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From NJIT to NASA, Roberto Saenz Wants to Inspire Future Generations with His Story

Thursday, October 27th, 2022
Roberto Saenz, winner of the first-ever Hispanic and Latinx Leadership Council (HLLC) scholarship, wants to one day be an administrator at NASA and design his own spacecraft. Saenz, a first generation Mexican-American from Union City, N.J., is majoring in Mechanical Engineering and minoring in Appl...

NJIT Experts in Augmented Reality Help Train Caretakers for the Elderly

Thursday, October 27th, 2022
With the world's population of geriatric patients increasing faster than enough caretakers can be trained for the difficult job, NJIT Assistant Professor of Informatics Salam Daher thinks augmented reality technology may help close the gap. Daher and her students are prototyping a digital model of ...

Record-Setting NJIT Career Fair Attracts 2,500 Students, 233 Employers

Thursday, October 27th, 2022
NJIT’s fall Career Fair — its first in-person fair since the onset of the pandemic — set dual records for attendance, with more than 2,500 students and 233 companies participating. The companies, which spanned myriad sectors, included Verizon, Pfizer, Turner Construction, Reckitt, Accenture, Barcla...

Sustainability Front and Center as Bloomberg Businessweek Hosts Live Show on NJIT's Campus

Thursday, October 27th, 2022
Bloomberg Businessweek hosts Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec took their show on the road and across the river to NJIT’s campus for a live panel show on sustainability. The Green Energy and Climate Adaptation Panel featured Jonathan Menard, chief research officer at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab; D...

New Jersey Institute of Technology Receives Transformative $3M Donation

Tuesday, October 25th, 2022
Pioneering venture capitalist John Martinson is donating $3 million to New Jersey Institute of Technology to broaden and deepen the curriculum and real-world experiences for top scholars at its Albert Dorman Honors College and throughout the university. The largest single gift in the 27 years of AD...

An Engineer and a Mathematician Win Honors at NJIT's 2022 Excellence in Research Ceremony

Tuesday, October 25th, 2022
Engineer Michel Boufadel, one of the world’s chief experts on oil spills and a frequent consultant on cleanups, is the winner of the Board of Overseers Excellence in Research Award for 2022. Denis Blackmore, a mathematician who specialized in measuring and modeling changes in a range of dynamic syst...

Women's Soccer Holds Off Defending AE Champ Vermont With 2-1 Victory

Sunday, October 23rd, 2022
The NJIT women's soccer team picked up a crucial victory and sent their seniors out in style with a 2-1 win over defending America East champion Vermont Sunday afternoon at Lubetkin Field at Mal Simon Stadium. The Highlanders (4-7-6, 1-4-2 AE) needed a victory to keep their chances of securing the ...

NJIT's 2022 Homecoming Unites Everything that Makes University Great

Thursday, October 20th, 2022
The 2022 Homecoming festivities at New Jersey Institute of Technology welcomed students, parents and alumni to an event-packed weekend that featured music, food, culture and plenty of Highlander spirit. Homecoming kicked off Oct. 6 with a concert by Kenny Beats at the Wellness and Events Center. On...

Murray Turoff: A Pioneer of Instant Messaging

Thursday, October 20th, 2022
Long before social networks, instant messengers, web forums, Internet Relay Chat, AOL, Compuserve, and dial-up bulletin board systems, there was EIES – Electronic Information Exchange System, pronounced like the word eyes.  Developed by Distinguished Professor Emeritus Murray Turoff back in 19...

NJIT Alumna, Faculty Earn Prestigious Engineering Award

Wednesday, October 19th, 2022
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has bestowed on NJIT alumna General (retired) Ellen M. Pawlikowski the 2022 Arthur M. Bueche Award. Pawlikowski joins distinguished professor Louis Lanzerotti as the second Highlander to receive the award. Established in 1982 by the NAE, the Arthur M. Buech...
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