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Three Highlander Programs Receive NCAA Academic Performance Public Recognition

Monday, May 21st, 2018
Three NJIT Athletic programs were recognized in the 2018 NCAA Division I Academic Performance Program for ranking in the top 10 percent for Academic Progress Rate (APR) in their respective sport announced on Wednesday. The NJIT men's cross country, men's volleyball and women's v...

At 74, Chris Antholis is One of NJIT's Newest Grads

Monday, May 21st, 2018
It was about five minutes after Robert Dresnack’s Water Resources Engineering class had begun when a septuagenarian poked his head into the room. Puzzled, the professor inquired, “May I help you?” In fact, he could. “I’m a student in this class,” replied Chris Antholis, then 72, who was six ye...

NJIT Clinches Spot in ASUN Tournament with Doubleheader Sweep Over North Florida

Monday, May 21st, 2018
NJIT clinched a spot in the 2018 ASUN Conference Tournament with a doubleheader sweep, 3-1 and 7-1, over visiting North Florida Thursday afternoon in ASUN Conference action at Jim Hynes '63 Stadium on the campus of Kean University. With Thursday's sweep over the Ospreys, NJIT will make the programs...

Finance Graduate Harpuneet Kaur Lands Job at IEX

Monday, May 21st, 2018
Harpuneet Kaur is all smiles on a Friday afternoon as she seats herself at a table in the main communal area of The Henry J. and Erna D. Leir Research Institute for Business, Technology, and Society, on the NJIT campus. The Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM) finance major is happy to have he...

NJIT's 102nd Commencement Continues at the WEC

Friday, May 18th, 2018
Following its 102nd commencement ceremony May 16 at the Prudential Center in Newark, which recognized undergraduate and doctoral students, NJIT continued the festivities at its new Wellness and Events Center (WEC) yesterday and today. There, the university conferred degrees to master’s students from...

Flourishing After FEMME: A Pre-College Success Story

Friday, May 18th, 2018
From spending her very early childhood on the island nation of Sri Lanka to moving at the tender age of 8 to the suburbs of New Jersey, Chithma Gunawardana has indeed experienced dramatic change in her life. She has also realized significant achievement: Gunawardana taught herself how to read and wr...

Executive Women of New Jersey Honored Judith Sheft at Biennial Salute to the Policy Makers Gala

Thursday, May 17th, 2018
Executive Women of New Jersey (EWNJ) honored Judith Sheft, associate vice president technology & enterprise development, New Jersey Innovation Institute at NJIT, alongside 31 of New Jersey’s most influential and accomplished women leaders including special guest honoree, first lady Tammy Sn...

MBA Alumnus Carves Global Career Path in Medical Technology

Thursday, May 17th, 2018
Eight years ago, while working as a business development manager for diagnostic testing company CGC Genetics in his native country of Portugal, Rogerio Henriques ’15 was sent to the U.S. for an assignment that happened to be based in the Enterprise Development Center (EDC) at NJIT. It was then that ...

NJIT Educates Next Generation of Tech Entrepreneurs

Thursday, May 17th, 2018
Found your own company and be your own boss upon graduation? Unthinkable? Not any more.  In this day and age, founding a startup is a viable alternative to working as an employee in an existing company. Especially in the burgeoning tech sector. Especially in the exciting New York region. All ...

Men Place Fourth and Women Sixth at the ASUN Track & Field Championships

Wednesday, May 16th, 2018
NJIT men's and women's track & field finished competing at the 2018 ASUN Conference Outdoor Championships on Saturday hosted by North Florida. The Highlander men placed fourth with 67 total points behind Kennesaw State, Lipscomb and North Florida, and the women came in sixth with 19 points. Th...