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NJIT Earns Highest Research Rating From the Carnegie Classification®

Monday, February 18th, 2019
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has been named a “Very High Research Activity (R1)” institution by the Carnegie Classification®, “the leading framework for recognizing and describing institutional diversity in U.S. higher education for the past four and a half decades.” NJIT is one of only...

NJIT Joins the Ranks of the Nation's Elite Research Universities With its New R1 Classification

Monday, February 18th, 2019
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) joins the ranks of the nation’s elite and most productive institutions with its elevation this week to the top tier of research universities – a designation of R1 by the Carnegie Classification® indicating “very high research activity.” First published in 1...

InterSchool Housing Studio Kicks Off for New York Area Architecture Schools

Monday, February 18th, 2019
At the initiation of College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) interim Dean Tony Schuman, six area schools of architecture are participating in a semester-long housing studio organized around the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ASCA) Timber in the City design competition. Each of...

Assistant Professor Looks at Auto Loans in Published Paper

Monday, February 18th, 2019
In her paper, “An Empirical Study of Bank Stress Testing for Auto Loans,” Assistant Professor of Accounting Ming Fang presents an empirical study of stress testing for portfolios of auto loans. Along with her co-authors — Deming Wu, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, United States, and Qing ...

Men's Fencings Goes Undefeated at MACFA A vs. B

Monday, February 18th, 2019
NJIT's Greg Puccio and Justin Petway paced NJIT as the Highlanders went undefeated (5-0) at the MACFA A vs. B meet hosted by the Highlanders at NJIT's Wellness and Events Center on Sunday. NJIT, which has finished the season with a 21-6 mark (77 percent win record) went und...

NJIT Finishes Opening Weekend with a 3-0-1 Mark, Game 4 Ends in 9-9 Tie

Monday, February 18th, 2019
The NJIT baseball team finished opening weekend with a 3-0-1 record as the final game of the four-game series ended in a 9-9 draw with Eastern Michigan. Due to travel arrangements, both teams agreed that no inning would be start after 12:30 p.m. Central time. As the eighth inning concluded beyond t...

NJIT Teams Nab 1st and 2nd Place in Statewide Competition

Monday, February 18th, 2019
The purpose is twofold: “tap into the creative and forward-thinking minds of young people, and at the same time, encourage students to take a more active role in understanding and shaping health care.” Indeed, the second annual Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ) Health Car...

NJIT hosts Middle School Cyber Robotics Competition

Friday, February 15th, 2019
Almost 100 middle school students from more than 40 schools across New Jersey recently participated in a cyber robotics coding competition held at NJIT. They were finalists in the New Jersey Cyber Robotics Coding Competition, an exciting online event in which students used a cloud-based simulat...

NJIT Workshop Introduces New Jersey Teachers To World of Fantasy RPG Education

Friday, February 15th, 2019
Each day, millions of gamers log online to spend their free time playing Blizzard Entertainment’s popular video game title, “World of Warcraft” — a virtual, open-box-styled “land of myth, magic and legendary adventure.”  However, the immersive nature of fantasy role-playing video gam...

"Psycho-geographies" Exhibition Featured in CoAD Gallery

Wednesday, February 13th, 2019
The College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) at NJIT is honored to present an exhibition of Alexandra Schoenberg’s and Leslie Adler’s solo and collaborative works called “Psycho-geographies.” These collaborative works present the viewer with an alternating process of internalizing and projecti...