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NJIT Mourns the Loss of Alumnus John J. Mooney, a Giant in the Fight Against Air Pollution

Friday, June 19th, 2020
The New Jersey Institute of Technology community notes with great sadness the passing of John J. Mooney MS ’60, an inspired engineer, renowned inventor and beloved alumnus of Newark College of Engineering who is best known for developing a catalytic converter for vehicles that filters three toxic ch...

A Message from the President: Supreme Court's DACA Decision

Thursday, June 18th, 2020
NJIT Students, Faculty and Staff, Today, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling that, at least for the time being, preserves the residency status of those in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The DACA program is available to any undocumented immigrant who came to t...

Honors Student Is the First at NJIT to Receive Prestigious Fellowship

Thursday, June 18th, 2020
Donald “Will” Andrews, NJIT’s first-ever recipient of the Humanity in Action Fellowship, attributes his selection for the distinguished summertime program to his choice of study at the university: industrial engineering. “There probably weren’t that many engineers that applied … so that made my app...

Online Shopping Study Can Help Explain the Internet's Social Connections

Thursday, June 18th, 2020
Studying the evolution and function of online shopping communities could teach computer science researchers about online community-making in general, experts at NJIT said in a series of recent papers.  The papers cover the methods and motivations of how shoppers interact with each other online...

See It Again: Hillier College of Architecture and Design Awards Ceremony

Monday, June 15th, 2020

NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 6/15/20-6/19/20

Monday, June 15th, 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 or by your area vice president to Deric Raymond, director of content planning and intelligence, i...

NJIT Joins America East Conference

Monday, June 15th, 2020
The America East Conference and New Jersey Institute of Technology announced that the Highlanders will become the 10th full member institution of the America East, effective for the 2020-21 academic year.  NJIT will officially join the league July 1, 2020.  “We are thrilled to welcome NJ...

NJIT's Mitra Deploys Nanoscopic Virus Killers in the Fight Against COVID-19

Monday, June 15th, 2020
As medical researchers race to develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, an NJIT scientist who specializes in nanomaterials is developing new methods to slow its spread in the environment. Backed by a grant from the National Science Foundation, Somenath Mitra, director of the univers...

NJIT Pandemic Recovery Update - June 2020

Friday, June 12th, 2020
NJIT Students, Parents, Faculty and Staff, I write today to provide further details regarding the Pandemic Recovery Plan we first shared on May 5, 2020, and updated on May 22, 2020. NJIT plans to begin welcoming faculty, staff and some students back to our campus throughout the Summe...

NJIT Pandemic Recovery Update - June 2020

Friday, June 12th, 2020
NJIT Students, Parents, Faculty and Staff, I write today to provide further details regarding the Pandemic Recovery Plan we first shared on May 5, 2020, and updated on May 22, 2020. NJIT plans to begin welcoming faculty, staff and some students back to our campus throughout the Summer and, as we ha...