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Hillier College Welcomes New Board Members to Advise on Direction

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021
Hillier College welcomed new advisory board members Kim Vierheilig ’99 ’00, Robert "Bob" Fritz ’88, and Jordan Hillier Adams. Each brings new perspectives to the vision and leadership that the advisory board has provided to the college since its inception. Vierheilig, who holds dual degrees in arc...

NJIT Fields Record Number of Applications from First-Year Students for 2nd Straight Year

Friday, March 19th, 2021
For the second straight year, New Jersey Institute of Technology has broken its record for first-year student applications with a total of more than 11,250. All five of NJIT’s academic colleges experienced increases, led by a 21% jump from the Martin Tuchman School of Management, which eclipsed 1,00...

NJIT Makes Global List in QS Subject Rankings

Thursday, March 18th, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology has been ranked in three subject areas in the 2021 QS World University Rankings By Subject list, marking the third year in a row NJIT has earned a spot on the global ranking. The full 2021 rankings — published by Quacquarelli Symonds, an organization specializing i...

Institute for Data Science Aims to Democratize Supercomputing With NSF Grant

Wednesday, March 17th, 2021
Ordinary people could soon have greater ability to analyze massive amounts of information, based on new algorithms and software tools being designed at NJIT, intended to simplify access to a programming interface from data scientists at the Department of Defense. It's relatively straightforward to a...

NJIT and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Launch New Institute for Future Technologies

Tuesday, March 16th, 2021
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, President Daniel Chamovitz of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and President Joel S. Bloom of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) have unveiled a partnership that will create a world-class Institute for Future Technologies in New Jersey. Two powerhouse ...

Grad Student Follows His Passions in Data Science, Dilruba, Hip-Hop Music

Tuesday, March 16th, 2021
Tejveer "T.J." Singh lives a double life that might be the envy of many other college students. By day, Singh is an unassuming data engineer, armed with an NJIT bachelor's degree in computer science and working from home in Milltown, N.J. for a San Francisco startup company, while also still enrolle...

Q&A with NJIT Alum Lorraine Nunes: My Journey from Brazil to Community College to NJIT to Accenture

Thursday, March 4th, 2021
Just two months after earning a bachelor’s at New Jersey Institute of Technology, Lorraine Nunes '20 landed her first big job, as a software architect analyst at Accenture. Nunes, who majored in business and information systems, graduated in December after transferring from Hudson County Community ...

Partnerships Flourish in Industrial Affiliates Program

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021
As companies increasingly seek outside help to understand and implement emerging technologies such as data science and artificial intelligence, Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) is playing an increasingly broader role in helping companies achieve this goal. YWCC does this through its Industrial Af...

Engineering Alum's Textbook Teaches Python With Real-World Examples

Monday, March 1st, 2021
NJIT alumna Dayrene Martinez, who earned her electrical engineering degree in 2018, recently published a textbook of Python computer programming after mastering the language as a systems engineer for defense contractor Raytheon. Martinez co-authored the 420-page book, Applied computational thinking ...

Six NJIT Honors College Students Named U.S. Fulbright Semifinalists

Monday, February 22nd, 2021
NJIT students have broken three university records so far this year in pursuit of Fulbright scholarships, submitting a historic high of 11 applications, followed by another milestone achievement – the elevation of six to the semifinal round, including a first-ever candidate for study in the U.K., on...