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NJIT Men's Basketball Featured on SportsCenter's Top 10

Thursday, November 14th, 2019
Shyquan Gibbs' heroic shot in the final second completed the 20-point comeback and lifted NJIT to its first victory of the season.

Save Time and Money, Two Degrees in Five Years with the BS-MS Program

Thursday, November 14th, 2019
For Elena Prokhorova, the decision to begin taking master’s level courses while still a computer science undergrad came down to personal interest, as she wanted more options than what was available in the undergraduate catalog. While reviewing potential classes for her senior year, she also skimme...

NJIT Professor Emeritus Receives Presidential Award for Science, Mathematics & Engineering Mentoring

Thursday, November 14th, 2019
Howard Kimmel, professor emeritus in chemical engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), has received a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM). He is one of 15 awardees nationwide and the only recipient in New Jersey this year. Be...

Practical Project Experience Provides Students With Valuable Career Preparation

Tuesday, November 12th, 2019
Employment is becoming increasingly skills-focused. Indeed, the abilities to communicate effectively, problem-solve and quickly learn and apply new technologies, for instance, are proving to be of the utmost importance for landing jobs and nurturing early careers. With this in mind, NJIT’s Martin Tu...

Message from NJIT President Bloom - Veterans Day

Monday, November 11th, 2019
NJIT Community Members, Alumni and Friends, Today we observe Veterans Day and express our gratitude for those who have served our nation in the United States Armed Forces. This is a day to reflect upon the selflessness and bravery of our veterans as well as that of their families and loved ones. W...

NJIT Biomedical Engineer Tara Alvarez Is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry

Monday, November 11th, 2019
Tara Alvarez, a professor of biomedical engineering who studies the links between visual disorders and the brain and develops novel devices to identify and treat them, has been named a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry (AAO). Alvarez joined approximately 300 fellows, who are the leading s...

Çelik Wins Prestigious Tamayouz Award for Middle East Research

Monday, November 11th, 2019
Zeynep Çelik, a distinguished professor in the NJIT Hillier College of Architecture and Design, won this year's Tamayouz Women in Architecture and Construction award for her research and writing about the Middle East and North Africa. The award series, named for the Arabic word meaning excellence, b...

NJIT's Brooke Flammang Wins 2019 Young Investigator Award

Monday, November 11th, 2019
Brooke Flammang, assistant professor of biological sciences at NJIT, has been named winner of the 2019 Steven Vogel Young Investigator Award by the scientific journal Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. Flammang is the third-ever winner of the international award, started in 2017 in honor of biomechan...

NJIT Advances to ASUN Finals; Rabell, White and Watkins Net Goals in 3-2 Win

Sunday, November 10th, 2019
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), the top-seed in the 2019 ASUN Conference Tournament had three players net a goal in the Highlanders' 3-2 victory over fourth-seeded Stetson in the ASUN Conference Men's Soccer Semifinals on Sunday afternoon at Lubetkin Field at Mal Simon Stadium. NJIT, wh...

GirlHacks Winner Aims to Help Students with Hearing Loss

Friday, November 8th, 2019
Anupriya Gotkhindi was listening to a lecture in her machine learning graduate class when she noticed a sign language translator having difficulty trying to decipher the complex issues being taught and the technical terms used by the instructor. That problem was the inspiration for her team’s proje...