NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 9/28/20-10/2/20

Monday, September 28th, 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. Those submitted by each Thursday will be included in the following week's Updates and Announceme...

McNair Students, Unfazed by Disadvantages or COVID, Target Graduate Study

Monday, September 28th, 2020
Zara Williams started working here 20 years ago, just after NJIT joined the federal McNair Scholars Program to help underrepresented students achieve graduate degrees, and has now seen 22 students complete their doctorates. "Seems like it went pretty quickly," said Williams, the program's assistant ...

Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education Ranks NJIT Top 25% in the U.S.

Monday, September 28th, 2020
New Jersey Institute of Technology ranks in the top quarter of U.S. universities and colleges in the The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings for 2021. Numerically, NJIT is #193 out of 797 schools — up 52 slots from 2020 and 135 slots from 2019. In the two previous rankings, N...

Lecture Series Focuses on Responsibilities of Architects and Designers

Thursday, September 24th, 2020
This semester's lecture series from Hillier College of Architecture and Design emphasizes themes of responsibility for architects and designers in the context of current events such as COVID-19, economic inequality, global warming, political upheaval and social justice. Each lecture includes a prese...

Wohn Awarded for Mentoring Women and Minorities in Computing

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020
In a lab dedicated to developing novel technologies for positive social interaction and trying to understand how people use social technologies, such as social media, mobile phones, and multiplayer games, it is the face-to-face, in-person relationships that students have with each other, faculty, an...

NJIT's Newest Research Center For Community Systems Joins Hillier College

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020
Hillier College is the new home to NJIT’s latest research center – the Center for Community Systems. Under the direction of Dr. Colette Santasieri, the mission of the Center for Community Systems (CCS) is to be a resource and conduit for creating thriving, sustainable, and resilient communities. As...

Introducing NJIT's Class of 2024: Max Wants to Leave Behind a Legacy

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020
Max Gregorio Major: Business School: Martin Tuchman School of Management Goal: Create a company Hometown: Ridgewood, N.J. Max is a legacy. His father, Tom, earned an MBA in management information systems from the Martin Tuchman School of Management in 2008. “I remember watching him receive his degr...

The Slice Girls Win Design Hackathon with Ready Set Wearables

Monday, September 21st, 2020
This story was submitted by Mat Schwartz, Elizabeth Spencer and written by Tracy MacDonald. Sketch. Design. Build. Redesign. Rebuild. This is the process three industrial designers used to win the Jersey City Hackathon this summer. The team consisted of Elizabeth Spencer, an industrial design stud...

NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 9/21/20-9/25/20

Monday, September 21st, 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. Those submitted by each Thursday will be included in the following week's Updates and Announceme...

Study Assesses 30 Years of Landmark Astronomical Advances at NSF, Highlights NJIT's Big Bear

Monday, September 21st, 2020
A new study highlighting some of the most influential technological breakthroughs that shaped astronomical research over the last 30 years includes recognition for NJIT-Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research’s Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) and its three generations of pioneering adaptive optics ...