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Hispanic Heritage Month

Wednesday, September 15th, 2021
NJIT Community Members, We are proud to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, which begins today and concludes on October 15, 2021. Diversity is among our university’s greatest strengths, as it is a key component of learning and innovation. Sharing varied backgrounds, cultures, life experiences, ...

NJIT Campus Climate Assessment

Tuesday, September 14th, 2021
Dear Student, Faculty, or Staff Member, NJIT counts its diversity, of person and of thought, among its greatest strengths and seeks to foster an environment characterized by openness, fairness, and equal access for all. We endeavor to be a welcoming and inclusive campus with a culture grounded...

NJIT Architecture Teams Win Princeton Sukkah Design Contest

Tuesday, September 14th, 2021
Jose Merino’s hands may never be this callused again. He’s leading one of two teams of NJIT architecture students to design and construct a 10x10 wooden hut called a “Sukkah” in rabinic tradition, for a design competition in Princeton later this month called “Sukkah Village 2021.” “I’ve always want...

This NJIT Alumna Is Building the Case for Forensic Science Talent in Newark Schools

Tuesday, September 14th, 2021
It wasn’t more than a few months after she graduated with a biology degree in May of 2016 that NJIT alumna Pamela Carman swapped the university’s labs and lecture halls for a classroom all her own, just minutes from campus at Newark’s East Side High School.  Since then, Carman has become the d...

NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 9/13/21-9/17/21

Monday, September 13th, 2021
Here you will find a weekly listing of updates and announcements for members of the NJIT campus community. Announcements are to be submitted through the form found at https://forms.gle/V6PBxUy5b3jkErMc8. Those submitted by each Thursday will be included in the following week's Updates and Announceme...

NJIT Climbs the Rankings of U.S. News & World Report, A Top 50 Public University

Monday, September 13th, 2021
– No. 103 among National Universities, up 15 spots from last year – NJIT Ranks 46th among public universities – Reputation score up for second year in a row; tied for second nationally in reputation growth over the last four years – Top 100 Best Value School New Jersey Institute of Technology ha...

September 11 Message from President Bloom

Saturday, September 11th, 2021
NJIT Community Members, Today we mark a solemn occasion and honor the lives and memories of the thousands who perished on September 11, 2001, when hijacked airplanes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City; the Pentagon in Washington, DC; and a rural field in Pennsylvania. It now has ...

Cross Country Teams Open 2021 At Fordham Fiasco

Saturday, September 11th, 2021
The NJIT men's and women's cross country teams opened their 2021 campaign with strong showings at the annual Fordham Fiasco meet Saturday afternoon at Van Cortlandt Park. The Highlander men finished in the top five, collectively earning fourth place (102 pts) while the women just missed out on the ...

At the Pentagon on 9/11, NJIT's Aulov Looks Back 20 Years Later on that Consequential Day

Friday, September 10th, 2021
Monuel M. Aulov, Associate Director of Research for Ying Wu College of Computing, was a 21-year-old U.S. Marine Corporal at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. As the anniversary of the attack approaches, he reflects on that day, his immediate realization that “we were going to war” and the end of that ...

Student-Approved Guide to Off-Campus Eats

Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
It doesn’t take Gordon Ramsay to recognize Newark’s awesome selection of restaurants. The problem is ‑ there are so many to choose from! Don’t worry though, NJIT’s got ya covered ‑ here is our list of highly rated off‑campus eateries, selected by our students!   1. Burger Walla.  47 Hal...