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Three New Members Appointed to NJIT Board of Trustees

Tuesday, January 28th, 2020
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) announces the appointment of three new members to its Board of Trustees, all of whom have graduated from the university. Joining the Board of Trustees are Richard M. "Rich" Maser '73, Norma J. Clayton '81 and Jim Stamatis '85. In addition to the numerous pr...

Researchers Rank "Smartest" Schools of Fish When It Comes to Travel Formations

Tuesday, January 28th, 2020
The concert of motion that fish schools are famous for isn’t merely an elaborate display of synchronized swimming. Their seemingly telepathic collective movement is part of a time-tested strategy for improving the group’s chances for survival as a whole, from defense against predators to food-findin...

NJIT Rated 6th in the Nation for Campus Safety

Tuesday, January 28th, 2020
The Department of Public Safety at NJIT has been ranked sixth nationwide for its campus safety initiatives. The recognition comes from Safe Campus, an independent organization that strives to improve the overall safety and security of U.S. college and university students, and annually rates campuses...

NJIT Holds off Florida Gulf Coast for 56-54 Road Win

Monday, January 27th, 2020
The NJIT men's basketball team won for the fourth time in five games on Saturday, defeating host Florida Gulf Coast 56-54 in ASUN Conference action in front of 2,843 at Alico Arena. NJIT (7-13, 4-3 ASUN) scored the first 10 points of the game and never trailed, but FGCU (6-16, 3-4 ASUN) was able to...

Men's Volleyball Wins Third Straight, Sweeps Ball State

Monday, January 27th, 2020
The NJIT men's volleyball team won its third straight match of the season, sweeping visiting Ball State, 3-0, Saturday evening in men's volleyball non-conference action at NJIT's Wellness and Events Center. The win over Ball State marks the third straight win for NJIT, who have won the last four-ou...

NJIT Machine Learning Expertise Powers Tax Software for Vertex Inc.

Monday, January 27th, 2020
Throughout the United States there are more than 11,000 tax jurisdictions collecting sales tax. Imagine it’s your job to keep up with all the changes to tax laws and help clients follow every new rule and file every return. That’s the task Vertex, Inc. faces daily. Vertex develops tax software and ...

NJIT Sweeps No. 11 Purdue Fort Wayne

Friday, January 24th, 2020
NJIT combined for a .452 hitting percentage behind Jens Feldthus and Alvaro Gimeno who combined for 24 kills and 14 digs in the Highlanders' 3-0 sweep over No. 11 Purdue Fort Wayne in non-conference men's volleyball action at NJIT's Wellness and Events Center Thursday evening. N...

Science Olympiad Spotlights STEM Know-how of More Than 700 Pre-College Students

Thursday, January 23rd, 2020
They came, they competed and, at day’s end, they convened, to learn the results of the 2020 New Jersey Science Olympiad, hosted on campus Jan. 6 by NJIT for the 14th consecutive year. Hundreds of students making up 43 teams from high schools and middle schools from throughout the Garden State put th...

Welcome to the Spring Semester from President Bloom

Tuesday, January 21st, 2020
Dear NJIT Community Members,  Welcome back for NJIT’s Spring semester. It does not seem long ago that outstanding performances by our students, faculty, and staff at both the Winter Wind and String Ensemble Concert and the Winter Jazz Band Concert ushered in the holiday seaso...

Engineering Prof. Misra Named IEEE Fellow, Stops Transistors From Leaking Energy

Tuesday, January 21st, 2020
Durgamadhab Misra is the newest member of NJIT's Newark College of Engineering to become a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Misra won the prestigious award for his ongoing research on preventing transistors from leaking electrons. Every time a transistor leaks...