WATCH NOW: Virtual Convocation Welcoming the Class of 2024

Monday, August 31st, 2020
Virtual University Convocation Program WHAT: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will welcome the Class of 2024 during the Convocation ceremony. Additionally, the university will recognize and award faculty and staff members who have excelled as teachers, scholars and researchers. WHEN: Wed...

Sign Up for Highlander Hype Virtual 5k Marathon

Monday, August 31st, 2020
Join together with the rest of Highlander Nation by running or walking an individual 5k between Monday, October 5 and Sunday, October 11 as part of the first-ever Highlander Hype Virtual 5k. Registration is free but we provide the option to donate to the Highlander Student Emergency Fund. You can ...

Simplified Structural Analysis and Design for Architects by Rima Taher

Friday, August 28th, 2020
New Editions of Books by Rima Taher: Simplified Structural Analysis and Design for Architects, Revised Second Edition (Copyright 2021 published by Cognella, Inc.) authored by Rima Taher covers the basics of structural analysis and design in clear, practical terms. The book clarifies complex engineer...

Computing Professor's App Manages NJIT Converged Learning

Thursday, August 27th, 2020
As students return to campus this fall, NJIT and universities around the country face the challenge of adhering to COVID-19 preventative measures such as social distancing and mask use, while also maximizing the usage of the available resources and learning spaces on campus. One of the techniques de...

State Business Publication Lists NJIT Officials Among Top Education VIPs

Wednesday, August 26th, 2020
Five NJIT executives are featured in ROI-NJ's inaugural list of higher education influencers, which debuted this week. On the academic side, the statewide business publication featured President Joel S. Bloom, Provost Fadi Deek and Newark College of Engineering Dean Moshe Kam. For industry relations...

Martin Tuchman School of Management Hosts Biotech-Themed Disruptive Technology Conference

Tuesday, August 25th, 2020
On Friday, August 14, 2020, the Leir Research Institute (LRI) at the Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM) hosted its annual conference titled “Disruptive Technologies, Regulations, Business - Implications in the BioTech Industry,” where academics, students, and industry professionals gathered ...

Andy Bruno and John Vogt Named 2020 Institute for Public Architecture Fellows

Tuesday, August 25th, 2020
Pre/Post BQE Project Description We propose a study of pre-BQE Brooklyn to understand how best to fill the void left by a removed BQE, which will draw upon historical documents such as maps, contemporary accounts, oral histories, archival photographs, and films. This process will inform an imagined...

Design It, Build It, Ship It: Solutions For Global Health Care Needs

Tuesday, August 25th, 2020
The M2CU, a mobile medical care unit designed from a shipping container, is standalone, fast to build and easy to deploy throughout the existing global shipping container infrastructure. The collaboration between NJIT, The Tuchman Foundation, and University Hospital in Newark produced what may be t...

Study of Asia's Hillstream Loaches Reveals Keys to Fish Family's Unusual Land-Walking Abilities

Tuesday, August 25th, 2020
A new genetic and morphological study of South Asia’s hillstream loach (Balitoridae) family is shedding new light on the fishes’ unusual land-walking capabilities, including that of the family’s strangest relative — Cryptotora thamicola — a rare, blind cavefish from Thailand with an uncanny ability...

Message from President Bloom - August 24, 2020

Monday, August 24th, 2020
NJIT Administration and Staff, The below communication was sent this morning to NJIT's faculty in advance of a Faculty Senate meeting scheduled for tomorrow. Please take time to review, as the message pertains to all of us working at NJIT. Members of the NJIT Faculty, On Tuesday, August 25, the Fac...