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Figuring Out My Future: My Day at Siemens Financial Services

Monday, October 22nd, 2018
By Shravanthi Budhi As a college student, it’s challenging to juggle the daily responsibilities of classes, jobs and extracurricular activities, not to mention the added pressure of answering the question every college student dreads, “What do you want to do for the rest of your life?” Howeve...

An NJIT Vision Therapy Team Wins "Most Innovative" in Worldwide VR Competition

Sunday, October 21st, 2018
An NJIT-led team of engineers, game designers, artists and clinicians won two major international awards for its vision therapy platform, including “most innovative breakthrough,” at the 2018 Augmented World Expo Europe (AWE EU), the leading industry conference for augmented reality technology. The...

From Euthanasia to Gene Editing: A Q&A With Bioethics Expert Arthur Caplan

Thursday, October 18th, 2018
In the 1990s, Jack Kevorkian controversially brought the issue of physician-assisted dying to the forefront of a conversation at the crossroads of medicine, technology, law and morality — known as bioethics.  That conversation has only become more complex today, as scientific advances continue...

Leading Women Entrepreneurs Honors Gale Tenen Spak

Wednesday, October 17th, 2018
Gale Tenen Spak, associate vice president of Continuing and Distance Education at NJIT, has been named one of the Top 25 Leading Women Intraprenuers by Leading Women Entrepreneurs and its presenting sponsor. Spak and the other honorees were feted at a special awards reception and ceremony ...

NJIT and Raritan Valley Community College to Host Construction & Utilities Talent Network Summit

Wednesday, October 17th, 2018
Industry professionals will come together to speak on women in construction and utilities and workforce development aimed at the youth demographic. WHO: The Construction & Utilities Talent Network-North (CUTN-N) will feature two panels with industry professionals and tactile, knowledge-building...

Newark Debuts LinkNWK, Joins NYC and London with Connected Kiosks

Wednesday, October 17th, 2018
Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka, Newark Community Economic Development Corporation, the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and Intersection, the leading smart cities technology and media company, today officially launched LinkNWK (pronounced “Link Newark”), activating Newark’s first Link kiosks th...

NJIT's Rajesh Davé is Elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineering

Wednesday, October 17th, 2018
Rajesh Davé, a problem-driven inventor whose groundbreaking methods for re-engineering tiny particles have fueled advances in such diverse areas as weapons safety and drug delivery systems, has been named a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). Drawing on physics, chemistr...

MetroLab Network Comes to the WEC

Tuesday, October 16th, 2018
Municipal leaders, academic presenters, as well as chief technology, information and analytics officers from across the country gathered at NJIT’s Wellness and Events Center Oct. 15 and 16 for the MetroLab Network 2018 Annual Summit. The conference centered on leveraging city-university partner...

Men's Soccer Registers First ASUN Win of Season; Blanks Stetson, 2-0

Tuesday, October 16th, 2018
NJIT registered its first ASUN Conference win of the season with a 2-0 shutout victory over visiting Stetson Saturday evening in league action at Kean University East Campus Facility. NJIT moves to 1-3-0 in the ASUN, 6-7 overall, snapping a six-match skid, while Stetson stands at 0-2-1 in the ASUN,...

Wright Nets Pair of Goals in Win Over Kennesaw State; Highlanders Move Into First Place in ASUN

Tuesday, October 16th, 2018
Freshman Fiona Wright netted a pair of goals in the Highlanders' 2-1 victory over visiting Kennesaw State in ASUN Conference action at Kean University East Campus Facility. NJIT, winners of its last five-out-of-six contests, improves to 5-2 in the ASUN, 11-4-1 overall while the Owls move ...