NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 3/22/21-3/26/21

Monday, March 22nd, 2021
Here you will find a weekly listing of updates and announcements for members of the NJIT campus community. Announcements are to be submitted through the form found at https://forms.gle/V6PBxUy5b3jkErMc8. Those submitted by each Thursday will be included in the following week's Updates and Announceme...

NJIT's College of Science and Liberal Arts Attracts Record Freshman Applicants

Monday, March 22nd, 2021
All-time highs in freshman applicants are being reported this year at NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts (CSLA), according to the university’s latest admissions report for fall 2021. NJIT’s Office of Admissions says CSLA’s freshman applicants this year (approximately 2,500) have risen more t...

Passing of Bernard Koplik, Chairman of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Monday, March 22nd, 2021
Bernard Koplik, a longtime chairman of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (MIE) at a pivotal time in the university’s history and a beloved mentor and friend to both faculty and students, passed away on March 14. Koplik, who served on NJIT’s faculty for 37 years, focused on soli...

New Jersey Institute of Technology Selected for Student Success Capacity Investment

Monday, March 22nd, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is one of 16 institutions participating in the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities’ Powered by Publics initiative to receive additional investment and support to advance student-centered transformation. The cohort 16 of institutions will engage...

NJIT's Business School Eclipses 1,000 Applicants for the First Time

Monday, March 22nd, 2021
The Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM) at New Jersey Institute of Technology has eclipsed 1,000 applications from first-year students for the first time in its history, leading a wave in application increases across all five of NJIT’s schools. The total of 1,012 applicants represents a 21% r...

NJIT Fields Record Number of Applications from First-Year Students for 2nd Straight Year

Friday, March 19th, 2021
For the second straight year, New Jersey Institute of Technology has broken its record for first-year student applications with a total of more than 11,250. All five of NJIT’s academic colleges experienced increases, led by a 21% jump from the Martin Tuchman School of Management, which eclipsed 1,00...

Buoyed By Generosity, 'Celebration of Hope' Event Inspires

Friday, March 19th, 2021
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a constant motif embraced by the members of the Highlander community: Unrelenting generosity and support. In the fall of 2020, the Highlander Emergency Fund—a special fund to help students facing emergency-related financial hardships—was replenished w...

NJIT Makes Global List in QS Subject Rankings

Thursday, March 18th, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology has been ranked in three subject areas in the 2021 QS World University Rankings By Subject list, marking the third year in a row NJIT has earned a spot on the global ranking. The full 2021 rankings — published by Quacquarelli Symonds, an organization specializing i...

NJIT Co-Hosts 2021 Forensic Science Summit for the Criminal Defense Bar

Thursday, March 18th, 2021
This March 23-25, New Jersey Institute of Technology is set to join the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey (ACDL-NJ) and New Jersey State Office of the Public Defender (NJOPD) in co-hosting the 2021 Forensic Science Summit for the Criminal Defense Bar — the leading annual forensic...

Institute for Data Science Aims to Democratize Supercomputing With NSF Grant

Wednesday, March 17th, 2021
Ordinary people could soon have greater ability to analyze massive amounts of information, based on new algorithms and software tools being designed at NJIT, intended to simplify access to a programming interface from data scientists at the Department of Defense. It's relatively straightforward to a...