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NJIT Planned Its First Computer Lab 65 Years Ago, Used for Dissertations

Monday, September 30, 2019
There were no digital computers at NJIT, known as Newark College of Engineering, in 1960.
Prof. Eric Nersesian discussing the mixed-reality laboratory

Virtual and Augmented Reality Tech Get Real-World Use At NJIT MIXR Lab

Monday, September 23, 2019
An augmented and virtual reality educational game developed by the NJIT MIXR Laboratory, which is a dual project of the Ying Wu College of Computing and Hillier College of Architecture and Design, is being showcased at an important conference in...
Prof. Cody Buntain studies the impact of social media on elections. He's testing a theory about the inevitability of users finding conspiracy theories if they exclusively follow single points of view long enough.

Put Away Your Smartphone to Understand Tech's Impact on Elections

Thursday, September 19, 2019
Students wishing to understand the chaos of national politics might listen to Cody Buntain, a new assistant professor in the Ying Wu College of Computing informatics department, who said it succinctly: "Look away from the phone."
NJIT Career Fair

Getting the Job: NJIT Students Share Their Career Fair Know-how

Monday, September 16, 2019
According to NJIT Career Development Services’ most recent annual report, almost one-fifth of undergrads from the Class of 2018 who reported full-time employment indicated an NJIT career fair as their source.
Social media moderation diagram

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

Friday, September 13, 2019
NJIT researchers received an $849,024 National Science Foundation grant to help invent ways of taming the wilderness that is online content moderation.

NJIT@JerseyCity Launches with Data Science Graduate Programs

Thursday, September 12, 2019
NJIT @JerseyCity welcomed its first students on September 3, 2019.
Samara (left) and Samantha Augustin are Honors College freshmen and Mayor's Honors Scholars.

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

Wednesday, September 11, 2019
One is studying computer science at NJIT, the other biomedical engineering, but they both join the...
NJIT professor Keith Williams

Inspiring Students From NJIT to Africa

Friday, August 30, 2019
Finding Keith Williams in a classroom isn’t unusual. He’s taught at NJIT for years, but this summer he taught somewhere quite different.

NJIT Ranks in Top 2% Nationwide in College Salary Report by Payscale

Friday, August 30, 2019
Payscale has released its 2019 College Salary Report and New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has placed #53 out of over 4,000 colleges and universities across the...

NJIT Professor Awarded Prestigious DARPA Fellowship

Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Kurt Rohloff, a professor of computer science at NJIT’s Ying Wu College of Computing, has been awarded the prestigious DARPA Director’s Fellowship from the Defense...