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Arthur Hinds, CompSci Alum, Protects TD Bank Customers from Digital Thieves

Wednesday, March 29th, 2023
When someone's job is to protect more than a trillion dollars, you take their advice on cybersecurity seriously — so we should listen to Arthur Hinds '17, TD Bank Group's global head of threat defense operations, who approaches his job by remembering basic lessons learned at NJIT and staying on top ...

NJIT Ranks No. 1 in The New York Times College Ranking Tool

Tuesday, March 28th, 2023
A new online tool from The New York Times ranks New Jersey Institute of Technology No. 1 among all public universities nationally when you prioritize high alumni earnings, economic mobility and academic profile. The “Build Your Own College Rankings” tool, unveiled this week, puts 10 priorities in t...

Elementary STEM Event Teaches Children About Microcontrollers and More

Monday, March 27th, 2023
Teams of third, fourth and fifth-graders at New Jersey Institute of Technology's Elementary STEM Challenge went high-tech this year, aiming to solve environmental problems in their schools by using the capabilities of Micro Bit microcontrollers. The competition is in its third year, with Randolph's...

Ian Horstkamp-Vinekar Earns Spot On Inaugural CSC Men's Swimming & Diving Academic All-America Team

Monday, March 27th, 2023
Following his selection to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Men's Swimming & Diving Academic All-District team, junior Ian Horstkamp-Vinekar has been named to one of the inaugural CSC Men's Swimming & Diving Academic All-America® teams, the organization announced Tuesday...

NJII Healthcare Division Achieves Center Medicaid Enterprise System Certification for NJHIN

Monday, March 27th, 2023
New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), a leading provider of innovative and transformative services across the state, announced today that the New Jersey Department of Human Services (NJDHS) and New Jersey Health Information Network (NJHIN) have been granted Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Serv...

Cracking the Code on Sustainable and Measurable Climate Action

Monday, March 27th, 2023
Ahead of the curve in bringing the science of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to design and on the heels of the Inflation Reduction Act, Environmental Life Cycle Assessment in Design (eLCAd2023) once again draws together a diverse group of educators and professionals in concentrated dialogue to explore ...

NJIT Hosts Conference Asking: 'How Can Artificial Intelligence Be a Force for Good?'

Friday, March 24th, 2023
How can we prevent artificial intelligence from exacerbating systemic discrimination and leverage it as a force for good to promote social and environmental justice? Policy experts from organizations such as the Innocence Project, prominent data scientists and others will discuss the profound, but ...

Ying Wu College of Computing Programming Team Holds Their Own at Annual ICPC Competition

Thursday, March 23rd, 2023
Two teams of NJIT Cheetahs and Tigers entered the lion’s den of the leading collegiate programming contest in the world and left with pride for placing in the upper half among some of the top institutions in the New York region at the annual International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC). Jade...

Princeton Review Ranks NJIT a Top 50 School to Study Game Design

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023
New Jersey Institute of Technology has again earned a spot on The Princeton Review’s top 50 undergraduate schools for game design in the 2023 rankings. The Princeton Review chose the schools based on its 2022 survey of administrators at 150 institutions across the U.S. and abroad offering game desi...

Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

Monday, March 20th, 2023
Dear Highlanders, I am very pleased to announce that Dr. John A. Pelesko has accepted the opportunity to become NJIT’s next provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. John will assume his new post on August 1, 2023. Until then, Dr. Atam P. Dhawan will continue to serve as NJIT’s interi...