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NJIT Overwatch Esports Team Secures Spot in Collegiate National Championship Tournament

Friday, February 22nd, 2019
College Basketball isn’t the only tournament happening this March. Gamers will have their own March Madness as part of TESPA’s Overwatch Collegiate Championship — and NJIT has made the field. Finishing 11th in TESPA’s regular season rankings with a record of 13-2, the Highlanders have punched their...

NJIT Scores in Top 5 Percent in Ethnic Diversity Rankings

Friday, February 22nd, 2019
College Factual, a leading source of data analytics and insights on college outcomes, has released its 2019 rankings for ethnic diversity, and New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) scores in the top 5 percent of colleges whose student body represents a broad diversity. NJIT is ranked #109 out o...

Martin Tuchman School of Management Professors Are "Ones to Know"

Thursday, February 21st, 2019
Two faculty members from NJIT’s Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM) — Associate Professor of Finance Michael Ehrlich and Professor of Marketing Rajiv Mehta — have been honored as “professors to know” by BSchools.org, an online resource for individuals interested in pursuing an MBA. More ...

Standout Engineering Undergrads Compete in NJIT's "NCE First-Year Showcase"

Tuesday, February 19th, 2019
On Friday, February 15, six teams of exemplary students from NJIT’s Newark College of Engineering (NCE) put their outstanding engineering design research on display at this year’s “NCE First-Year Showcase” competition.  The competition’s student-teams — representing each of the college’s depar...

NJIT Earns Highest Research Rating From the Carnegie Classification®

Monday, February 18th, 2019
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has been named a “Very High Research Activity (R1)” institution by the Carnegie Classification®, “the leading framework for recognizing and describing institutional diversity in U.S. higher education for the past four and a half decades.” NJIT is one of only...

NJIT Joins the Ranks of the Nation's Elite Research Universities With its New R1 Classification

Monday, February 18th, 2019
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) joins the ranks of the nation’s elite and most productive institutions with its elevation this week to the top tier of research universities – a designation of R1 by the Carnegie Classification® indicating “very high research activity.” First published in 1...

InterSchool Housing Studio Kicks Off for New York Area Architecture Schools

Monday, February 18th, 2019
At the initiation of College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) interim Dean Tony Schuman, six area schools of architecture are participating in a semester-long housing studio organized around the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ASCA) Timber in the City design competition. Each of...

Assistant Professor Looks at Auto Loans in Published Paper

Monday, February 18th, 2019
In her paper, “An Empirical Study of Bank Stress Testing for Auto Loans,” Assistant Professor of Accounting Ming Fang presents an empirical study of stress testing for portfolios of auto loans. Along with her co-authors — Deming Wu, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, United States, and Qing ...

Men's Fencings Goes Undefeated at MACFA A vs. B

Monday, February 18th, 2019
NJIT's Greg Puccio and Justin Petway paced NJIT as the Highlanders went undefeated (5-0) at the MACFA A vs. B meet hosted by the Highlanders at NJIT's Wellness and Events Center on Sunday. NJIT, which has finished the season with a 21-6 mark (77 percent win record) went und...

NJIT Finishes Opening Weekend with a 3-0-1 Mark, Game 4 Ends in 9-9 Tie

Monday, February 18th, 2019
The NJIT baseball team finished opening weekend with a 3-0-1 record as the final game of the four-game series ended in a 9-9 draw with Eastern Michigan. Due to travel arrangements, both teams agreed that no inning would be start after 12:30 p.m. Central time. As the eighth inning concluded beyond t...