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Hillier College Welcomes New Board Members to Advise on Direction

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021
Hillier College welcomed new advisory board members Kim Vierheilig ’99 ’00, Robert "Bob" Fritz ’88, and Jordan Hillier Adams.   Each brings new perspectives to the vision and leadership that the advisory board has provided to the college since its inception. Vierheilig, who holds dual de...

NJIT Alum Ryan Brown Kicks Off Super Bowl LV with the CBS Sports Team

Thursday, March 4th, 2021
If you were one of the 96.4 million viewers of this year’s Super Bowl LV, chances are you were watching the work of NJIT alum Ryan Brown flash across your TV screen all night without realizing it. Since leaving NJIT with a Communications and Media B.A. degree, Brown ’15 has moved into the posi...

Q&A with NJIT Alum Lorraine Nunes: My Journey from Brazil to Community College to NJIT to Accenture

Thursday, March 4th, 2021
Just two months after earning a bachelor’s at New Jersey Institute of Technology, Lorraine Nunes '20 landed her first big job, as a software architect analyst at Accenture.  Nunes, who majored in business and information systems, graduated in December after transferring from Hudson County Comm...

Engineering Alum's Textbook Teaches Python With Real-World Examples

Monday, March 1st, 2021
NJIT alumna Dayrene Martinez, who earned her electrical engineering degree in 2018, recently published a textbook of Python computer programming after mastering the language as a systems engineer for defense contractor Raytheon. Martinez co-authored the 420-page book, Applied computational thinking...

ROI-NJ Honors 10 from NJIT in its 2021 Power Lists of ROI Influencers

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology remains ever-present in ROI-NJ’s 2021 Power Lists of ROI Influencers in New Jersey. Ten Highlanders appear in seven categories: the Best in Higher Education,Technology Experts, Top Executives, Top Lawyers, Elected Officials; Association, Organizational and Nonprofi...

NJIT Lanza un Consejo de Liderazgo para Impulsar la Matrícula de Estudiantes Hispanos y Latinos

Friday, February 19th, 2021
For the English version, go here. El Instituto de Tecnología de Nueva Jersey ha lanzado el Consejo de Liderazgo Hispánico y Latinx con siglas en inglés (HLLC) con el propósito de impulsar su misión de aumentar la matrícula de estudiantes hispanos y latinx y lograr su meta de convertirse en una inst...

NJIT Launches Leadership Council to Fuel Enrollment of Hispanic and Latinx Students

Thursday, February 18th, 2021
Para la versión en español, vaya aquí. New Jersey Institute of Technology has launched a Hispanic and Latinx Leadership Council (HLLC) to propel its mission of enrolling more Hispanic and Latinx students and achieve its goal of becoming a Hispanic-serving institution. The 11-person council — which...

NJIT Alum and 76ers Data Scientist on Joining the NBA's Data Revolution

Thursday, January 28th, 2021
With the NBA’s 2020-21 season now underway, the Philadelphia 76ers stand as a perennial playoff team with title aspirations, unrecognizable from the team they were during three of the bleakest seasons the NBA has ever seen. A 47-199 record from 2013-2016.  What changed? Among the many changes,...

Honors College 25th Anniversary Celebrates Past, Looks to the Future

Monday, October 26th, 2020
In the first of a series of events honoring its 25th anniversary, the Albert Dorman Honors College at NJIT held a live, online celebration. Reflecting on the anniversary of the college that he endowed, NJIT alumnus Albert Dorman revisited his remarks from its inauguration, and they are as relevant t...

Three-Time NJIT Alum and Medtech Leader Robert C. Cohen Named New NJIT Board of Trustees Chair

Thursday, October 22nd, 2020
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is pleased to announce that Robert C. Cohen ’83, ’84, ’87, of Basking Ridge, NJ, has been appointed Chair of its Board of Trustees. Cohen succeeds Stephen P. DePalma ’72, who stepped down after a distinguished seven-year term.  Cohen has for...