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NJII and NJ Department of Health to Host Health Care Innovation Challenge

Monday, January 7th, 2019
The New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), an NJIT Corporation, is partnering with the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) to host a code-a-thon this January to build a smartphone app that promotes education for pregnant and postpartum women to decrease maternal mortality. The keynote speaker ...

Guarino Sets NJIT All-Time Record for Three-Pointers in 66-60 Victory Over Kennesaw State

Monday, January 7th, 2019
Graduate student Kelly Guarino set the NJIT all-time record for three-pointers (224), netting 18 points in the Highlanders 66-60 victory over visiting Kennesaw State to open ASUN Conference action Saturday afternoon at NJIT's Wellness and Events Center. The win for the Highlanders over Kennesaw Sta...

NJIT Roar into ASUN Conference Play with 72-52 Win

Monday, January 7th, 2019
Senior Abdul Lewis crossed 1,000 career points and sophomore Zach Cooks netted up 19 points in NJIT's win over Kennesaw State, 72-52, in ASUN Conference action at the Wellness and Events Center on Saturday. Kennesaw State (3-13, 0-1 ASUN) took charge in the first half, taking a 30-23 lead into the ...

NJIT Salesforce Student Ambassador Group Successfully Completes the Fall 2018 Semester

Monday, January 7th, 2019
By Shravanthi Budhi NJIT’s Salesforce Student Ambassador Group has successfully completed the fall 2018 semester with a lot of landmark achievements. The Salesforce Student Ambassador Program, launched fall 2017 by a student leader, Shravanthi Budhi, and a faculty adviser, Melodi Guilbault, is a p...

NJIT All-Access Looks at Historic Start for Men's Basketball

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019
The NJIT Highlanders (11-2) are off to a historic start in 2018-19. Legendary NBC 4 sports anchor Bruce Beck came out to examine the hot start for the men's basketball team, as well as for ASUN leading scorer Zach Cooks. He also received a first-hand view of the Highlanders' fabulous hom...

NJIT to Hold 13th Annual Science Olympiad for Middle and High School Students

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019
On Jan. 8, 2019 (snow date Jan. 15), the New Jersey Science Olympiad (NJSO) returns to NJIT for the 13th consecutive year. The event, part of a national science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) competition, will welcome nearly 700 middle and high school students who possess both stron...

Martin Tuchman School of Management Professors Publish Economics Paper

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019
Assistant Professor of Finance Stephen Taylor and Assistant Professor of Accounting Ming Fang co-authored the paper, “Unbiased weighted variance and skewness estimators for overlapping returns,” in the Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES). According to the article’s abstract, Taylor and...

NJIT Board of Overseers Chair and MBA Alumna Marjorie Perry Shares Her Journey to Success

Friday, December 21st, 2018
Marjorie Perry ’05, president and CEO of MZM Construction and Management, sits in a meeting room inside NJIT’s Enterprise Development Center (EDC). Her well-manicured hands are folded on top of a large conference table. Pink nail polish adds a pop of color to her all-black ensemble. She removes a Ha...

An Egyptian-American Engineer Does it Her Way. Intel Approves.

Friday, December 21st, 2018
For Dina Ayman’s parents, the road to medical school beckoned enticingly to their gifted daughter, a driven student with a love for math and science. The profession, they argued, would eagerly welcome a woman of her talents. But Ayman ’18, M.S. ’18, did not hear that call. And she resisted. “From t...

Mechanical Engineering at NJIT Earns Top Ranking

Friday, December 21st, 2018
College Factual ranks NJIT’s mechanical engineering program in the Top 15 percent of all mechanical engineering programs in the United States. Mechanical engineering at NJIT moved up 14 slots over last year, from No. 53 to No. 39, out of 272 schools nationwide. Mechanical engineering graduates from...