out of 272 schools nationwide. Mechanical engineering graduates from ...

Economic Outlook: Finance Professor Presents at Annual Forecasting Conference

Thursday, December 20th, 2018
William V. Rapp, Martin Tuchman School of Management’s Henry J. Leir Professor of International Trade and Business, and director of the Leir Center for Financial Bubble Research, was one of 34 presenters invited to discuss the 2019 economic forecast at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s 32nd Annu...

Governor Murphy Announces Initiatives to Spur Development of New Jersey's Innovation Economy

Thursday, December 20th, 2018
Governor Phil Murphy has recently announced two initiatives — the STEM Loan Forgiveness Program and the N.J. Career Accelerator Internship Program — to encourage individuals in STEM fields to make a long-term commitment to building and maintaining a career in New Jersey. The initiatives were part of...

Senior Vice Provost for Research Chosen to Chair NIH Research Network Board

Thursday, December 20th, 2018
Atam Dhawan, senior vice provost for research at NJIT, has recently been selected to chair the Independent Expert Board (IEB) of the Point-of-Care Technologies Research Network (POCTRN). POCTRN was created in 2007 to drive the development of appropriate point-of-care diagnostic technologies though ...

New Walking Cavefish Study Explores Origins of Quadrapedal Walking

Wednesday, December 19th, 2018
A new research collaboration between New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Louisiana State University (LSU) and University of Florida is set to launch the first evolutionary study of the unique pelvic structure and walking mechanics of blind cavefish (Cryptotora thamicola) — the only living spe...

Electrical Engineering Program Earns "Best for Vets" 2019 Accolade

Monday, December 17th, 2018
College Factual, a leading source of higher education analytics and insights, has ranked NJIT in the top 10 percent of all schools in the nation when it comes to offering a quality education to veterans studying electrical engineering. NJIT’s electrical engineering program is ranked #27 out of 269 ...

PHOTOS: NJIT Music Initiative Performs Winter Concert Series, Honors Student

Friday, December 14th, 2018
Now in its fourth year, the Music Initiative at New Jersey Institute of Technology has become a fixture on campus and this week performed their winter concert series. The music community took the gathering as an opportunity to honor and remember Kevin Milford-Sanchez, an NJIT student who passed awa...