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Future of Newark Airport Could Be Influenced By NJIT Student Designer

Wednesday, September 4th, 2019
A recent NJIT graduate thinks Newark Liberty International Airport should be rebuilt as a community center with plenty of green space, autonomous shuttles, and better rail connections to New York City. Architecture major Samantha Pires took second place for these ideas in a prestigious design compet...

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...

NJIT Tests Home Siding Methods for Climate Change

Monday, August 19th, 2019
A centuries-old method of sealing the gap between home siding and exterior walls may soon be back in vogue, this time with an energy-efficiency slant, experts from NJIT and the BASF Corp. said last week. Residential siding is typically replaced just once every 25 years, but the new approach uses exi...

MIP Studio Earns Honorable Mention in 2019 Schindler Global Award

Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019
A group of students in the College of Architecture and Design’s (CoAD) Master of Infrastructure Planning (MIP) studio took home first honorable mention and a $7,500 prize at the Schindler Global Award (SGA) in Mumbai, India May 10. The SGA is a student urban design competition that is focused on mob...

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 with a minor in Applied Mathemati...

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...

Celebrated Architects' Historic Gift Injects New Energy into the College of Architecture and Design

Tuesday, May 21st, 2019
New Jersey Institute of Technology has renamed its College of Architecture and Design for J. Robert and Barbara A. Hillier to reflect the globally renowned architects’ historic donation to the university. Their gift, the university’s largest ever, will enrich the architecture and design program in ...

NJIT Overwatch Team Talks Teamwork, Competition and Community

Wednesday, May 8th, 2019
NJIT's Overwatch Team is just one of the six esports teams on campus. The team consists of just under a dozen members that band together to compete in Overwatch competitions throughout the year. From local competitions at Rutgers to national ones in Texas, our Overwatch Team is very active in t...

NJIT and Union County College Launch Joint Academic Agreement

Monday, May 6th, 2019
Union County College (UCC) students pursuing an associate degree in either science or applied sciences are now able to seamlessly transfer into a variety of bachelor’s degree programs — from engineering and architecture to computing and management, and more — at New Jersey Institute of Technology (N...

EOP Awards Ceremony Marks 47 Years of Student Recognition

Friday, May 3rd, 2019
“We saw when you came in as freshmen, and you thought you knew it all. Then you realized after the first week of the summer program, do I really know anything?” reminisced Crystal Smith, interim director of NJIT’s Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), while addressing EOP graduating seniors, their ...