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Q&A with NJIT Alum Lorraine Nunes: My Journey from Brazil to Community College to NJIT to Accenture

Thursday, March 4th, 2021
Just two months after earning a bachelor’s at New Jersey Institute of Technology, Lorraine Nunes '20 landed her first big job, as a software architect analyst at Accenture.  Nunes, who majored in business and information systems, graduated in December after transferring from Hudson County Comm...

NJIT Theater Debuts Zoom-Based Reboot of 15th Century Play 'Everyman'

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021
The Rutgers-NJIT Theatre Program is taking the classic late-medieval period morality play, Everyman, into the digital age.  The cast and crew have recently debuted their spin on the original for online streamers — titled Every_01: A Morality Play — where audiences...

Luca Berger Selected Sports Imports/AVCA Player of the Week

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021
Graduate student Luca Berger has been selected Sports Imports/AVCA Player of the Week the organization announced on Tuesday. This is the second career honor for the Highlanders middle blocker. Berger helped lead the Highlanders to a series sweep of Saint Francis U on Thursday and Friday ...

Partnerships Flourish in Industrial Affiliates Program

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021
As companies increasingly seek outside help to understand and implement emerging technologies such as data science and artificial intelligence, Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) is playing an increasingly broader role in helping companies achieve this goal. YWCC does this through its Industrial A...

Women's History Month

Monday, March 1st, 2021
NJIT community members, Throughout the month of March, NJIT will be celebrating Women’s History Month. As we do so, we will highlight the successes of women at and from our university as well as the impact of women on NJIT, in our society, and throughout our world. NJIT’s Murray Center for Women i...

Men's Volleyball Checks in at No. 12 in Week Six NVA/AVCA Coaches Poll

Monday, March 1st, 2021
The NJIT men's volleyball program checked in at No. 12 in the recent National Volleyball Association (NVA)/American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Division I-II Men's Coaches top-15 poll the organization announced on Monday. Previously ranked No. 14, the Highlanders moved up two spots after ...

Engineering Alum's Textbook Teaches Python With Real-World Examples

Monday, March 1st, 2021
NJIT alumna Dayrene Martinez, who earned her electrical engineering degree in 2018, recently published a textbook of Python computer programming after mastering the language as a systems engineer for defense contractor Raytheon. Martinez co-authored the 420-page book, Applied computational thinking...

NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 3/1/21-3/5/21

Monday, March 1st, 2021
Here you will find a weekly listing of updates and announcements for members of the NJIT campus community. Announcements are to be submitted through the form found at https://forms.gle/V6PBxUy5b3jkErMc8. Those submitted by each Thursday will be included in the following week's Updates and Announceme...

Environmental, Social and Governance Decisions Leading a Tectonic Shift

Thursday, February 25th, 2021
“Capitalism is the biggest system we ever invented but we  need to try and make it better so that it works for the planet and people. We know we don't want to have all of the excesses and negative externalities.” Marcelo Palazzi, Co-Founder B Lab The Annual Construction Industry Network Globa...

5 at NJIT Make NJBIZ's 2021 List of the 100 Biggest Players in the State's Economy

Thursday, February 25th, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology President Joel S. Bloom and four members of a key university board made the NJBIZ 2021 Power 100 list of the biggest players in the state’s economy. The board members — Debbie Hart, Jose Lozano, Dean Paranicas and Michele Siekerka — serve on the Board of Dire...