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Women Now Represent Nearly a Quarter of NJIT's Department of Public Safety

Thursday, April 25th, 2024
NJIT Department of Public Safety Chief Kevin Kesselman’s appreciation for the value of female officers is born from experience. For nine years, his partner in the department was Edna Garcia. She retired as a detective sergeant in 2020 but left a lasting impression on Kesselman, so much so that when...

NJIT Student Engineers Excel at Regionals, Advance to National Finals

Wednesday, April 24th, 2024
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) emerged triumphant at the recent American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Metropolitan Student Symposium, showcasing their engineering prowess and securing top positions across multiple competitions. Held at Stony Brook University from April 12-14, the sy...

MakeNJIT, in Second Year, Focuses on Infrastructure Hardware Hacks

Wednesday, April 24th, 2024
An all-freshman team, Rackify, was the top NJIT winner and third overall at this year’s MakeNJIT hardware hackathon, creating a smart bicycle rack that automatically locks your ride by activating an RFID reader and extending an arm through the spokes or frame. Rackify members Raghav Bharath, Prabha...

Hillier College Alumni, Student Work Featured in Annual Design Showcase Event

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024
The Hillier College of Architecture and Design (HCAD) hosted its Design Showcase, the college’s flagship fundraising and networking event, which provides a chance for members of the Hillier College community to connect personally and professionally. This year’s event took place in the Jewel Box of O...

Southland Conference Champions, Men's Tennis Captures First-Ever Conference Title

Monday, April 22nd, 2024
Second-seeded NJIT captured the 2024 Southland Conference title with a 4-3 victory over top-seeded Incarnate Word Saturday evening. The Highlanders (19-5) won their sixth straight match and registered their first-ever conference title at any level.  The 19 wins are the most wins since the 2009...

NJIT Computer Science and Engineering Experts Talk About 'Smart' Cities

Monday, April 22nd, 2024
Accomplished computer science and engineering professors at New Jersey Institute of Technology were among the featured speakers at a conference about creating “smart” cities that was organized by two centers of NJIT’s Martin Tuchman School of Management: the Leir Research Institute and Hub for Creat...

Honoring Earth Day: Tips to Keep Mother Earth Happy

Monday, April 22nd, 2024
Earth Day is an annual event that advocates for environmental protection. That's why NJIT teamed up with NJIT Green to provide you five tips to make Mother Earth happy every single day, not just on Earth Day.    Use the things you have before buying new sustainable options! It's b...

NJIT Researcher: Neural Networks Can Mediate Between Download Size and Quality

Friday, April 19th, 2024
Application data requirements vs. available network bandwidth has been the ongoing Battle of the Information Age, but now it appears that a truce is within reach, based on new research from NJIT Associate Professor Jacob Chakareski. Chakareski and his team, collaborating with peers from University ...

Bloomberg Cites NJIT as Best Investment of New Jersey Public Colleges

Friday, April 19th, 2024
New Jersey Institute of Technology has the best return-on-investment of any public college in the state, at just under a quarter-million dollars within a decade of graduation, an analysis by Bloomberg News found. Bloomberg placed NJIT second among all Garden State colleges, behind only Princeton Un...

NJIT's Dana Knox Research Showcase Celebrates Future Visionary Leaders

Friday, April 19th, 2024
NJIT’s annual celebration of its top student researchers kicked off at the 2024 Dana Knox Student Research Showcase, which once again highlighted a stunning array of innovation and discovery from every corner of the STEM disciplines. Now in its 19th year, the showcase competition featured 68 divers...