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NJIT Physics Professor Wins 2023 Karen Harvey Prize for Solar Physics Research

Monday, January 23rd, 2023
Bin Chen, associate professor of physics and researcher at NJIT’s Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (CSTR), has been awarded the 2023 Karen Harvey Prize from the Solar Physics Division of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) for “significantly advancing” our understanding of the fundamental p...

Moody's Gives NJIT 'A1 Stable' Credit Profile

Monday, January 23rd, 2023
Moody’s Investor Service has reaffirmed the financial outlook of New Jersey Institute of Technology, reflecting NJIT’s “very good brand and strategic positioning.” Moody’s rated NJIT’s credit profile as “A1 stable” and cited favorable student demand, growing wealth and diverse mix of revenue source...

Women's Tennis Rallies To Edge Out Cornell, 4-3

Sunday, January 22nd, 2023
The NJIT women's tennis team closed out the first weekend of the spring campaign with a bounce back 4-3 victory over the Cornell Big Red Sunday afternoon at the Reis Tennis Center. The Highlanders (1-1) were pushed to the brink against host Cornell (0-2) after the Big Red clinched the doubles point...

Student Survey Finds Surprising Opposition to Remote Work in Labor Jobs

Friday, January 20th, 2023
People with hands-on labor jobs may prefer to go to work even if their tasks could be done remotely through robotics, according to a survey of 218 students at New Jersey Institute of Technology. The survey was conducted by computer science major Matthew Nicol, a senior from Allenwood, whose researc...

Strategic Plan Listening Sessions

Thursday, January 19th, 2023
Dear Highlanders,   I want to remind you of the upcoming strategic planning listening sessions and encourage you to attend in-person or vitrually. Below are the dates, times, locations, and related priorities for each session. Please RSVP for the session(s) you wish to attend by completing t...

NJIT Receives $1.3M in Federal Funding for Engineering and Manufacturing Initiatives

Wednesday, January 18th, 2023
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will receive more than $1 million for new initiatives that will bolster engineering education, as well as manufacturing and mechatronics apprenticeship training, under the federal spending bill signed by President Joe Biden. The $1.7 trillion spending packa...

NJIT College of Computing Dean Craig Gotsman Named ACM Fellow

Wednesday, January 18th, 2023
NJIT’s dean of Ying Wu College of Computing, Craig Gotsman, is among 57 researchers worldwide named as a 2022 Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery, the leading global organization for computing research. The ACM Fellows program, since 1993, recognizes the top 1% of ACM members annually...

Human Resources Leadership Transition

Tuesday, January 17th, 2023
Dear Highlanders,   I write today to inform you of a transition within the Office of Human Resources. Vice President Dale McLeod will be leaving NJIT as of February 24, 2023 to become Chief People Officer at Blue Meridian Partners, a pioneering and rapidly growing philanthropic organization w...

WATCH: 2022 NJIT Accomplishments

Tuesday, January 17th, 2023
2022 was a year of growth, transformation and breakthroughs for NJIT and the Highlander community. Watch the video to look back at what we accomplished last year.  

Yusuf Ozkan - ECE PhD Student of the Month - January 2023

Tuesday, January 17th, 2023
Yusuf Ozkan is a Ph.D. candidate in the Helen and John C. Hartmann Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NJIT. He is a teaching assistant and a member of the Elisha Yegal Bar-Ness Center for Wireless Information Processing (CWiP). He is working under the advisory of Professor Joerg Kl...