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Men's Volleyball Upsets No. 11 Princeton in Straight Sets

Friday, March 6th, 2020
NJIT upset No. 11 Princeton in straight sets, 3-0, (30-28, 25-18, 25-22) Friday evening in EIVA men's volleyball action inside Dillion Gymnasium.   NJIT (9-5 overall, 4-3 EIVA) are winners of three in a row.  The Highlanders have now defeated three nationally ranked teams this season – USC...

New York Times Data Scientist Tells Students to Prioritize Client Communications

Thursday, March 5th, 2020
Chris Wiggins, chief data scientist at The New York Times, presented on his field Feb. 25 at the Jersey City branch of the Ying Wu College of Computing. Technology is important, but to be a good data scientist it's more important to understand communications skills, explained Wiggins, who hold...

Museum Cases Around Campus Being Updated by History Dept. Students

Wednesday, March 4th, 2020
The history of NJIT will become more prominent around campus and online in the next couple of semesters, as a team including two students, a librarian and a historian are working to digitize and expand existing artifact displays. Their goals are to reorganize, digitize and expand the university's m...

Alpha Kappa Psi Team Makes Top 10 in Business Competition's Preliminary Round

Wednesday, March 4th, 2020
By Krishna Sutariya Late last month NJIT’s chapter of Alpha Kappa Psi, a professional business fraternity, won first place in the annual Case Competition held at each location of the Principled Business Leadership Institute (PBLI), “Alpha Kappa Psi’s annual flagship event where students and al...

The AIAA Taps Space Weather Pioneer Louis Lanzerotti for a Career Award

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020
Louis Lanzerotti, a distinguished research professor of physics best known for shedding light on the space environment around Earth and its impact on hardware in space and critical infrastructure on the ground, has been awarded the 2020 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) ...

NJIT's ChemE Students Aim for Diversity and Success, Dazzle on Both Scores

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020
At the American Institute of Chemical Engineering’s (AIChE) inaugural ChemEsports Competition in Orlando last November, Alexander Olowniuk’s eyes were fixed on the bubbling chemicals in his team’s distillation tower, a cylindrical vessel used in plants to separate volatile liquids into their pure fo...

Downsizing the McMansion: Study Gauges a Sustainable Size for Future Homes

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020
What might homes of the future look like if countries were really committed to meeting global calls for sustainability, such as the recommendations advanced by the Paris Agreement and the U.N.’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development? Much wider adoption of smart design features and renewable ener...

Message from President Bloom - Women's History Month

Monday, March 2nd, 2020
NJIT community members, The month of March, for more than 30 years, has been designated as Women’s History Month and is celebrated as a national tradition. At NJIT, we proudly participate in this opportunity to recognize the impact of women on our university, our society, and our world. Throu...

NJIT Well Represented on ROI-NJ's 2020 Industry Influencers List

Monday, March 2nd, 2020
ROI-NJ, a publication that reports on New Jersey economic news, released its annual ROI Influencers Power List profiling the most powerful people in various industries in New Jersey. Featured on this year’s list are six NJIT leaders representing four industry areas: education, technology, healthcare...

Men's Volleyball Sweeps Sacred Heart, Gimeno and Meissner Combine for 30 Kills

Monday, March 2nd, 2020
NJIT recorded its second consecutive 3-0 EIVA men's volleyball sweep behind a combined 30 kills from Alvaro Gimeno and Julian Meissner Saturday afternoon in men's volleyball action inside NJIT's Wellness and Events Center. NJIT, winners of two in a row, move to 8-5 overall, 3-3 in the EIVA and 5-1 ...