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NJIT Participates in Application for U.S. EDA Build Back Better Regional Challenge

Friday, September 17th, 2021
Governor Phil Murphy and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) today announced the NJEDA’s participation in four regional coalitions preparing applications for the U.S. Economic Development Authority (U.S. EDA) Build Back Better Regional Challenge (BBBRC). The Challenge is a fe...

NJIT Partners With Newark Community For Backpack Giveaway

Thursday, September 16th, 2021
The NJIT Department of Public Safety teamed up with the Historic James Street Commons Neighborhood Organization to give away 100 backpacks to local high school and elementary students. The initiative is part of a longstanding practice of constant improvement between the NJIT Department of Public Saf...

NJIT Tops NJ Public Universities for Early-Career Salaries, Ranks 14 Nationwide

Thursday, September 16th, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology ranked No. 1 in New Jersey and 14th nationally among public schools for early-career salaries, with young alumni bringing home just under $125,000 on average against just $7,600 in average debt, according to Forbes 2021 Top Colleges ranking. Statewide, only privat...

Hispanic Heritage Month

Wednesday, September 15th, 2021
NJIT Community Members, We are proud to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, which begins today and concludes on October 15, 2021. Diversity is among our university’s greatest strengths, as it is a key component of learning and innovation. Sharing varied backgrounds, cultures, life experiences, ...

NJIT Campus Climate Assessment

Tuesday, September 14th, 2021
Dear Student, Faculty, or Staff Member, NJIT counts its diversity, of person and of thought, among its greatest strengths and seeks to foster an environment characterized by openness, fairness, and equal access for all. We endeavor to be a welcoming and inclusive campus with a culture grounded...

NJIT Architecture Teams Win Princeton Sukkah Design Contest

Tuesday, September 14th, 2021
Jose Merino’s hands may never be this callused again. He’s leading one of two teams of NJIT architecture students to design and construct a 10x10 wooden hut called a “Sukkah” in rabinic tradition, for a design competition in Princeton later this month called “Sukkah Village 2021.” “I’ve always want...

This NJIT Alumna Is Building the Case for Forensic Science Talent in Newark Schools

Tuesday, September 14th, 2021
It wasn’t more than a few months after she graduated with a biology degree in May of 2016 that NJIT alumna Pamela Carman swapped the university’s labs and lecture halls for a classroom all her own, just minutes from campus at Newark’s East Side High School.  Since then, Carman has become the d...

NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 9/13/21-9/17/21

Monday, September 13th, 2021
Here you will find a weekly listing of updates and announcements for members of the NJIT campus community. Announcements are to be submitted through the form found at https://forms.gle/V6PBxUy5b3jkErMc8. Those submitted by each Thursday will be included in the following week's Updates and Announceme...

NJIT Climbs the Rankings of U.S. News & World Report, A Top 50 Public University

Monday, September 13th, 2021
– No. 103 among National Universities, up 15 spots from last year – NJIT Ranks 46th among public universities – Reputation score up for second year in a row; tied for second nationally in reputation growth over the last four years – Top 100 Best Value School New Jersey Institute of Technology ha...

September 11 Message from President Bloom

Saturday, September 11th, 2021
NJIT Community Members, Today we mark a solemn occasion and honor the lives and memories of the thousands who perished on September 11, 2001, when hijacked airplanes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City; the Pentagon in Washington, DC; and a rural field in Pennsylvania. It now has ...