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Dealing a Therapeutic Counterblow to Traumatic Brain Injury

Thursday, September 26th, 2019
A blow to the head or powerful shock wave on the battlefield can cause immediate, significant damage to a person’s skull and the tissue beneath it. But the trauma does not stop there. The impact sets off a chemical reaction in the brain that ravages neurons and the networks that supply them with nut...

Powering Up the Navajo Nation: Glenn Steiger '70, '87

Wednesday, September 25th, 2019
Glenn Steiger ’70 is helping the Navajo Nation see the light — literally. Steiger currently is the executive consultant for the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority (NTUA), providing professional oversight to NTUA’s major generation, power supply and transmission initiatives. As project director for the...

NJIT Features Prominent Female Artists in New Exhibition

Tuesday, September 24th, 2019
The J. Robert and Barbara A. Hillier College of Architecture and Design (HCAD) gallery at NJIT is honored to present an exhibition of twelve prominent female artists. Six hail from the East Coast and six are from the West. Exhibition co-curators Matthew Gosser and Gail Enns selected artists whose wo...

NJIT's VentureLink Enters Agreements Supporting Innovation & Investment Between New Jersey & India

Tuesday, September 24th, 2019
In an effort to promote mutually beneficial investment, trade and technological exchange opportunities between New Jersey and India, New Jersey Institute of Technology’s (NJIT) community business incubator, VentureLink, has partnered with two forward-thinking, respected business entities in India: T...

Virtual and Augmented Reality Tech Get Real-World Use At NJIT MIXR Lab

Monday, September 23rd, 2019
An augmented and virtual reality educational game developed by the NJIT MIXR Laboratory, which is a dual project of the Ying Wu College of Computing and Hillier College of Architecture and Design, is being showcased at an important conference in Silicon Valley this month. The software is being demon...

Pre-College 40th Anniversary Alumni Profile: LaTosha Wilson Is in Event Services at NJIT

Monday, September 23rd, 2019
“I was afraid of numbers, so this was the opportunity to get some extra training, get some extra help over the summer,” said LaTosha Wilson of her participation in pre-college programs at NJIT. “It was a chance to keep me focused.” Her mother, then a secretary for the university’s Office of Sponsor...

Put Away Your Smartphone to Understand Tech's Impact on Elections

Thursday, September 19th, 2019
Students wishing to understand the chaos of national politics might listen to Cody Buntain, a new assistant professor in the Ying Wu College of Computing informatics department, who said it succinctly: "Look away from the phone." Buntain joined NJIT this year to teach computer ethics and to research...

Top 100 National Intern Elijah Mathew Talks Summer with Stryker

Thursday, September 19th, 2019
Mechanical engineering major, Elijah Mathew, spent his summer interning with Stryker. Through NJIT's career fair, Elijah found the operations intern position and has earned a spot on the Top 100 Intern list on nationalinternday.com.

NJIT is Number 2 on College Factual's List of Best Civil Engineering Programs Nationwide

Tuesday, September 17th, 2019
For the second year in a row, the Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) program at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is ranked number two in the nation by College Factual, a data analytics and research company that focuses on outcomes. Only Georgia Tech is ranked higher on the list of 20...

Women's Soccer and LIU Play To 1-1 Draw

Monday, September 16th, 2019
NJIT Women's Soccer pushed its current unbeaten streak to four games with a 1-1 draw against the LIU Sharks Friday evening at NYIT's President's Stadium. The match was the first for NJIT (3-2-2) against the recently rebranded Sharks, who combined their Division I Brooklyn and Division II Post campu...