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College of Science and Liberal Arts Reaches Diversity Milestone, Enrollment Records

Thursday, October 6th, 2022
NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts (CSLA) is reporting a milestone on the way to all-new fall enrollment records — the college now has more female students than male students for the first time in its 40-year history. CSLA’s fall enrollment total of nearly 1,200 students represents a new hi...

Through Pathways, Training and Research, NJIT Deepens Diversity on Campus

Tuesday, October 4th, 2022
New Jersey Institute of Technology is intensifying its efforts to deepen diversity and ensure equity, inclusion and belonging across the entire campus. Through pre-college programs that create admission pipelines for the underrepresented, or staff initiatives to empower minorities to leadership posi...

Ying Wu College of Computing Matches Record Enrollment with 17 New Instructors for Fall 2022

Monday, October 3rd, 2022
Six new assistant professors have been appointed to the faculty of Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) for the 2022-2023 academic year. They are joined by 11 professors of practice, university lecturers and senior university lecturers who will support the College’s ever-growing enrollment numbers.&n...

Women's Tennis Performs Well At ITA Northeast Regionals

Sunday, October 2nd, 2022
The NJIT women's tennis team produced a number of impressive performances during this weekend's Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Division I Northeast Regional Championships, held on the campus of Princeton University. Six Highlanders participated in the tournament between singles and double...

Castano's Record, Multiple Season Bests Highlight Cross Country's Run at Paul Short

Friday, September 30th, 2022
The NJIT cross country teams made a return trip to the campus of Lehigh University for the 48th edition of their Paul Short Run and left with some positive momentum heading into next week's Highlander Invitational. With such a loaded field of teams from across the country, the focus of the teams an...

Maple Hall Officially Opens With Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony

Thursday, September 29th, 2022
Maple Hall, the new apartment-style residential building at New Jersey Institute of Technology, officially opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony September 29. University officials began considering residential growth on the Newark campus in 2016, acquired the former Warren Street School in 2019, an...

Five from NJIT Earn Recognition in ROI-NJ's Influencers: People of Color 2022

Thursday, September 29th, 2022
ROI-NJ recognized five Highlanders in the publication’s annual list showcasing the diversity of New Jersey’s most impactful people of color. “The reason we do this ROI Influencer list is to show those searching for mid-level managers, C-suite leaders and board members that there literally are hundr...

NJIT Faculty Achievement Celebration Highlights Impactful Researchers, Gifted Instructors

Wednesday, September 28th, 2022
New Jersey Institute of Technology’s annual tradition of recognizing university faculty who have excelled as researchers, scholars and instructors took place Sept. 28 in the Campus Center Ballroom. “The faculty, staff, and administration are committed to making NJIT a vibrant community with extraor...

Artificial Intelligence Pushes Internet Device CPUs Outside the Box

Tuesday, September 27th, 2022
The energy usage of 75 billion Internet-connected devices could be reduced 1,000-fold if those devices could do more thinking for themselves rather than constantly asking cloud servers for help, computer engineering Assistant Professor Shaahin Angizi believes. Artificial intelligence will be the ap...

NJIT Researchers Unlock a New Method for Testing Protein-Based Drugs

Monday, September 26th, 2022
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) researchers have unveiled a new lab technique they say represents a “paradigm shift” in how pharmaceutical laboratories test and produce new protein-based drugs, such as therapeutic monoclonal antibodies being developed to treat a variety of diseases, from c...