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NJIT Grad Students Invent Slick New Dating App

Monday, February 6th, 2017
Online dating has become a way of life for folks looking for love in the freewheeling, tap-and-swipe culture that dominates the 21st century. According to the Pew Research Center, online dating sites or mobile dating app usage by 18-to 24-year-olds has increased nearly threefold since 2013, while u...

College Factual Ranks NJIT’s Information Systems Program Best in the Nation

Thursday, January 19th, 2017
College Factual, a leading source of college data analytics and insights, has ranked NJIT’s information systems program the best in the United States.  The program was ranked 1 out of 333 nationwide and ranked 1 out of 14 in New Jersey, making it the best IS program in the state and the coun...

Influential Scholar

Friday, January 13th, 2017
A Starr is Born It’s said that the most revolutionary ideas are often the result of spontaneous creativity. For Starr Roxanne Hiltz (Distinguished Professor Emerita of information systems at NJIT), a most-defining moment of genius struck in 1977 while spending a year as a National Science Foundati...

Distinguished Gentleman

Thursday, January 12th, 2017
For over a century, NJIT has produced ambitious leaders. Highlanders are encouraged to be boundary-pushing citizens with a strong sense of global awareness, ushered into the professional world to make a name for themselves. But for distinguished alumnus Ying Wu, the path to success led right back to...

Why Study Cybersecurity?

Monday, December 5th, 2016
If you’re thinking about studying cybersecurity or already working in the tech field and want a career change, now’s the time to act. 8: cybersecurity’s ranking on U.S. News and World Report’s list of the 100 best jobs for 2015 36.5%: the rate at which the cybersecurity profession is projected to ...