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Using Data Analytics to Track and Treat Drug Abuse

Thursday, July 25th, 2019
The underground culture of hardcore drug abuse is dynamic and evolves rapidly. Street names for drugs, hot spots where users go for their fix, and new, dangerous strains laced with different substances change frequently and regularly.  For nonprofits aiming to help users overcome their addicti...

David Isbitski '98, Chief Evangelist for Amazon Alexa, on the Power of Voice

Monday, July 22nd, 2019
Four years ago, David Isbitski ’98 was the first person hired by Amazon for its newly created Alexa skills kit group. Today – tens of thousands of skills later – he is the voice-activated technology’s chief evangelist, and one of the keynote speakers at the VOICE 2019 Conference. Held on NJIT’s camp...

Center for Pre-College Programs at NJIT Celebrates the Big 4-0!

Friday, July 19th, 2019
This year marks four decades of NJIT’s Center for Pre-College Programs (CPCP) providing STEM education and college preparedness to rising fourth- through 11th-grade students in New Jersey. With NJIT Chemical Engineering Professor Emeritus Howard Kimmel as a lead figure in its development, CPCP was f...

NJIT Set to Host VOICE Summit 2019 — "World's Largest Voice Tech Event"

Wednesday, July 17th, 2019
Newark, NJ -- From July 22 - 25, 2019, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will welcome VOICE Summit 2019 — “the world’s largest voice tech conference.”  VOICE will be held for the second consecutive year at NJIT, drawing a roster of internationally recognized brands from around the worl...

NJIT's Dean Kevin Belfield Named Fellow of the American Chemical Society

Monday, July 15th, 2019
Kevin Belfield, dean of NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts, has earned the exclusive honor of being elected fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society. With the ACS’s announcement, published in the July 15 issue of Chemical & Engineering News, ...

Securing the Software Supply Chain, One Step at a Time

Friday, July 12th, 2019
Ensuring the security of the software is of paramount importance to any company, and more so for the companies who develop and supply the software. With opportunities for an infection of malware at each step of the software supply chain, securing the chain has become a key concern in a world control...

Playing His Cards Right: Kalpesh G. Kapadia M.S. '97

Thursday, July 11th, 2019
When he was 22 years old, Kalpesh G. Kapadia immigrated to the United States from Bombay, India. A commuter student who lived in Kearny, Kapadia attended NJIT on a full scholarship, with cooperative work at the pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough. His scholarship also entailed teaching students a...

NJIT to Establish New Institute for Data Science

Monday, July 8th, 2019
Continuing its mission to lead in computing technologies, NJIT announced today that it will establish a new Institute for Data Science, focusing on cutting-edge interdisciplinary research and development in all areas pertinent to digital data. The institute will bring existing research centers in bi...

Alumni Give in Record Numbers, Surpass Giving Rate Goal for 2018-19

Monday, July 8th, 2019
During the fiscal year that ended last week on June 30, a record number of NJIT alumni made a gift in support of their alma mater. These donations from alumni pushed NJIT’s alumni giving rate to 10.3% — more than double the national average for public universities. This newly-achieved alumni giving...

Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Treatment Choices by Physicians and Patients

Monday, July 8th, 2019
Electronic health records (EHRs) have become the chief tool for documenting a patient’s medical care in today’s changing health care landscape. Still, many physicians are reluctant to use this technology and when they do, they often leave behind an incomplete and incorrect file, primarily because th...