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Avaap Founder Dhiraj Shah Joins NJIT's Board of Trustees

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021
Dhiraj Shah, a transformational business leader, high growth investor and passionate entrepreneur who founded global IT services company Avaap, has joined NJIT’s Board of Trustees. Shah is executive chairman of Avaap, a technology and management consultancy that provides software services to h...

In an NJIT First, Engineering Student Ayushi Sangoi Wins a Coveted Tau Beta Pi Graduate Fellowship

Tuesday, July 20th, 2021
Ayushi Sangoi ’20, a Ph.D. candidate who uses neuroimaging and eye movement-tracking equipment to discover connections between brain injuries and eye disorders was awarded a highly competitive graduate fellowship from Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society. The biomedical engineer is th...

Community Advocate and Diversity Business Leader Elisa Charters Appointed to NJIT Board of Trustees

Tuesday, July 20th, 2021
Elisa Charters, a stalwart for diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) and dedicated alumna of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), has been appointed to the NJIT Board of Trustees. Charters, a first-generation college student-athlete who attended NJIT with support from its Educatio...

Accomplished Engineering Grad Says NJIT Opened Doors to Her Success

Tuesday, June 1st, 2021
At NJIT, Sydney Sweet’s success extended beyond the classroom into research labs, cooperative educational experiences, a Goldwater scholarship and the opportunity to study in Australia.  Remarkably, the chemical engineering major and Albert Dorman Honors College scholar also found time to tuto...

Chemical Engineering Grad at NJIT Scores a Unique Job Opportunity at Merck

Friday, May 21st, 2021
Samantha Swider ’21, fresh from the experience of earning a bachelor’s in chemical engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology — which included three cooperative education roles, co-founding NJIT Green and running track, all as a member of Albert Dorman Honors College — is off to Mer...

3 Full Years at NJIT: Business Grad Studied, Worked in Lab, Managed Investments, Fenced

Friday, May 21st, 2021
In just three years, Marina Arrese ’21 earned a bachelor’s in business administration at New Jersey Institute of Technology, even while fencing, serving as co-president of the NJIT Investment Fund, working at the campus Financial Analysis Lab and serving on the Dean’s Executive Student Leadership Co...

NJIT Graduates 3,000 Who Excelled Despite COVID-19 Pandemic

Tuesday, May 18th, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology formally graduated more than 3,000 students today, in a hybrid in-person and virtual ceremony due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Kimberly Bryant, founder and CEO of Black Girls Code, delivered this year’s commencement address. Black Girls Code is a non-profit...

CSLA Awards '21: NJIT's College of Science and Liberal Arts Unites for Night of Celebration

Wednesday, May 12th, 2021
With the spring semester nearly in the rearview, standout students, faculty, staff and alumni of NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts (CSLA) gathered virtually for a night of due recognition and positive reflection at the college’s annual year-end celebration, the 2021 CSLA Awards. At th...

Celebrating NJIT Scholarships: Student, Alum Thank Donors for Support

Friday, April 30th, 2021
A generous scholarship enabled Charu Arya to attend New Jersey Institute of Technology, and her professors helped solidify her career path. Indeed, both financial assistance and academic support fueled her success. Arya ’21 reflected on that fruitful journey during NJIT’s annual Scholarship Brunch,...

NJIT is Prepared to Tackle Infrastructure Challenges

Monday, April 5th, 2021
In NJIT’s Materials and Structures Laboratory, Noah Thibodeaux is concocting a series of concrete mixtures containing varying levels of old, pulverized roadway. The lab, which is working with the New York City Department of Transportation to determine the feasibility of using recycled aggregate in n...