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NJIT Students Come in 1st With Election-Inspired Hackathon Project

Friday, October 4th, 2019
It was a timely inspiration that garnered two Honors College students a first-place hackathon win. With the upcoming election season expected to be fraught with doctored videos of famous figures aiming to influence voters — known as deepfakes — Aarati Srikumar and George Aboudiwan, along with two te...

Honors Faculty Fellows Program Doubles Its Offerings in Year 2

Friday, September 27th, 2019
A unique program that packages distinctive coursework with diverse experiences, by connecting NJIT students and faculty with leading corporations, governmental agencies and private donors, has expanded as it heads into its second year. Honors Faculty Fellows will feature twice as many classes and th...

Getting the Job: NJIT Students Share Their Career Fair Know-how

Monday, September 16th, 2019
According to NJIT Career Development Services’ most recent annual report, almost one-fifth of undergrads from the Class of 2018 who reported full-time employment indicated an NJIT career fair as their source. That figure certainly demonstrates the value of students attending the fair, to both mingl...

Already Distinguished, Twin Sisters Are Ready for Further Success at NJIT

Wednesday, September 11th, 2019
One is studying computer science at NJIT, the other biomedical engineering, but they both join the university as Mayor’s Honors Scholars. Samara and Samantha Augustin — freshmen at Ying Wu College of Computing and Newark College of Engineering, respectively — are among the first recipients of the fu...

NJIT Ranks in Top 2% Nationwide in College Salary Report by Payscale

Friday, August 30th, 2019
Payscale has released its 2019 College Salary Report and New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has placed #53 out of over 4,000 colleges and universities across the U.S. in the mid-career salary rankings. In addition, NJIT is #1 for state schools in mid-career salary. “NJIT students are in high...

Mayor's Honors Scholars Program Announces Recipients of Three Scholarship Awards

Friday, June 28th, 2019
NJIT President Joel S. Bloom and Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka officially announced the three students selected as Mayor’s Honors Scholars from the high school class of 2019 on June 28, 2019 in NJIT’s Albert Dorman Honors College (ADHC). In his introductory remarks, Bloom described how students e...

Reflections from the Class of 2019

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019
Meet the 2019 gonfalon carriers! The six seniors chosen to represent their schools at NJIT's Commencement reminisce about life on campus, while they begin to envisage what lies beyond.   Newark College of Engineering Olivia Hadlaw Major: Electrical Engineering wit...

Unprecedented Success for NJIT Students in National Scholarship and Fellowship Competitions

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019
Whether they’ll be soaking up cultures abroad in the coming year or advancing research in science, health care and other fields, all of the NJIT students receiving prominent and highly competitive scholarships and fellowships in 2019 are, in a word, impressive. In fact, two university records were a...

Senior Success: NJIT Graduates are Heading to Great Jobs, Grad Schools & More

Monday, May 20th, 2019
Thousands of NJIT graduates are moving onto bigger and better things. Off to Fortune 500 companies, global engineering firms and premiere law schools, take a look at just a few of our students who are moving on as proud Highlanders.  

Senior Success: Siri Uppuluri Looks Forward to Medical School

Monday, May 13th, 2019
Sitting just outside the Campus Center on a sunny, breezy Tuesday afternoon, Siri Uppuluri reflects on her upcoming graduation from NJIT. “I feel like I’ve reached a milestone, so while it’s bittersweet to be leaving campus, I also feel like I’ve been prepared by my professors academically. And in ...