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NJIT Experts Lead $1.5M NSF Grant to Study Social Media Moderation

Friday, September 13th, 2019
NJIT researchers received an $849,024 National Science Foundation grant to help invent ways of taming the wilderness that is online content moderation. Anyone who interacts in online communities knows the pain, whether you commented on an article, calmed down friends arguing with each other on your...

NJIT@JerseyCity Launches with Data Science Graduate Programs

Thursday, September 12th, 2019
NJIT @JerseyCity welcomed its first students on September 3, 2019. With the start of the fall semester, dozens of students embarked on graduate-level academic programs in data science at NJIT’s new location, just steps from the Exchange Place PATH station in the Waterfront district of Jersey City. ...

University Convocation Officially Welcomes Class of 2023, Recognizes Faculty Excellence

Wednesday, September 11th, 2019
“I encourage you to break free from any preconceived notion that someone can limit your potential,” said Elaine Gomez ’14, who was the keynote speaker at University Convocation Sept. 11, 2019. In her address, Gomez said that “My advice is to learn with the intention to safeguard." ...

Already Distinguished, Twin Sisters Are Ready for Further Success at NJIT

Wednesday, September 11th, 2019
One is studying computer science at NJIT, the other biomedical engineering, but they both join the university as Mayor’s Honors Scholars. Samara and Samantha Augustin — freshmen at Ying Wu College of Computing and Newark College of Engineering, respectively — are among the first recipients of the fu...

LIXIN Faculty Visit Martin Tuchman School of Management

Tuesday, September 10th, 2019
Twenty faculty members from Shanghai LIXIN University of Accounting and Finance (LIXIN) visited Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM) this past August and attended a two-week executive training program, “Training on Integrating Blockchain Education and Flipped Courses Into Teaching in the Areas...

NJIT Jumps into Top 100 for 2020 U.S. News College Rankings

Monday, September 9th, 2019
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has continued its impressive climb up the annual U.S. News and World Report ranking of colleges and universities by joining the top 100 National Universities for 2020. Now ranked #97 in the nation, NJIT has risen nearly 50 places during the last two years. N...

Pre-College 40th Anniversary Alumni Profile: Jason Baynes Is Practicing Orthopaedic Surgery

Monday, September 9th, 2019
Jason Baynes says he was fortunate to have had the opportunity to be part of a pre-college program that exposed him to science and math in many more ways than his school did. In summer 1989, before he entered eighth grade, his mother — then a math supervisor in Teaneck who was always on the lookout ...

Women's Soccer Defeats Iona, 4-1, For Third Straight Win

Sunday, September 8th, 2019
Four different Highlanders scored goals to lead the NJIT women's soccer team to a 4-1 road victory over the Iona Gaels Sunday afternoon at Mazzella Field. The win was the third in a row for NJIT (3-2-1), securing the team's first three-game win streak since winning four straight in ASUN play last s...

Rene White's Golden Goal in Overtime Lifts NJIT to Victory at VCU

Sunday, September 8th, 2019
After a scoreless 90 minutes of action, redshirt junior Rene White put away the game-winner in the 96th minute to give visiting NJIT its first-ever win over VCU in non-conference men's soccer action at Sports Backers Stadium. NJIT (2-0-1) remains undefeated through the first three matches...

Trevino, NJIT Women's Volleyball Earn First Victory of 2019

Saturday, September 7th, 2019
The NJIT women's volleyball team won its first match of the 2019 season on Saturday, coming from behind to defeat host Fairleigh Dickinson in five sets (21-25, 25-17, 21-25, 25-21, 16-14). The match was the Highlanders' second of the day at the FDU Knights Fall Classic as they fell to Morgan State e...