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NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 3/15/21-3/19/21

Monday, March 15th, 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's New Graduate Certificate Injects Value into IT Sales and Analytics

Thursday, March 11th, 2021
Selling information technology is a skill, but understanding its value in the buyer’s organization is a real differentiator. Both are core to a new graduate certificate program at New Jersey Institute of Technology.  Engineered in part by a sales professional, the certificate in IT sales and a...

NJIT is a Hub of Additive Manufacturing Innovation

Tuesday, March 9th, 2021
High-tech hip and knee implants that not only return immobile people to walking, but to the tennis court. 3D printed models of patients’ anatomy that allow physicians to plan and practice complex operations in advance. Novel peptide-based hydrogels, also bioprinted, that are injected, self-reassembl...

Kalafer Family Continues University Support Through Endowed Scholarship

Tuesday, March 9th, 2021
Business leader, entrepreneur, and minor league baseball team owner Steven B. Kalafer HON ’20 and his wife Suzanne have made a million dollar gift to endow a scholarship that will support students throughout their pursuit of an undergraduate degree at the university. The new Kalafer Family Scholars...

Class of 2020 Grads Found Good Jobs, Despite COVID-19 Pandemic

Tuesday, March 9th, 2021
NJIT's class of 2020 substantially found full-time employment despite the COVID-19 pandemic, with 95% either starting a full-time job or pursuing further education and other opportunities, newly released data from the university's Career Development Services indicates. The data for employment and s...

Luca Berger Selected EIVA Defensive Player of the Week

Monday, March 8th, 2021
Graduate student Luca Berger has been selected EIVA Defensive Player of the Week for the second consecutive week the league office announced on Monday. In a 2-0 week for No. 12 NJIT, Berger averaged 1.86kps, .435 H% and 2.00blk as the Highlanders completed an EIVA weekend sweep at No. 14 ...

NJIT Moves Up to No. 11 in Week 7 NVA/AVCA Coaches Poll

Monday, March 8th, 2021
The NJIT men's volleyball program moved up one spot to No. 11 in the recent National Volleyball Association (NVA)/American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Division I-II Men's Coaches top-15 poll the organization announced on Monday. Previously ranked No. 12, NJIT moved up one spot after a wee...

Message from NJIT President Bloom - US News Ranking

Monday, March 8th, 2021
NJIT Community Members, Alumni and Friends, It is my pleasure to share with you news that NJIT now is ranked by U.S. News and World Report among the top 100 National Universities. The 2020 edition of the annual ranking lists NJIT at #97 in the nation after ri...

NJIT Professor: J&J's COVID-19 Vaccine 'May Be the Jolt This Effort Needs'

Monday, March 8th, 2021
Sanchoy Das is a professor of mechanical and industrial engineering at NJIT who specializes in supply-chain and logistics engineering. This op-ed originally appeared in the Opinion Contributor section of Business Insider. In years to come, the COVID-19 vaccination rollout will be seen as a historic...

Management Students Gain Chance to Learn Healthcare Software

Monday, March 8th, 2021
Students at NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management are getting a rare opportunity to become trained in medical records software from Epic Systems Corp., the Apple of its field, which experts say is a sure path to a stable and high-paying job in healthcare technology. Electronic medical records,...