Electric Fish In Augmented Reality Reveal How Animals "Actively Sense" the World Around Them

Monday, December 10th, 2018
Bats and dolphins emit sound waves to sense their surroundings; like a battery, electric fish generate electricity to help them detect motion while burrowed in their refuges; and humans use tiny movements of the eyes to perceive objects in their field of vision. Each is an example of “active sensin...

NJIT Picks Up First Road Win of the Season, 72-51, at LIU Brooklyn

Sunday, December 9th, 2018
NJIT picked up its first road win of the season, led by a season-best 21 points from graduate student Tatianna Torres in the Highlanders' 72-51 victory at LIU Brooklyn in women's basketball non-conference action at the Steinberg Center Sunday afternoon. NJIT (2-8) snaps a three-game skid while LIU ...

Lewis Terrorizes Terriers in NJIT's 82-60 Rout

Saturday, December 8th, 2018
Senior Abdul Lewis put forth a monster performance with game-highs in points (19), rebounds (16), assists (3) and blocks (5) in leading NJIT past St. Francis Brooklyn on Saturday at the Wellness and Events Center (WEC). As of publishing time, the Highlanders are one of just 12 teams in the nation wi...

Indoor Track and Field Captures 10 First-Place Finishes at the Fordham Christmas Invitational

Saturday, December 8th, 2018
The NJIT indoor track and field teams captured 11 first-place finishes at the Fordham Christmas Invitational held at the Vince Lombardi Center Friday afternoon. In the men's 60 meter hurdles, the Highlanders finished 1-2-3, led by Kadeem Spencer with a time of 8.98 followed by Connor Penrod (9.02) ...

NJII Hosts FDA Director for Biologics Evaluation and Research at Industry Roundtable

Friday, December 7th, 2018
The New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), an NJIT Corporation, hosted Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Director Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CEBR), Peter Marks M.D., Ph.D., at a roundtable with biopharma industry leaders in early December. Dr. Marks is responsible for assuring ...

NJIT Goes Abroad With FinTech Program for Graduate Students

Friday, December 7th, 2018
Financial technology (FinTech) is a rapidly growing subsector of the financial services industry that applies software tools, networking, user experience, interface platforms, and modern modeling and analytical techniques to improve efficiency and deployment of traditional financial services. To ed...

Computer Science Professor's Startup Attracts Millions in Investment From Industry Leaders

Wednesday, December 5th, 2018
A startup company co-founded by a NJIT Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) professor recently received a substantial investment from a startup foundry supported by industry giants including Microsoft and AT&T. Duality Technologies, launched in 2016 by Associate Professor Kurt Rohloff and four p...

Healthcare Software Startup Establishes Newark Headquarters

Tuesday, December 4th, 2018
A new startup company focused on software and professional services to improve community health outcomes just selected Newark as its headquarters. SRL Group, LLC, founded by two veterans of healthcare marketing, joined New Jersey Institute of Technology’s (NJIT) Enterprise Development Center (EDC) ...

Highlanders are the 2018 ECAC Winter Champions

Monday, December 3rd, 2018
NJIT posted 1635 points to win by a whopping 329 points over the 10-team field and second-place Monmouth University (1306). In addition, NJIT's first-year head swimming and diving coach, Ron Farina, was named "Coach of the Meet." The Top-5 was rounded out by Fairfield University (1152.5), Manhattan...

NJIT Hangs On at Drexel for Another Impressive Road Win

Friday, November 30th, 2018
Senior Abdul Lewis posted team-highs in points (17) and rebounds (10) as NJIT held off Drexel University, 70-67, on Wednesday at the Daskalakis Athletic Center. The Highlanders have now started 4-0 on the road for the first time in 30 years -- since a 7-0 road mark to open 1988-89. In a game NJIT c...