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Eight-Year-Old Gavin Brady Signs with NJIT Men's Lacrosse

Thursday, April 5th, 2018
Eight-year-old Gavin Brady, from Pompton Plains, became the newest addition to the NJIT men's lacrosse team roster with the help of Friends of Jaclyn Foundation held at the Wellness and Events Center Wednesday afternoon. Friends of Jaclyn aims to improve the quality of life for children battling pe...

NFL Star Justin Tuck Visits NJIT, Inspires Young Students to Tackle College and Career Dreams

Thursday, April 5th, 2018
On April 3, Newark-area high school students and teachers arrived at NJIT in anticipation of meeting two-time Super Bowl champion and New York Giants Hall of Fame inductee, Justin Tuck. Justin and Lauran Tuck, co-founders of the nonprofit Tuck’s R.U.S.H. for Literacy, appeared as special guest...

Undergraduate Ecosystems: Engineering Tissues with 3D Printers

Thursday, April 5th, 2018
INSTRUCTIVE BIOMATERIALS AND ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING LABORATORY Despite significant efforts, the lack of organs and tissues for transplantation poses a major hurdle in medicine. The Instructive Biomaterials and Additive Manufacturing Laboratory (IBAM-Lab) develops novel approaches to address this ga...

Undergraduate Ecosystems: In Cyberspace with Social Bots

Thursday, April 5th, 2018
Social Interaction Laboratory The Social Interaction Lab is an interdisciplinary research hub that combines psychology, communication, computing and design to understand how people interact with technology. The lab focuses in particular on studying technologies that are social, such as mobile-healt...

New Jersey's K-20 Education Collaborative Meets at First-Ever "Cradle to Career" Summit

Thursday, April 5th, 2018
In March, NJIT staged the first-ever “CLEAR: Cradle to Career” (C3 2018) Summit, aimed at “fostering a larger networked community of innovative and dedicated teachers, leaders, faculty researchers and students of all ages”. The summit — co-hosted by NJIT’s statewide K-20 Collaborative for Leadershi...

Newark Teams with NJIT to Host Amazon-Sponsored Tech Summit, Joins Network of Connected Cities

Wednesday, April 4th, 2018
The city of Newark continues its rise as a budding hub of high-tech innovation. At a press conference April 4, NJIT President Joel Bloom joined Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka to announce the city’s plan to host the Amazon Alexa-sponsored VOICE Technology Summit July 24-26 on the NJIT campus.  “...

A Spring Afternoon with Sophia and Friends

Wednesday, April 4th, 2018
The first Friday afternoon of Spring 2018 brings an exciting concert to campus — acclaimed pianist Sophia Agranovich will be joined by two of her exceptional students, Mohammed Boubendir and Robert Argasinski. David Dubal, internationally known pianist, author, broadcaster and painter will introduce...

Undergraduate Ecosystems: Underwater with Blind Cavefishes

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018
Neuroecology of Unusual Animals Laboratory How do nervous systems evolve and adapt to extreme environments? The Soares lab uses neuroethological and ecological methods to understand the evolution of neural adaptation, examining the evolution of circuitries, behavioral adaptation and sensory novelty...

A Whole New Ball Game: Alumna Scores Job as Data Scientist for Philadelphia 76ers

Thursday, March 29th, 2018
NJIT alumni continue to prove that when armed with a degree from one of the nation’s leading public high-tech universities, trails are blazed and professional dreams really do come true. Just ask alumna Ivana Seric ’17, who was able to turn her love of sports, math and science into a dream job wi...

Score! Soccer Alumna Accepted Into Women Athletes Business Network

Wednesday, March 28th, 2018
“One of the things that I’m pretty passionate about is women being competitive and not having negative connotations around being competitive… I think that sometimes women don’t embrace that enough,” said Erika Taugher ’08, ’09, a star soccer alumna who earned a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering a...