Senior Success: Coder Ayushi Sangoi is Also the Class of 2020's Outstanding Engineer

Wednesday, June 10th, 2020
As it embarks on clinical trials at children’s hospitals across the country, a novel vision therapy device developed by NJIT engineers is generating streams of data on eye movements in need of rapid and precise analysis. Enter Ayushi Sangoi ’20*, coder par excellence, to the algorithmic rescue. As a...

Students' Research Project Becomes Award-Winning Device at UPitch Contest

Wednesday, June 10th, 2020
In 2019, Owais Aftab was in search of a summer research project to meet his degree requirements for independent study. The biomedical engineering/pre-health Albert Dorman Honors College scholar, then a first-year student, found what he was looking for after a conversation with one of his teachers, J...

Ying Wu College of Computing Starts New Effort to Recruit and Retain Women

Tuesday, June 9th, 2020
A new plan to recruit and retain more women as computer science majors is beginning in earnest this summer at NJIT's Ying Wu College of Computing. Similar efforts have been underway for five years, said James Geller, a professor and associate dean for research. But the push has a new tailwind in the...

NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 6/8/20-6/12/20

Monday, June 8th, 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...

NJ Presidents' Council Statement on Combating Systemic Racism and Fostering Inclusive Communities

Monday, June 8th, 2020
NEWARK - In a display of our unwavering solidarity, all private, public, and community colleges and universities of New Jersey, and the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education share space today to comment on the latest display of our country’s horrific legacy of racism and violence against Black...

Senior Success: Samantha Lomuscio, Cosmic Gamma-Ray Hunter

Monday, June 8th, 2020
Exploring remote, exotic locations is a long-standing tradition among college students. For applied physics major Samantha Lomuscio ’20, that destination during her senior year has been Jupiter, nearly 390 million miles away. Working with astrophysicists at the American Museum of Natural History (AM...

Personnel Cost Saving Announcement

Friday, June 5th, 2020
Dear Colleagues, As you are aware, NJIT has engaged in a comprehensive effort to plan for the long-term financial health of the university while addressing the serious fiscal impact of the pandemic. We have made many difficult but prudent decisions to date, including a salary freeze, a hiring pause,...

NJIT to Confer Degrees at Virtual Commencement Exercises June 12

Friday, June 5th, 2020
Welcome to the NJIT Virtual Commencement Ceremony! For your convenience, candidates are being presented by their respective college/school, and all Doctoral Candidates are presented as one inclusive group. Once you proceed to view the ceremony you will need to go to the upper right hand corner, cl...

NJIT's Digital Design Major Again Tops in N.J., Says Industry Website

Friday, June 5th, 2020
NJIT's digital design major is the best in New Jersey for the second year in a row, according to industry website Animation Career Review. The Bachelor of Arts degree in digital design -- which has tracks for entertainment and production, as part of the School of Art+Design in the Hillier College of...

Class of 2020 Outstanding Graduates Make Their Marks

Thursday, June 4th, 2020
Thousands of students earned their degrees this year at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Here is a collection of their stories, focusing on what they're doing next. Click on the headlines below to read more. Charles Auriemma Is a Senior Audit Analyst at American Express For the latter half of ...