NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 6/29/20-7/3/20

Monday, June 29th, 2020
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 or by your area vice president to Deric Raymond, director of content planning and intelligence, i...

The Show Goes On for New Jersey Chemistry Olympics

Friday, June 26th, 2020
The New Jersey Chemistry Olympics (NJCO) has become an NJIT springtime tradition — for more than three decades, scores of young chemists prepare throughout the year for the competition, culminating on campus in a one-day test of wits among high school teams from across the state. Of course, this ye...

James Chao '20 International Interior Design Association Awardee

Thursday, June 25th, 2020
James designed a beautiful sushi restaurant on a pier with a 'kitchen theatre' in the round. See his IIDA submission here. 

The Class of 2020: Resilient and Adaptive Leaders

Thursday, June 25th, 2020
Resilience is often recognized as the ability to adapt and thrive despite difficult circumstances. The Class of 2020 has reached a major milestone in their lives and future careers, graduating in the midst of a pandemic, after having to adapt quickly to difficult circumstances and in many cases prod...

Littman Library Ramps Up Digital Research and Exhibits Among COVID Pandemic

Wednesday, June 24th, 2020
Students needing access to the Barbara & Leonard Littman Architecture, Art and Design Library while studying from off campus now have a variety of digital options available. Due to the impact of COVID-19, "In a very short time, we had to learn new tools and platforms, shift priorities, redevelo...

Allocating Limited Resources for Megaprojects on Deadline

Wednesday, June 24th, 2020
For much of her career, Oya Tukel, dean of NJIT’s Martin Tuchman School of Management and a professor of supply chain management, has researched problems in resource-constrained project scheduling that can cause significant delays, particularly for large, complex projects that require thousands of a...

NJIT Lecturer Helps Digitize Government Services in Zambia

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020
Zambia, a country in south-central Africa, is rich in natural resources but significantly lacking in technological and educational resources. This has made it difficult for the country to boost economic development, alleviate poverty and improve quality of life. Enter Keith Williams, NJIT universit...

Interior Design Student Nada Boules Zag Hotel Design Wins 2020 Green Voices Award

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020
Nada Boules is a rising senior in the Hillier College of Architecture and Design Interior Design Program and the winner of the 2020 Network of Executive Women in Hospitality (NEWH) Green Voice Design Competition. This competition “provides students with the opportunity to showcase their design skill...

NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 6/22/20-6/26/20

Monday, June 22nd, 2020
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 or by your area vice president to Deric Raymond, director of content planning and intelligence, i...

NJIT Mourns the Loss of Alumnus John J. Mooney, a Giant in the Fight Against Air Pollution

Friday, June 19th, 2020
The New Jersey Institute of Technology community notes with great sadness the passing of John J. Mooney MS ’60, an inspired engineer, renowned inventor and beloved alumnus of Newark College of Engineering who is best known for developing a catalytic converter for vehicles that filters three toxic ch...