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Murray Turoff: A Pioneer of Instant Messaging

Thursday, October 20th, 2022
Long before social networks, instant messengers, web forums, Internet Relay Chat, AOL, Compuserve, and dial-up bulletin board systems, there was EIES – Electronic Information Exchange System, pronounced like the word eyes. Developed by Distinguished Professor Emeritus Murray Turoff back in 1976, EI...

Students Will Design Hacking Apps, Hardware Exploits to Gain Experience

Thursday, October 6th, 2022
New Jersey Institute of Technology students are forming a pair of computer security groups this semester, with the mutual goal of preparing students to hone their skills beyond the classroom. One group is NICC — NJIT Information and Cybersecurity Club — and the other is the Association for Computing...

Ying Wu College of Computing Matches Record Enrollment with 17 New Instructors for Fall 2022

Monday, October 3rd, 2022
Six new assistant professors have been appointed to the faculty of Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) for the 2022-2023 academic year. They are joined by 11 professors of practice, university lecturers and senior university lecturers who will support the College’s ever-growing enrollment numbers. ...

NJIT, Ben-Gurion University Unveil Home of Institute for Future Technologies

Wednesday, September 21st, 2022
New Jersey Institute of Technology and Israel's Ben-Gurion University of the Negev officially opened a research center, the Institute for Future Technologies, located in the NJIT @JerseyCity satellite location. Although the Institute and research there began last year, the opening ceremony only happ...

Ying Wu College of Computing Shatters Enrollment Records in Fall 2022

Thursday, September 15th, 2022
Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) continues its upward trajectory as an NJIT enrollment leader, achieving a 17% increase relative to last year for a total of almost 4,100 students enrolled for the Fall 2022 semester. As such, YWCC now represents 34% of the entire NJIT student body for the new acad...

Convocation Speakers Share Advice with Class of '26, Most Diverse Ever

Thursday, September 15th, 2022
Jennifer Hensley 15, who majored in chemical engineering and now works for Merck helping determine long-term strategies for cancer immunotherapy drugs, told the incoming class at NJIT convocation yesterday that networking and time management were the most important skills you can learn outside of th...

Elite CyberCorps® Scholarship for Service Program Continues to Attract Top Students

Thursday, September 8th, 2022
The NJIT Secure Computing Initiative (SCI), funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), has selected five top students to join the highly selective NSF CyberCorps® Scholarship for Service (SFS) Program in fall 2022. The competitive program includes a scholarship covering full tuition and fees f...

Newark Campus Comes to Life as Students Return, Fresh Ambitions in Hand

Tuesday, September 6th, 2022
New Jersey Institute of Technology students arrived on campus en masse today, with a record 1,600 new students leading the way, plus thousands more sophomores, juniors, seniors and graduate students excited to start a new semester fully in-person for the first time since fall 2020. Underrepresented ...

NJIT Rises to No. 75 on Forbes' 2022 List of America's Top Colleges

Wednesday, August 31st, 2022
New Jersey Institute of Technology jumped 114 places to No. 75 on Forbes’ 2022 list of America’s Top Colleges. The national ranking is based primarily on return on investment and outcomes for students. “Schools placed well if their students graduated on time, secured high salaries and low debt and ...

NJIT Featured in The Princeton Review's 'Best 388 Colleges' Guide for 2023

Wednesday, August 17th, 2022
At NJIT, students are “learning on an Ivy League level,” getting “practical career-focused education” at “a fairly affordable price.” - The Princeton Review New Jersey Institute of Technology has again been named a top college according to The Princeton Review in its 31st edition of ...