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NJIT Earns Recertification in Active Threat, Emergency Response Preparedness

Tuesday, October 13th, 2020
The ALICE Training Institute has recertified NJIT in active threat and emergency response efforts, with 82% of its full-time staff and faculty completing online training that’s designed to safeguard the campus community in the event of an active threat. To achieve recertification, NJIT’s Department...

Former NASA Astronaut Bernard Harris Joins NJIT Forum on Post-COVID STEM Learning

Tuesday, October 13th, 2020
On Oct. 8, NJIT welcomed former NASA astronaut and noted STEM education leader Bernard Harris at its annual STEM School Leadership Forum, sponsored by NJIT's Center for Pre-College Programs (CPCP) — an event that attracted scores of educators virtually for a discu...

Honors Students Learn to Merge Information Tech and Social Consciousness

Tuesday, October 13th, 2020
Ying Wu College of Computing Assistant Prof. Michael Lee, in an effort to help informatics students consider social consciousness, began teaching a new course last spring, Design Thinking: Addressing Structural Inequality, which will be offered again in spring 2021 due to its success. The course, I...

Institute for Data Science Unveils 2020-2021 Talks, Many to Discuss COVID-19

Monday, October 12th, 2020
About two dozen experts on data science are giving seminars to the NJIT community this semester and next, with many of them excited to participate virtually from far away with the students and faculty here in New Jersey . David Bader, director of NJIT's Institute for Data Science, said he is excite...

NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 10/12/20-10/16/20

Monday, October 12th, 2020
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...

The Missing Link in COVID Planning is Real-Time, Data-Driven Risk Modeling

Thursday, October 8th, 2020
Our national COVID-19 policy for reopening the economy is a patchwork of plans with varying mixes of masking, social distancing and testing. What’s missing, as evident in the results of these measures on the ground, is the collective action that unites the strength of government and industry with ou...

College of Computing Welcomes New Faculty in AI, Databases, Networking

Thursday, October 8th, 2020
Ying Wu College of Computing at NJIT welcomed this fall four new faculty members. Focused on expanding its footprint in research and teaching, these strategic faculty hires are an important element of that effort, bringing an impressive depth and breadth of knowledge to the college and its students....

Electrical Laws Can Help Break Network Graph Comparison Bottleneck

Tuesday, October 6th, 2020
Yiannis Koutis wants to know if a method inspired by electrical laws could lead to a faster and more insightful way of comparing seemingly disparate networks. Koutis, an associate professor of computer science in NJIT's Ying Wu College of Computing, will study this question for his $150,000 researc...

Former Astronaut and CEO of National Initiative to Reimagine STEM Education at NJIT Forum 

Tuesday, October 6th, 2020
Dr. Bernard A. Harris Jr., CEO of the National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI) and the first African-American astronaut to complete a space walk, will reimagine STEM education at NJIT’s annual STEM School Leadership Forum. The forum, organized by the university’s Center for Pre-College Program...

NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 10/5/20-10/9/20

Monday, October 5th, 2020
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...
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