A Loss in Our Community

Monday, November 2nd, 2020
Dear NJIT Colleagues: It is with great sadness that I share the loss of Maria Thérèse Nakhle-Deek, beloved mother of NJIT Senior Executive Vice President and Provost Fadi P. Deek `85, `86, `97. Maria Thérèse also was mother-in-law to Maura Deek `86 and grandmother to Matthew `11, Rebecca `16, and An...

NJIT Mourns the Passing of Dr. Irving Pressley McPhail

Thursday, October 29th, 2020
It is with great sadness that I inform you about the death of Dr. Irving Pressley McPhail, who received an honorary degree from NJIT in 2015 and served eloquently as our main Commencement speaker that year. Dr. McPhail is reported to have succumbed to complications from COVID-19 last week. He most r...

Message from President Bloom: COVID-19 Update

Monday, October 26th, 2020
NJIT Community Members, With a deep concern for the health and safety of our campus community, and knowledge of the needs of many of NJIT's students as well as our applied and hands-on curriculum, we began the Fall semester on September 1, 2020. We did so with a comprehensive and multifaceted plan d...

NJIT Magazine – Fall 2020 Issue

Friday, October 16th, 2020
Dear NJIT Community Member, I hope this email finds you safe and well! I am pleased to send you the Fall 2020 issue of NJIT Magazine, which is a digital-only edition. Within these pages, you will find uplifting stories on the success of recent graduates, the appointment of a new chief information o...

Hispanic Heritage Month

Thursday, October 15th, 2020
Dear NJIT Community Members, NJIT is proud to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month this October, and we recognize that diversity is among our university’s greatest strengths. It is a key component of learning and innovation, because hearing the perspectives of those with varied backgrounds, cultures, a...

Message from President Bloom: 9/11 Remembrance

Friday, September 11th, 2020
NJIT Community Members, Today is a solemn date when we honor the lives and memories of the thousands who perished on September 11, 2001, in hijacked airplanes that crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City; the Pentagon in Washington, DC; and a field in rural Pennsylvania, thanks to the h...

NJIT president: STEM programs are worth New Jersey's investment | Opinion

Friday, September 11th, 2020
By Joel S. Bloom In today’s world, technology is both indispensable and inescapable. Just about every facet of our society is changing rapidly due to technological innovation. Whether in healthcare or communication or finance or transportation or any other market sector, all major business enterpris...

Welcome Back From President Bloom

Tuesday, September 1st, 2020
NJIT Community Members, Welcome back, Highlanders! We have been looking forward to your return since the day we moved to remote operations last spring, and today we begin a new semester unlike any we have previously experienced. We have planned extensively for the challenges we will face in welcomin...

Message from President Bloom - August 24, 2020

Monday, August 24th, 2020
NJIT Administration and Staff, The below communication was sent this morning to NJIT's faculty in advance of a Faculty Senate meeting scheduled for tomorrow. Please take time to review, as the message pertains to all of us working at NJIT. Members of the NJIT Faculty, On Tuesday, August 25, the Fac...

Message from President Bloom: COVID-19 Update 8/14/20

Friday, August 14th, 2020
Dear NJIT Students, Faculty, and Staff As we approach the onset of our Fall semester and the start of classes, NJIT will welcome members of our university back to campus and deliver a significant amount of in-person instruction as well as residence options for our students. We will do so responsibly...