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NJIT Hosts Multimedia Retrieval Forum to Make Smarter Info Networks

Thursday, July 28th, 2022
New Jersey Institute of Technology hosted the 12th ACM International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval with in-person and remote participants focusing on critical, societal and technical presentations in the art of searching for vivid data online. It's easy to find single-type data such as te...

Yang Deng - ECE PhD Student of the Month - July 2022

Tuesday, July 26th, 2022
Yang Deng is a PhD candidate supervised by Prof. Tao Han at UNICS Lab in the ECE Department at NJIT. Prior to NJIT,  he was a research assistant at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. His research interests include 5G/6G network resource management, edge computing, blockchain, and machin...

Campus Event Inspires High School Girls to Study Electrical Engineering

Tuesday, July 26th, 2022
NJIT's electrical and computer engineering department hosted 65 girls representing 40 high schools in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania last week, teaching the students about opportunities in technical fields where females are historically overlooked. The day-long conference, SHE in ECE, includ...

Mobile Mapping Surveyor Brings Advanced Technologies to the Classroom

Tuesday, July 26th, 2022
Associate professor at NJIT’s School of Applied Engineering and Technology, Laramie Potts, works to ensure his students in the Surveying Engineering Technology program have the opportunity to experience the technological instruments the career has to offer. With the creation of a home-brew mobile au...

Women's Soccer Announces Schedule For 2022 Campaign

Monday, July 25th, 2022
NJIT women's soccer head coach Ally Nick has announced the Highlanders' 2022 season schedule, which will consist of 18 regular season games (10 home, 8 away), an eight-game America East conference slate, and a pair of scrimmages to kick off the season. The Highlanders will host two scrimm...

NJIT Men's Soccer Announces Schedule for 2022 Campaign

Monday, July 25th, 2022
NJIT men's soccer head coach Fernando Barboto announced the upcoming 2022 season schedule, a 16-match slate that features nine road matches, including two first-time opponents UConn and Villanova and six home matches set to be played at Lubetkin Field at Mal Simon Stadium. The Highlanders...

NJIT Student's Nonprofit Helps Diverse Voices Dive Into Shark Science

Monday, July 25th, 2022
July’s annual Shark Week and SharkFest have become can’t-miss TV events for nature lovers, but for NJIT Ph.D. student Amani Webber-Schultz, getting up-close-and-personal with the ocean’s most famous apex predators is not just a year-round occupation — it’s a vehicle for social ch...

Two Law, Technology and Culture Majors Win Gilman Scholarships to Study in South Korea

Thursday, July 21st, 2022
Two NJIT undergraduates won the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad in South Korea. Kiaja Jones ‘23 and Destiny Adeleye ‘23, both from Newark, shared their experiences on the process that led them to pursue a Gilman Scholarship and how this award will shape their future car...

NJIT Students Find Summer Work at Merck, Meta, Apple, National Institutes of Health and More

Thursday, July 21st, 2022
NJIT students have found excellent work in co-ops and internships this summer. It is a great way to gain real-world experience in their field of study, and to network with professionals in their chosen field. And, of course, the added benefit of earning money to help pay for tuition and other expens...

Newark's Shabazz H.S. Makerspace Gets Assist from Highlanders

Wednesday, July 20th, 2022
When the staff at Malcolm X Shabazz High School decided to build a makerspace, which is a first for a Newark public school, they turned to New Jersey Institute of Technology for advice and training. The school's science department chairman, Jackly Nazaire, would like to see engineers, mathematician...