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Love Is in the Air: Matches Made at NJIT

Friday, February 14th, 2020
They all came to NJIT for their education, but wound up moving on with more than their degree. While some knew they had met “the one” during their time at the university, others came to this life-changing realization soon after graduating. In celebration of Valentine’s Day, these alumni couples sha...

Game Jam Brings Together Art, Computer Science, Design Students

Thursday, February 13th, 2020
Broken droids, space rodents and unethical relationship therapists have one thing in common — they're all protagonists in video games developed at the NJIT edition of the annual Global Game Jam earlier in February. As in a musical jam, the purpose of this event is to improve technical skills a...

Over 200 Employers to Look for Talent at NJIT Spring Career Fair

Monday, February 10th, 2020
Jobseekers, get ready. Some 220 employers are scheduled to attend NJIT’s Spring 2020 Career Fair, to be held Feb. 26 at the university’s Wellness and Events Center. Recruitment for internships, co-ops and full-time positions will be the name of the game at the biannual event, which typically draws t...

Princeton Review Ranks NJIT Among Top Schools with 'the Best ROI'

Tuesday, February 4th, 2020
New Jersey Institute of Technology is one of the nation’s best colleges for students seeking a superb education with great career preparation and at an affordable price, according to The Princeton Review®. The education services company profiles NJIT in the recently published 2020 edition of its an...

Cybersecurity Courses to be Offered For Professional Development

Friday, January 31st, 2020
NJIT will offer an extensive cybersecurity program starting this summer through its Professional Development and Executive Education department in partnership with HackerU, a digital skills and cybersecurity training specialist based in Israel. “The program will give adult learners 400 hours of tra...

NJIT Experts Presenting AI Answers to Real-World Problems at NYC Forum

Friday, January 31st, 2020
Experts in artificial intelligence from the Ying Wu College of Computing will highlight how their work solves real-world problems at a prestigious meeting in New York next week. The professors — Chaoran Cheng, Jing Li, Zhi Wei and Pan Xu — will share their session stages with researchers from ...

Technology Forecast: Atam Dhawan Sets 10 Goalposts for the 2020s

Wednesday, January 29th, 2020
*As previously published in the Star-Ledger and nj.com As our civilization evolves, so do our expectations of technology. Together, they demonstrate how dramatic advances in robots, nanotechnology-enabled sensors and high-powered computing will continue to change and evolve our society. Importantly...

NJIT Rated 6th in the Nation for Campus Safety

Tuesday, January 28th, 2020
The Department of Public Safety at NJIT has been ranked sixth nationwide for its campus safety initiatives. The recognition comes from Safe Campus, an independent organization that strives to improve the overall safety and security of U.S. college and university students, and annually rates campuses...

NJIT Machine Learning Expertise Powers Tax Software for Vertex Inc.

Monday, January 27th, 2020
Throughout the United States there are more than 11,000 tax jurisdictions collecting sales tax. Imagine it’s your job to keep up with all the changes to tax laws and help clients follow every new rule and file every return. That’s the task Vertex, Inc. faces daily. Vertex develops tax software and ...

Engineering Prof. Misra Named IEEE Fellow, Stops Transistors From Leaking Energy

Tuesday, January 21st, 2020
Durgamadhab Misra is the newest member of NJIT's Newark College of Engineering to become a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Misra won the prestigious award for his ongoing research on preventing transistors from leaking electrons. Every time a transistor leaks...