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NJIT Students Part of Elite CyberCorps Program

Monday, July 1st, 2019
NJIT graduate Theresa Wagner knew she wanted to work for the federal government. After switching her major a few times while at NJIT, she found her path as an undergraduate student studying information technology. It was while studying IT that she learned of a program that would help her finish her...

Hearst Magazines Partners with NJIT for Data Science and Analytics Training

Monday, June 3rd, 2019
Media giant Hearst Magazines is the latest company to partner with the New Jersey Institute of Technology’s (NJIT) Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) to train its employees in the fast-growing area of data science. Called “Hearst Data University” by the company, Hearst employees are taking part in...

Unprecedented Success for NJIT Students in National Scholarship and Fellowship Competitions

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019
Whether they’ll be soaking up cultures abroad in the coming year or advancing research in science, health care and other fields, all of the NJIT students receiving prominent and highly competitive scholarships and fellowships in 2019 are, in a word, impressive. In fact, two university records were a...

Senior Success: NJIT Graduates are Heading to Great Jobs, Grad Schools & More

Monday, May 20th, 2019
Thousands of NJIT graduates are moving onto bigger and better things. Off to Fortune 500 companies, global engineering firms and premiere law schools, take a look at just a few of our students who are moving on as proud Highlanders.  

Senior Success: Jacob Ponulak Will Join IT Program at Merck & Co.

Thursday, May 16th, 2019
Jacob Ponulak, an Information Technology graduate with a specialization in management of information systems from the Ying Wu College of Computing, will be joining Merck and Co. in its IT rotational development program.

Senior Success: Priya Ravi Is Headed to Goldman Sachs

Thursday, May 9th, 2019
Priya Ravi’s bent toward business made itself evident long before she arrived at NJIT. The soon-to-be finance graduate shares a story from her childhood that proved telling. “When my sister and I were children, my father watched a lot of financial news on TV and read the business sections of the ne...

NJIT Overwatch Team Talks Teamwork, Competition and Community

Wednesday, May 8th, 2019
  NJIT's Overwatch Team is just one of the six esports teams on campus. The team consists of just under a dozen members that band together to compete in Overwatch competitions throughout the year. From local competitions at Rutgers to national ones in Texas, our Overwatch Team is very active...

Five NJIT Entrepreneurs are "Innovators to Watch"

Wednesday, May 8th, 2019
The young CEO of a new healthcare company, two undergraduate students building tech-driven start-ups, a professor of entrepreneurship and NJIT VentureLink’s director of commercialization were all named “2019 STEM Leaders: Innovators to Watch” this week by the New Jersey Tech Council. The five-membe...

NJIT and Union County College Launch Joint Academic Agreement

Monday, May 6th, 2019
Union County College (UCC) students pursuing an associate degree in either science or applied sciences are now able to seamlessly transfer into a variety of bachelor’s degree programs — from engineering and architecture to computing and management, and more — at New Jersey Institute of Technology (N...

EOP Awards Ceremony Marks 47 Years of Student Recognition

Friday, May 3rd, 2019
“We saw when you came in as freshmen, and you thought you knew it all. Then you realized after the first week of the summer program, do I really know anything?” reminisced Crystal Smith, interim director of NJIT’s Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), while addressing EOP graduating seniors, their ...