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New Heights, New Goals for NJ's "Future Ready" Schools at Workshop 2018

Thursday, November 15th, 2018
Last month, New Jersey educators and stakeholders met at the Atlantic City Convention Center for New Jersey School Boards Association’s “Workshop 2018” — the state’s largest annual professional development conference for school leaders. The conference staged a record turnout of “Future Ready” certif...

NJIT Named a Top University for Campus Safety Initiatives ... Again!

Wednesday, November 14th, 2018
For the second year in a row, New Jersey Institute of Technology’s (NJIT) Department of Public Safety was cited among the Top 25 safest campuses in the country. Ranked 22nd out of 4,706 eligible U.S.-accredited higher-education institutions, the university is also the only school in New Jersey to re...

NJIT Basketball Alumnus Tim Coleman Shining in Luxembourg

Tuesday, November 13th, 2018
Former NJIT basketball star Tim Coleman '17 is representing the Highlanders program with flying colors. This past week, he was named Interperformances Player of the Week of the Total League for his performance with Etzella in Luxembourg. The Union, N.J., native notched 32 points...

NJIT Men's Basketball Off to Historic Start

Tuesday, November 13th, 2018
The NJIT men's basketball team became the nation's first NCAA program to reach three victories against Division-I opponents this season following Sunday's 63-60 win over Brown University. Of the five other teams that remain undefeated with at least three wins, only Missouri State University has join...

New Veterans' Lounge Opens for NJIT Military Members

Monday, November 12th, 2018
Already ranked nationwide as a “Best Institution for Veterans” by College Factual, a leading source of higher education analytics and insights, NJIT has just unveiled a new veterans’ lounge to support military members in the NJIT community. The new lounge features computers with CAC card readers, a...

Estimating Financial Risk Using AI in FinTech

Monday, November 12th, 2018
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is gaining ground in a broad spectrum of industries, with its potential in the financial services sector particularly at a tipping point. As part of the growing subsector known as FinTech (Financial Technology), which involves using algorithms and other technology tools ...

NJIT Tennis Hosts Grand Slam Series Event for Special Olympic Athletes

Saturday, November 10th, 2018
The NJIT men's and women's tennis teams hosted a Tennis Grand Slam Series Event for Special Olympic Athletes on Saturday, November 10, coordinated by the NJIT head coaches Ira Miller, Zaki Abdelrahman and Casey Henderson, the Coach Education and Sports Training Director at the La...

College Factual Ranks NJIT as a "Best College for Veterans"

Saturday, November 10th, 2018
College Factual, a leading source of higher education analytics and insights, has ranked NJIT in the top 10 percent nationwide in overall “Best Institution for Veterans” for 2019. NJIT is ranked 154 out of 1,820 institutions. The “Best College for Veterans” category looks at 24 different factors to...

NJIT Men's Basketball Brushes Off Colgate in Home-Opening Thriller

Friday, November 9th, 2018
Senior Reilly Walsh scored a career-high and game-high 21 points as NJIT outlasted Colgate University, 81-78, in overtime in the season-opener on Tuesday at the Wellness and Events Center (WEC). But it was another senior that sealed the win. Diandre Wilson scored NJIT's final six po...

NJIT Establishes New School of Applied Engineering and Technology

Friday, November 9th, 2018
An array of more than 100 technology-focused engineers, device designers and project managers, joined by NJIT alumni and elected officials, gathered on campus today to mark the establishment of NJIT’s School of Applied Engineering and Technology (SAET) within the university’s Newark College of Engin...