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NJIT Partnership with Prudential Addresses Tech Challenges

Monday, July 10th, 2023
Longtime Newark neighbors, Prudential and New Jersey Institute of Technology, have joined forces to help Prudential solve technological challenges while providing exciting opportunities for NJIT students. Like many leading financial organizations, Prudential has introduced cutting-edge digital tech...

NJIT Awarded $10 Million for Technical Assistance at Polluted Brownfield Sites Through EPA Grant

Wednesday, July 5th, 2023
New Jersey Institute of Technology has been awarded $10 million by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as part of a $315 million initiative from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup of brownfield sites across the country. The funding comes e...

Happy Independence Day

Tuesday, July 4th, 2023
Dear Highlanders, I want to wish you all a happy and healthy Fourth of July! It is a time to celebrate the birth of our country as an independent nation, and this is traditionally done by gathering with family, friends and loved ones; taking well-earned vacations or trips to the shore; attending pa...

Supreme Court Rulings on College Admissions

Thursday, June 29th, 2023
Dear Highlanders, Today, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling in cases brought by the anti-affirmative action group Students for Fair Admissions against both Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. The cases alleged that these institutions discriminated against...

Sustainable Design: Mapping an Ancient Solution to a Modern Crisis

Thursday, June 29th, 2023
*"Mapping an Ancient Solution to a Modern Crisis" is part of NJIT's 2023 Research Magazine* Athens is dense, dry and prone to drought. Together, rising temperatures, a lack of trees and intense heat island effects are baking the modern metropolis of more than three million people. Researchers ...

Asociación Hispana de Estudiantes Universitarios de Computación despega en NJIT

Monday, June 26th, 2023
La Asociación Hispana de Estudiantes Universitarios de Computación (con siglas en inglés HACCS) en la Ying Wu College of Computing de NJIT ha arrancado, y ya ha tenido una gran participación en sus reuniones inaugurales. Este club hecho para los hispanos busca satisfacer las necesidades de los estu...

Lab-Simulated Earthquakes Test the Mettle of 'High-Performance' Building Materials

Monday, June 26th, 2023
*"Lab-Simulated Earthquakes Test the Mettle of 'High-Performance' Building Materials" is part of NJIT's 2023 Research Magazine* Despite advances in construction design and materials, a powerful 7.8 magnitude tremor on the San Andreas fault could kill a projected 1,800 people, injure an additional 5...

NJIT Earns National Distinction in Money's 2023 List of 'Best Colleges'

Thursday, June 22nd, 2023
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has earned 4.5 out of 5 stars in a new “Best Colleges” list released by Money. Money evaluated 736 institutions from the more than 2,400 four-year public and private nonprofit colleges in the U.S. and focused on 24 factors in three main categories that surv...

Accounting Expert: Executive Networks Can Lead to Earnings Manipulation

Wednesday, June 21st, 2023
Publicly traded companies manipulate their financial documents more often when their officers and directors have well-connected social circles, Assistant Professor Ming Taylor (Ming Fang) of NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management found, earning her the Best Paper of 2022 award from British Accou...

First-Class Success: NJIT Mayor's Scholar Pursues Law Degree at University of Maryland

Wednesday, June 21st, 2023
When Kiaja Jones ’23 arrived at NJIT from Newark’s Technology High School in 2019, she did so as part of the inaugural class of local scholars from the Mayor’s Honors Scholar Program. Now she’s leaving her home city, diploma in-hand, as a reflection of the program’s early success and will be pursuin...