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Neutrinos and Fantastic Creatures: NJIT's Fulbright Awardees Discuss Their Studies

Tuesday, May 25th, 2021
By Andrew McMains and Tracey Regan Two New Jersey Institute of Technology students who earned Fulbright awards this year will continue their studies in Canada on decidedly different paths. Kaylin Wittmeyer ’21 is pursuing a graduate certificate in digital creature animation at Sheridan College in ...

Chemical Engineering Grad at NJIT Scores a Unique Job Opportunity at Merck

Friday, May 21st, 2021
Samantha Swider ’21, fresh from the experience of earning a bachelor’s in chemical engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology — which included three cooperative education roles, co-founding NJIT Green and running track, all as a member of Albert Dorman Honors College — is off to Mer...

Award-Winning NJIT Grads Reflect on Their Journeys to Jobs, Grad Programs

Friday, May 21st, 2021
Among the honorees at this year’s College of Science and Liberal Arts Awards at NJIT were seven members of the Class of 2021 who earned the Outstanding Undergraduate Award. We caught up with four of them, who reflected on their unique experiences and accomplishments over the past four years and...

Littman Library Opens Virtual Museum of Robot Design as Courses Evolve

Thursday, May 20th, 2021
A virtual museum of robot design is now open that curates the work of faculty, staff and students from Hillier College of Architecture and Design, Newark College of Engineering and Ying Wu College of Computing. The exhibit engages visitors in a virtual 3D tour including animations, text and videos....

NJIT Fulbright Winner Will Pursue the Art of Animation and Storytelling

Wednesday, May 19th, 2021
A student who majored in digital design at New Jersey Institute of Technology has earned an award from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program to hone her animation and storytelling skills at one of the best animation programs in the world. The student, Kaylin Wittmeyer ’21, is pursuing a graduate certi...

NJIT Graduates 3,000 Who Excelled Despite COVID-19 Pandemic

Tuesday, May 18th, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology formally graduated more than 3,000 students today, in a hybrid in-person and virtual ceremony due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Kimberly Bryant, founder and CEO of Black Girls Code, delivered this year’s commencement address. Black Girls Code is a non-profit...

Two Enterprising Undergraduate Researchers Win Goldwater Scholarships

Tuesday, May 18th, 2021
Two biology students involved in high-level research on novel therapies for COVID-19 and other diseases were named 2021 Goldwater scholars this year by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. The scholarship is recognized as the country’s most prestigious for STEM und...

Senior Success: NJIT's Jaime Felice Is Poised to Become a U.S. Air Force Pilot

Tuesday, May 18th, 2021
After four years at NJIT, career prospects for Jaime Felice ’21 are about to take off, and the sky is the limit — literally. Felice has definitely taken a path less traveled at NJIT, joining four other cadets this year in the graduating class of NJIT’s decorated Air Force Reserve Off...

CSLA Awards '21: NJIT's College of Science and Liberal Arts Unites for Night of Celebration

Wednesday, May 12th, 2021
With the spring semester nearly in the rearview, standout students, faculty, staff and alumni of NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts (CSLA) gathered virtually for a night of due recognition and positive reflection at the college’s annual year-end celebration, the 2021 CSLA Awards. At th...

Student Volunteers Put a Smile on a Vaccination Super Center

Tuesday, May 11th, 2021
Engineering professor Chang Yaramothu ’13H, ’14, ’17, Abigail Varughese ’22, Rita Vought ’21 and FEMA’s Marc K. Raoul ’09 are some of the NJIT students, past and present, contributing engineering, emergency management and healthcare skills to the massive effort. When a frail, elderly woman ref...