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NJIT Summer Internships 2023

Thursday, August 17th, 2023
  This summer, NJIT students embraced a range of internship opportunities, offering a hands-on blend of classroom knowledge and real-world challenges. From corporate settings to cutting-edge research, these internships provided invaluable insights beyond textbooks.   Adrian Aska ‘24, a ...

NJIT Honors College Summer Research Tradition Funds Record Number of Scholars

Tuesday, August 15th, 2023
NJIT’s Honors Summer Research Institute scholars added to their curriculum this summer as the undergraduates focused on a wide range of research projects that will help build their knowledge as they seek future career goals.  In its sixth year, the Honors Summer Research Institute (HSRI) hoste...

NJIT Among The Princeton Review's Best Colleges for 2024

Tuesday, August 15th, 2023
New Jersey Institute of Technology once again finds itself in selective company in The Princeton Review’s annual guide to the best colleges and universities in the United States. Just 14% of all of the country’s four-year institutions made the guide, “The Best 389 Colleges for 2024.” Selection is b...

Angela Harris Signs Professional Contract With Panathinaikos

Monday, August 14th, 2023
NJIT women's soccer alumna Angela Harris has signed a professional contract to play for Greek club Panathinaikos A.C. during the 2023-24 season, the club announced Wednesday. "I am super excited for this next chapter and incredibly grateful to the Highlander family for helping me achieve ...

NJIT Computing Alumnus David Ruchman Began as Intern, Now He's the CEO

Thursday, August 10th, 2023
Nobody expects their summer internship to eventually lead to a job as CEO, but that's exactly what happened to New Jersey Institute of Technology computer science alumnus David Ruchman. Ruchman, who graduated in 2006 and added a computer science M.S. in 2009, became chief executive of Powersolution...

Exoskeletons and Scientific Method on Display at NJIT High School Research Event

Tuesday, August 8th, 2023
Unique projects in fields such as computing, healthcare and social media stood out at New Jersey Institute of Technology's High School Summer Research Internship program this year. Thanushri Serweswaran, a rising senior at Edison's J.P. Stevens high school, won first place for her work in creating ...

Alixs Pujols '24 investiga los efectos de los nanoplásticos en la salud reproductiva femenina

Monday, August 7th, 2023
Durante la pandemia, Alixs Pujols ‘24 leyó un artículo que la inspiró para convertirse en ayudante de investigación en el Laboratorio de Alteraciones Endocrinas y Biología Química (con siglas en inglés EDC Lab). Ese artículo mostraba cómo los investigadores habían encontrado nanoplásticos en la plac...

Perfect Record: All of NJIT's Pre-Health Seniors Accepted into Grad Programs

Monday, August 7th, 2023
There aren’t many better places in the region to be than NJIT if you’re an undergraduate student aspiring to become a medical professional, and the numbers are backing it up. This year’s entire graduating cohort from NJIT’s Pre-health Program has been accepted and is matriculating into graduate hea...

NJIT Undergrad Alixs Pujols Sheds Light on the Effects of Nanoplastics on Female Reproductive Health

Thursday, August 3rd, 2023
During the pandemic, Alixs Pujols ’24 read an article that inspired her to become an undergraduate research assistant at the Laboratory of Endocrine Disruption & Chemical Biology (EDC Lab). That article showed how researchers had found nanoplastics in the placenta, which caught Pujols’ attention...

Yuan Zhao - ECE PhD Student of the Month - August 2023

Wednesday, August 2nd, 2023
Yuan Zhao is in his third year of pursuing his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. Under the advisement of Dr. Ali Abdi at the Center for Wireless Information Processing, his research focuses on developing engineering-oriented methods to model decision making processes with rational inattention in econ...