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Message from President Bloom – Best Places to Work in New Jersey Survey

Wednesday, May 5th, 2021
Dear Faculty and Staff, Next week, we will launch a critical component of the university’s strategic initiative to build NJIT’s reputation as a great place to work: a comprehensive employee satisfaction and engagement assessment by faculty and staff. I ask that you mark your calendars for May 14, w...

NJIT to Honor Class of 2021 With In-Person and Virtual Commencement

Wednesday, May 5th, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology will honor the Class of 2021, in addition to August and December graduates from 2020, through in-person ceremonies on May 12 and 14, and a hybrid ceremony streamed live on May 18. The uniqueness of this year's ceremony is due to local, national and worldwide activ...

Pair of Highlanders Earn 2021 NVA/AVCA All-America Honors

Monday, May 3rd, 2021
A pair of Highlanders, outside hitter Alvaro Gimeno and middle blocker Luca Berger were named to the 2021 National Volleyball Association (NVA)/American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) men's Division I-II All-America team. A two-time AVCA All-American, Gimeno was selected ...

NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 5/3/21-5/7/21

Monday, May 3rd, 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...

Missing the NJIT Campus? Engineering Student Made One in Minecraft

Monday, May 3rd, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology has a new campus, but you can only go there by computer because civil engineering major Pawel Sierhej built it entirely in Minecraft. Sierhej, a junior who commutes from Linden, said he was inspired to build the virtual campus because he missed being at the real o...

NJIT-led Project 'Visualize Organic Chemistry' Gets Global Reaction

Monday, May 3rd, 2021
A new NJIT-led project is making learning about the abstract world of organic chemistry a fresher, interactive experience that students can now easily explore in hi-res action through their digital devices. Already, it’s created quite a reaction among young chemists and their teachers around the wor...

NJIT Completes Series Sweep of UMBC, Highlanders Have Won Five Straight

Sunday, May 2nd, 2021
The NJIT baseball team swept a doubleheader from host UMBC for the second-straight day, defeating the Retrievers 7-5 in game one, before winning game two 14-6 to complete the four-game series weep. NJIT (15-19, 14-14 America East) has now won five-straight games for the first time since 2018. ...

NJIT ACM Chapter Hosts JerseyCTF Cybersecurity Competition

Friday, April 30th, 2021
NJIT's student chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery hosted its first cybersecurity competition last month, with one of its own members on the winning team among more than 600 participants from 26 countries. The event, called JerseyCTF, was a capture-the-flag event where entrants test ...

Celebrating NJIT Scholarships: Student, Alum Thank Donors for Support

Friday, April 30th, 2021
A generous scholarship enabled Charu Arya to attend New Jersey Institute of Technology, and her professors helped solidify her career path. Indeed, both financial assistance and academic support fueled her success. Arya ’21 reflected on that fruitful journey during NJIT’s annual Scholarship Brunch,...

NJIT Student Earns Top Prize in Statewide Business Pitch Competition

Thursday, April 29th, 2021
A computer science major at New Jersey Institute of Technology has earned the top prize in a statewide collegiate competition that judges pitches for innovative business ideas. The student, Yashwee Kothari ’22, pitched a mobile application for tracking the symptoms of people recovering from traumat...