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'U.S. News' Ranks NJIT Among the Top for Graduate Studies in Business

Monday, March 30th, 2020
NJIT has been named one of the country’s Best Graduate Schools for Business in U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 listing. Only two other universities in New Jersey are ranked in this category. The university’s Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM), focused on business with the power of techn...

Daniel Meza, Hillier's First Fulbright Scholar, Works in Slime Mold

Thursday, March 26th, 2020
Students applying for Fulbright scholarships often see their work described as advanced, insightful, sophisticated or any number of similar platitudes -- but for senior industrial design major Daniel Meza the word was also slimy. Meza, who plans to graduate in December from Hillier College of ...

NJIT Is Mad for Graduate Studies, With More Than 100 Academic Programs and Counting: Part 2

Thursday, March 26th, 2020
From traditional classroom learning and accelerated programs to online and hybrid (combining online and face-to-face) instruction, graduate students at NJIT have a variety of options to earn advanced degrees. They also have a lot of choice, with 50+ master’s programs (including 15 fully online), 19 ...

Send your Esports Teams to the Spring Rally!

Wednesday, March 25th, 2020
  Hey Highlanders - help support your NJIT Esports in their quest for AndBox Spring Rally 2020!   The AndBox Spring Rally is a collegiate esports competition that puts the best teams against each other into two tournaments: a 32-team Overwatch bracket & an 8-team Call of Duty Gunf...

Message to the NJIT Community of Alumni, Friends, Faculty & Staff

Tuesday, March 24th, 2020
Dear NJIT Community Members and Friends, A time of optimism and promise every year at NJIT is Convocation.  When I welcome the new class of Highlanders and speak to them about the shared characteristics and experiences of NJIT students, I  tell them that they are surrounded by people who ...

NJIT Recognized in 4 Areas of Distinction for Student Opportunity and Success

Monday, March 23rd, 2020
For its unwavering and ongoing commitment to both first-generation college students and students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds, NJIT has been acknowledged in four key areas of distinction: inclusion, affordability, completion and outcomes. The accolade comes from Strive for College...

Virtual Reality Becoming a Useful Tool for Interior Design Students

Monday, March 23rd, 2020
Interior design majors are learning to use virtual reality tools earlier than ever, with sophomores and even first-year students here at NJIT working with the technology as a way to gain an edge for their careers. The crux of the plan involved 14 sophomores in a design studio course developing virt...

NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 3/23/20-3/27/20

Monday, March 23rd, 2020
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 or by your area vice president to Deric Raymond, director of content planning and intelligence, i...

Simulated 'Frankenfish Brain-Swaps' Reveal Senses Control Body Movement

Monday, March 23rd, 2020
Plenty of fictional works like Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein have explored the idea of swapping out a brain from one individual and transferring it into a completely different body. However, a team of biologists and engineers has now used a variation of the sci-fi concept, via computer s...

Commencement and Credits for Housing, Meals Plans, and Parking

Friday, March 20th, 2020
NJIT Community Members, Allow me to provide you with updates regarding Commencement and credits for housing, meal plans, and parking. Commencement Our Commencement marks an annual highlight for the entire NJIT community and is particularly meaningful for the students who graduate that day, as wel...