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Program started by NJIT Professor Spreading Entrepreneurial Spirit Around the World

Wednesday, August 21st, 2019
Three times a year, NJIT’s Osama Eljabiri makes the trip to Medellin, Colombia, as part of his Real World Connections (RWC) program. RWC mirrors a program he started more than a decade ago in New Jersey for middle school and high school students, designed to help them innovate, create and gain real...

NJIT Implements Rising Scholars Program to Help Freshman Students Acclimate to College

Wednesday, August 21st, 2019
As part of its commitment to prepare students from the city of Newark for higher education, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has developed the Rising Scholars mentoring program, effective this fall semester. The program, a collaboration of the university’s Offices of Persistence (under Enro...

NJIT's Center for Pre-College Programs to Host STEM Leadership Forum Oct. 3

Wednesday, August 21st, 2019
The Center for Pre-College Programs at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will be hosting a free STEM leadership forum for superintendents and board members on Thursday, Oct. 3, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Campus Center Atrium. The forum, which includes a free networking breakfast ...

NJIT Tests Home Siding Methods for Climate Change

Monday, August 19th, 2019
A centuries-old method of sealing the gap between home siding and exterior walls may soon be back in vogue, this time with an energy-efficiency slant, experts from NJIT and the BASF Corp. said last week. Residential siding is typically replaced just once every 25 years, but the new approa...

Saturday in the Park: NJIT Students Survey Branch Brook Lake

Thursday, August 15th, 2019
On a Saturday in late June, 12 surveying engineering technology (SET) students, one adjunct professor and one faculty professor — all from NJIT — headed to the lower lake in Newark’s Branch Brook Park. Outfitted with a 15-foot Jon boat and a range of high-tech equipment provided by SET industry part...

Top 3 Things To Do During Your First Week at NJIT

Wednesday, August 14th, 2019
Starting your first year at college can be a whirlwind of emotions.  No matter if you’re coming from a different country or if you’re just coming from down the block, college life is bound to be a change in your life. A full class load, joining clubs and organizations and making new friends ca...

Potable Water at NJIT

Wednesday, August 14th, 2019
Recent news reports have outlined issues with the water in parts of the City of Newark.  NJIT has and continues to regularly, and independently, test our water to ensure the levels of lead are within the EPA standards for drinking water.  While we have had some issues and concerns in the p...

NJIT's Bipin Rajendran is Named a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors

Tuesday, August 13th, 2019
Bipin Rajendran, an engineer who develops computing systems that aim to match the efficiency seen in nature by studying the organizational principles of the brain, has been elected a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). NAI Senior Members are active faculty, scientists and...

NJIT Professor Receives Facebook Research Award for Data Science

Tuesday, August 13th, 2019
The director of NJIT’s new Institute for Data Science has received an award from Facebook to support real-world analytics research. The research aims to develop faster learning patterns to make it easier for companies to extract actionable information from extremely large data sets. Institute Direc...

Pre-College 40th Anniversary Alumni Profile: Stephanie Iring Is Pursuing Biomedical Research

Monday, August 12th, 2019
Stephanie Iring grew up in a working-class community in New Jersey, where, she says, social status and educational inequality were closely related and opportunities for success were limited. “Fortunately, my grammar school teacher recommended me to the Center for Pre-College Programs [CPCP] [at NJI...