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Big Bear Solar Observatory Becomes Home to NSF's SOLIS Telescope

Thursday, July 22nd, 2021
NJIT’s Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research and National Solar Observatory announce construction to bring NSF’s SOLIS facility to Big Bear Solar Observatory, paving the way for decades of richer observations of the Sun and explosive space weather events. NJIT-Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research ...

In an NJIT First, Engineering Student Ayushi Sangoi Wins a Coveted Tau Beta Pi Graduate Fellowship

Tuesday, July 20th, 2021
Ayushi Sangoi ’20, a Ph.D. candidate who uses neuroimaging and eye movement-tracking equipment to discover connections between brain injuries and eye disorders was awarded a highly competitive graduate fellowship from Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society. The biomedical engineer is th...

Community Advocate and Diversity Business Leader Elisa Charters Appointed to NJIT Board of Trustees

Tuesday, July 20th, 2021
Elisa Charters, a stalwart for diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) and dedicated alumna of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), has been appointed to the NJIT Board of Trustees. Charters, a first-generation college student-athlete who attended NJIT with support from its Educatio...

Nicole Loehle and Miku Okada Named 2021 NCAA Woman of the Year Nominees

Thursday, July 15th, 2021
NJIT seniors Nicole Loehle and Miku Okada have been selected as a nominee for the 2021 NCAA Woman of the Year award. Rooted in Title IX, the NCAA Woman of the Year Award was established in 1991 to recognize graduating female student-athletes who have exhausted their eligibility ...

Class of 2021 Graduating Class Photos

Thursday, July 15th, 2021
The graduating Class of 2021 was honored and feted in all of the ways possible; they walked across the stage in caps and gowns and were acknowledged in person by remarks from the Dean followed by a return to Weston Hall for a reception and balloon release, and then joined again for a virtual celebra...

$1.4 Million Federal Grant Launches NJIT Forensic Science Initiative

Wednesday, July 14th, 2021
Federal funding supporting New Jersey’s “Opportunity Meets Innovation” higher education challenge will introduce Newark high school students to forensic science as a pathway to college – and a STEM education – under a new program from New Jersey Institute of Technology. The NJIT Forensic Science In...

From Congo to Columbia, Engineering Grad Perseveres for Her PhD

Wednesday, July 14th, 2021
Daniela Bushiri, NJIT Class of 2021, has not been in the U.S. for long – about five years. In that time, she graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in chemical engineering, a minor in Applied Mathematics, and is now taking her talents to Columbia University in the fall where she will research alterna...

STEM Innovation Academy Graduates Coming to NJIT

Monday, July 12th, 2021
The inaugural class at the STEM Innovation Academy of the Oranges held a graduation ceremony on June 25 at the NJIT Campus Center, capping four years of cooperation between Orange Public Schools and NJIT's Center for Pre-College Programs (CPCP) that aims to create a pathway to college for students h...

School of Management Cassetta Scholarship Reaches $100K

Friday, July 9th, 2021
Raymond Cassetta, an alumnus of the class of 1970 and benefactor of Martin Tuchman School of Management's Financial Analytics Laboratory, recently extended the scholarship in his name to the $100,000 mark. Cassetta enrolled in Newark College of Engineering at age 27, graduated with an industrial en...

Marina Arrese Earns CoSIDA Academic All-District Recognition

Thursday, July 8th, 2021
NJIT junior women's fencer Marina Arrese has been named as a First-Team selection on the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District 2 Women's At Large Team the organization announced on Thursday.  Arrese, from Madrid, Spain, was named to the Dean's...