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Four Highlander Programs Highlighted by NCAA for Academic Progress

Monday, June 20th, 2022
Four Highlander programs have been recognized by the NCAA for perfect Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores in the 2020-21 academic year.  The APR accounts for eligibility, retention and graduation of all student-athletes on scholarship, and provides a measure of each team's academic performance....

Juneteenth

Friday, June 17th, 2022
Dear NJIT Community Members, Today we observe Juneteenth as a state and national holiday that celebrates and commemorates the day - June 19, 1865 -  that Union General Goardon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announce that enslaved black people were free. In reflecting upon the im...

Women's Fencer Marina Arrese Tabs Second Straight CoSIDA Academic All-America Recognition

Friday, June 17th, 2022
NJIT fifth-year women's fencer Marina Arrese has been named as a First-Team selection on the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America Women's At-Large Team, the organization announced on Wednesday. Arrese, a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-America and All...

NJIT Honors President Bloom in Portrait Unveiling

Thursday, June 16th, 2022
A portrait of President Joel S. Bloom was presented in a special ceremony on June 15 in NJIT’s Eberhardt Hall boardroom. Unveiled in front of family, friends, faculty and members of the Board of Trustees, the oil painting continues the tradition of honoring leaders of the institution. The ceremony,...

Mixed Reality Could be the Future of High-Tech Coaching in Team Sports

Thursday, June 16th, 2022
Every pitcher believes he has enough gas for one more strike-out, but an invention from NJIT Associate Professor Tao Han might forever change that old stare-down between players and coaches on the mound. A coach wearing a mixed-reality headset could receive real-time statistics and facial interpret...

VentureLink-Based League Network Acquired for Tech Expertise

Tuesday, June 14th, 2022
Reentry Centers, a company in Alabama that helps former prisoners build productive lifestyles, is looking to New Jersey Institute of Technology students for its employee expansion this year. The company made their Highlander connection by hiring a fundraising expert in serial entrepreneur Jay White...

Molly Saylor, David Marcano Selected as America East Conference Woman, Man of the Year Nominees

Monday, June 13th, 2022
NJIT student-athletes Molly Saylor and David Marcano have been selected 2021-22 America East Conference Man and Woman of the Year Nominees, the league office announced June 9. Nineteen institutional nominees for the 2021-22 America East Man and Woman of the Year nominees are up ...

NJIT Athletics Announces 2022 Hall of Fame Induction Class

Monday, June 13th, 2022
NJIT Athletics is proud to announce nine new members that will make up the 2022 Hall of Fame induction class. The Annual Hall of Fame induction banquet will be held on October 8, 2022 in NJIT's Wellness and Events Center Associate Vice President/Director of Athletics Lenny Kaplan announced...

CodePath Fellows Help Train Their Peers to Develop Android Apps

Thursday, June 9th, 2022
Two undergraduates have turned a free Android mobile app development course they took into a teaching moment through CodePath.org, a nonprofit organization that offers free software development courses at colleges and universities who support low-income computer science students.  Kush Patel, ...

NJIT Jumps in Global Rankings by QS, Led by International Metrics

Wednesday, June 8th, 2022
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has improved its standing in a global ranking conducted by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a top collegiate evaluation firm based in Europe. NJIT now ranks in the top half of more than 1,400 schools evaluated worldwide, based on almost 2,500 colleges considered. ...