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Advocating for More Women in STEM, Avanade Awards Scholarships at NJIT

Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
Six exceptional students have been awarded the Avanade STEM Scholarship to further their pursuit of a degree at NJIT. Avanade, in support of its mission to encourage young people — especially women — to study and succeed in STEM disciplines, has partnered with NJIT since 2016 and awarded scholarship...

NJIT Earns Hispanic-Serving Status from US Dept. of Education

Tuesday, February 27th, 2024
A year earlier than targeted, New Jersey Institute of Technology has earned the federal distinction of being a Hispanic-serving institution (HSI). A goal outlined in NJIT’s 2025 strategic plan, the status is key to NJIT deepening its diversity and better serving its home city of Newark, New Jersey ...

NJIT obtiene el estatus federal de institución al servicio de los hispanos

Monday, February 26th, 2024
Un año antes de lo previsto, el New Jersey Institute of Technology ha recibido la distinción federal de ser una institución al servicio de los hispanos (con siglas en inglés HSI). Tras ser un objetivo descrito en el plan estratégico 2025 de NJIT, la designación es clave para que NJIT profundice su ...

NJIT Launches Center for Translational Research

Monday, February 26th, 2024
With the recent launch of its Center for Translational Research, NJIT is promising to quicken the pace of converting lab research into beneficial, market-ready products and services. The center will serve as a hub for commercialization training and development on campus, but also as a meeting place...

AI-Powered Surgical Training Program Provides Real-Time Feedback and Instruction

Monday, February 26th, 2024
Practice makes perfect, and a new system being tested and perfected enables surgical trainees to obtain cutting-edge instruction in real-time through a new artificial intelligence program. As medical students conduct surgical exercises, the AI software scans a live video feed and provides immediate...

Corry's Game-Winner Puts Lacrosse Past Manhattan, NJIT Stays Unbeaten

Saturday, February 24th, 2024
The Highlanders just keep finding a way to win. A late goal by Owen Corry with 51 seconds left proved to be the difference as the NJIT men's lacrosse team – playing its third game in seven days – improved to 5-0 with an 11-10 victory over the Manhattan Jaspers Saturday afternoon at Lubetk...

Ingenuity of NJIT's Budding Engineers Spotlighted at NCE Showcase

Friday, February 23rd, 2024
Recently, the ingenuity of Newark College of Engineering’s brightest first-year students was on full display at the 2024 NCE First Year Engineering Design Showcase. Forty-two teams featured in this year’s showcase to present a wide range of innovative engineering projects originating from their fal...

NJIT Marketing Experts Measure Brain Waves and Skin Current to Predict Emotions

Friday, February 23rd, 2024
Machines still can’t think, but now they can validate your feelings, based on new research from New Jersey Institute of Technology Assistant Professor Jorge Fresneda. Fresneda started his career as a chemist and then became an expert in neuroanalytics. He studies how measurements of brain activity ...

4 NJIT Highlanders Make NJBIZ's Power 100 List for 2024

Thursday, February 22nd, 2024
Four NJIT Highlanders are featured in NJBIZ’s Power 100 list for 2024, including President Teik C. Lim. The others are Luis De La Hoz, who serves on NJIT’s Hispanic Latinx Leadership Council, and two members of the Board of Directors of NJIT’s New Jersey Innovation Institute: Debbie Hart and Michel...

Men's Lacrosse Moves To 4-0 With Thrilling OT Win Over Monmouth

Wednesday, February 21st, 2024
There seems to be something special brewing in Newark. In a meeting of in-state rivals, the NJIT men's lacrosse team rallied from four goals down in the third quarter and three down in the fourth to beat the Monmouth Hawks, 14-13, in overtime Wednesday evening at Lubetkin Field at Mal Simon Sta...