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Meet David Fisher: NJIT's First Professor of Practice in Forensic Science

Monday, January 28th, 2019
This month, NJIT’s forensic science program welcomed David Fisher — an expert criminalist previously with New York City’s Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) — to its faculty ranks. The announcement sees Fisher appointed as the university’s first-ever “Professor of Practice in Forensic Science”...

Using Artificial Intelligence to Match Candidates to Jobs

Friday, January 25th, 2019
Milad Mirghahari came up with his idea the way many entrepreneurs do, by trying to solve a real-world problem he faced daily. The difference in Mirghahari’s case is he was only 15 years old. Mirghahari’s family operated two Subway franchises and in his words — they were failing. The main prob...

NJIT-Led Microgrid Resiliency Initiative Wins "Beyond Green" Award

Friday, January 25th, 2019
The Community Microgrids Planning Academy — an online educational platform created by the Center for Resilient Design at NJIT — has received an Award of Merit for “Innovations for High-Performance Buildings and Communities” at the National Institute of Building Sciences’ 2018 Beyond Green Awards thi...

Science Olympiad Steps Up STEM for Hundreds of Pre-College Students

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2019
Check out these numbers: Nearly 700 middle and high school students on 44 student teams from throughout New Jersey competed in 25 hands-on events at the 13th Annual Science Olympiad at NJIT. The event, held Jan. 8 and hosted once again by the university’s Center for Pre-College Programs (CPCP), chal...

Men's Volleyball Wins Third Straight, Sweeps Rutgers-Newark

Monday, January 21st, 2019
Junior opposite Piotr Namiotko paced NJIT with a match-best 11 kills in the Highlanders 3-0 (25-21, 25-13, 25-13) straight set sweep over Rutgers-Newark at the Golden Dome Classic Saturday afternoon. NJIT, winners of its last three matches, improves to 3-4 on the season while the Scarlet Raiders mo...

NJIT Wins in Nail Biter At Home Over Jacksonville

Monday, January 21st, 2019
The NJIT Highlanders (14-5, 2-2 ASUN) defeated the Jacksonville Dolphins (8-12, 1-4 ASUN) on Saturday at the Wellness and Events Center, 77-74. Senior Abdul Lewis broke his own program rebounds record with 21 boards in the game, which is tied for fifth in the nation this season for rebounds in a si...

Distinguished Professor of Architecture Awarded for Work in Islamic Studies

Friday, January 18th, 2019
Distinguished Professor of Architecture Zeynep Celik in the College of Architecture and Design at New Jersey Institute of Technology has been awarded the Giorgio Levi Della Vida Medal honoring outstanding achievement in Islamic Studies for her extraordinary teaching and research ...

NJIT's David Rothenberg Honored For Achievement in Art and Science

Friday, January 18th, 2019
Acclaimed musician and NJIT Distinguished Professor of Humanities, David Rothenberg, has recently been named a 2019 Fellow by the Safina Center for his career contributions in the fields of philosophy, art and conservation science. The Safina Center — founded by writer and environmentalist Car...

Pre-College Workshops Bring STEM to Educators and Families Alike

Thursday, January 17th, 2019
When Parsippany High School’s Kathy Effner heard about NJIT’s Center for Pre-College Programs’ (CPCP) Try Engineering! workshop for educators, she was intrigued — particularly since it featured a hands-on project at the university’s new 10,000-square-foot Makerspace. This past October she attended t...

Martin Tuchman School of Management Professors Present Research on Startup Practices

Thursday, January 17th, 2019
Ellen Thomas, associate professor of marketing, and Cesar Bandera, associate professor of entrepreneurship, both at Martin Tuchman School of Management, presented their findings on new venture pivoting at the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS). In their work, titled “To ...