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Senior Success: Katharine Ilyutovich Will Begin Her Career as a Business Analyst

Monday, May 18th, 2020
Ask Katharine Ilyutovich what she will miss most about NJIT after graduating this May and she will promptly tell you “the people.” “It’s just nice that I can walk in and people will know who I am and just talk to me about whatever,” said the business major, referring to the kinship she has found ov...

Students' Unique Platform for Face-Shield Production Hits Close to Home

Friday, May 15th, 2020
For the students behind The CommonHealth Project — a collaborative, community-based initiative aimed at rallying volunteers for production and distribution of urgently needed personal protective equipment (PPE) — the pandemic is deeply personal. Mark Pothen ’22, a mechanical engineering major at NJI...

Student's App Helps Organize Remediation of Lead Pipes for Water Supply

Thursday, May 14th, 2020
A recent graduate in computer science played a small but important role in fixing the city of Newark's problem of lead in its public water supply. The student, Sammy Faraj, did his part by developing a database and mobile application for Newark-based Roman E&G Corp., which needed to organize ph...

NJIT Senior Alejandra Lopez-Diaz Lands Merck R&D Internship to Work on Vaccines

Thursday, May 14th, 2020
Biochemistry senior Alejandra Lopez-Diaz hasn’t wasted much time during her past three years at NJIT. Outside of class, she’s spent most of her free hours inside the university’s labs researching an aspect of time itself — our circadian clock, or the internal biological clock that helps takes us thr...

Senior Success: Sravya Vegunta Is Going to Medical School

Thursday, May 14th, 2020
“It’s a little bittersweet to have to leave without being able to say proper goodbyes to everyone,” lamented Sravya Vegunta, a senior Albert Dorman Honors College (ADHC) scholar, about graduating from NJIT during the coronavirus pandemic. “But I’m definitely glad to be moving on to that next stage,...

Senior Success: Greg Tanis to Join L3Harris as a Systems Engineer

Wednesday, May 13th, 2020
As a third-generation Highlander, mechanical engineering student and Albert Dorman Honors Scholar Greg Tanis looks forward to joining L3Harris as a systems engineer and takes a minute to reflect on his time at NJIT. Congratulations, Greg!  

Three Highlander Programs Receive NCAA Academic Performance Public Recognition

Tuesday, May 12th, 2020
Three NJIT Athletic programs were recognized in the NCAA Division I Academic Performance Program for the 2018-19 academic year for ranking in the top 10% for Academic Progress Rate (APR) in their respective sport the NCAA announced on Tuesday, May 12, 2020. The NJIT men's cross country, w...

David Marcano Named to the 2020 ASUN Spring Winners for Life Team

Monday, May 11th, 2020
NJIT junior David Marcano has been selected to the 2020 ASUN Conference Spring Winners for Life team, the league office announced Thursday. The team is comprised of one student-athlete from each of the nine institutions and honors those who display excellence on and off the playing s...

Senior Success: Darius Singletary Answers Call of Duty at NJIT

Monday, May 11th, 2020
It isn't an easy balance between working and going to school — especially for students determined to excel in the challenging studies they take on at NJIT.   But even considering the double-life that many students endure to help pay their way while earning their coveted degree, Darius Sin...

NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 5/11/20-5/15/20

Monday, May 11th, 2020
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 or by your area vice president to Deric Raymond, director of content planning and intelligence, i...