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Data Science Professor Helps Uncover Cosmic Mysteries of Nuclear Physics

Wednesday, December 15th, 2021
An NJIT business school professor is teaching graduate students how to apply data science to unique fields, starting with cutting-edge problems in nuclear physics. Dantong Yu, associate professor of business data science, is co-principal investigator for a $250,000 grant derived from a federal $5.7...

NJIT President Recognized for Support of Black Businesses

Tuesday, December 14th, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology’s efforts to nurture and support businesses led by African-Americans are being recognized by a caucus of county commissioners. The caucus, New Jersey Nineteen (NJ19), comprised of Black county commissioners, bestowed an African-American Business Champion Award to ...

NJIT Students Take On Housing Crisis with Deployable Shelter Prototype

Monday, December 13th, 2021
The “Place of Dwelling” (POD) was born out of the efforts of 15 architecture students and adjunct professors Erin Pellegrino and Charlie Firestone. It was presented to the public on the Hillier College Green on Monday, December 6th. The development of the POD is testament to the foresight of T...

City of Newark and NJIT Selected Finalists for $1 Billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge

Monday, December 13th, 2021
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo has announced that a regional coalition led by the City of Newark and New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is among 60 projects selected as finalists for up to $100 million in funding from the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) $1 billio...

Students Prototype 3D Printed Bridge Competition

Monday, December 13th, 2021
Civil engineering students from NJIT, Princeton, Stevens Institute of Technology, and three area high schools competed in a 3D-printed bridge competition at NJIT’s Makerspace that saw NJIT students taking home a first place prize in the “Stiffest Bridge” category. Both the collegiate and high school...

NJIT Concludes Non-Conference Action with 59-53 Win at St. Francis Brooklyn

Saturday, December 11th, 2021
Freshman Reese Vaughan broke a 53-53 tie on a three-pointer with 1:13 left to go in the game and visiting NJIT held on for a 59-53 road victory at St. Francis Brooklyn Saturday afternoon to wrap up the non-conference portion of the schedule at Daniel Lynch'38 Gymnasium. NJIT, which snappe...

Rene White Tabs Second Straight CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team Recognition

Friday, December 10th, 2021
NJIT fifth-year forward Rene White has been named as a First-Team selection on the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America Men's Soccer Team the organization announced on Friday. White, a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-America First-Team and All-Distric...

NJIT President Awarded NACME Lifetime Achievement Award

Friday, December 10th, 2021
NJIT President Joel S. Bloom has been presented the Lifetime Achievement award by The National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, Inc. for his and the university’s extensive experience, notable accomplishments and role as a leader, role model and significant contributor in championing div...

WiFi and Light-Based Networks Combine for Better Virtual Reality Systems

Thursday, December 9th, 2021
"Why not both?" is a social media meme, but it's also the proposed answer to a problem for the designers of virtual reality systems, who generally must rely on wireless signals that are reliable but not as fast as needed. It's already hard enough to make virtual reality look realistic, without chop...

Dina Ayman, NJIT Alum and Professor, Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in Enterprise Tech

Thursday, December 9th, 2021
Her 20s have been a busy time for Dina Ayman: earning two degrees at NJIT in the same year, working at Intel and Microsoft, teaching at her alma mater and starting a consultancy dedicated to diversity and inclusion. Along the way, she achieved her dream of working at the intersection of engineering...