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NJIT Is Mad for Graduate Studies, With More Than 100 Academic Programs and Counting: Part 1

Thursday, March 19th, 2020
They represent a sizable segment of NJIT’s student population — about a quarter — and come from around the country and the world to attend the university and acquire advanced skills to secure successful professional careers. Indeed, graduate students are pursuing degrees in a range of academic disci...

COVID-19 - NJIT Classes, Commencement, and other important topics

Tuesday, March 17th, 2020
NJIT Community Members, This week, both state and federal governments have issued guidelines for social distancing that call for severe limits on the number of people gathering in a physical space at any one time throughout the next several weeks, or longer. These recommendations will be followed b...

Ying Wu Grad Students to Get Quantum Computing Course in Fall '20

Tuesday, March 17th, 2020
Quantum computing will be offered as a new course for computer science graduate students beginning next fall. This marks the first time the subject is available outside of a special-topics course or independent study in the Ying Wu College of Computing here at NJIT. Such computers process data bas...

NJIT a Top Graduate School for Engineering for the 17th Straight Year

Tuesday, March 17th, 2020
U.S. News & World Report has released its 2021 rankings for the nation’s top graduate schools, with NJIT ranked among the best for graduate degree programs in engineering. The university moved up two slots this year to No. 87 — up 24 slots in the past five years — and has been included on the di...

NJIT Robotics Club Qualifies for Vex World Championships Tournament

Thursday, March 12th, 2020
NJIT's robotics club just stamped its ticket to the world championships tournament of a top-level league, despite competing as underdogs this season after all of its top members graduated last year. Chief engineer Yichao Zhang and lead programmer Dale Nacianceno — the former a senior, the latt...

Women of Color Looking to the Past and Future for Diversity in Architecture

Thursday, March 12th, 2020
In the 1950s and 60s it was uncommon to see a black woman practicing architecture. Norma Merrick Sklarek, pictured above during her tenure at Gruen Associates, was an uncommon woman. She excelled in math and science despite having few peers at her predominantly white high school and virtually no rol...

NJII's Biopharma Division Announces Its Advisory Committee

Wednesday, March 11th, 2020
The New Jersey Innovation Institute’s (NJII) Biopharma division is pleased to announce the formation of their advisory committee which includes experts from across the industry. The committee will meet quarterly and provide strategic direction to the division as well as help identify...

Happy National Pizza Day, Highlanders!

Wednesday, March 11th, 2020
It’s no secret that citizens in Northern New Jersey like to debate over where the best slice is -- and no NJIT student is hiding the fact that they enjoy a nice slice to break up their study sessions.  We’ve asked a handful of NJIT students to tell us where their favorite pizza places were in ...

Announcement of VP HR Appointment

Tuesday, March 10th, 2020
NJIT Community Members, I am very pleased to announce the appointment of Dale A. McLeod as NJIT's new vice president for human resources, effective March 16. Dale will drive our efforts to deliver a world-class human resources function with a strong service orientation for facul...

COVID-19 Campus Update and New Measures

Tuesday, March 10th, 2020
Dear NJIT Community Members, I am writing to update you on several important decisions that have been made based upon the work of the NJIT COVID-19 (coronavirus) Task Force and its consultation and coordination with government agencies, healthcare providers, and peer universities. First, based on c...