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For NJIT's Sam Carlos, Two Majors Weren't Enough, So He Made it Three

Friday, April 16th, 2021
New students often matriculate at NJIT with a handful of college credits, declaring themselves double majors or participating in joint bachelors-masters programs, but Metuchen's Samuel Carlos is raising the bar, having arrived in 2018 with an astonishing 103 college credits and an associate's degree...

Equal Pay Day@NJIT: Leaders Offer 4 Tips on How Women Can Establish Themselves at Work

Monday, April 5th, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology welcomed two strong leaders who shared key advice on how women can establish themselves at work. The leaders, Catherine Wilson, president and CEO of United Way of Greater Newark, and Judith Sheft, executive director of the New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovati...

NJIT's College of Science and Liberal Arts Attracts Record Freshman Applicants

Monday, March 22nd, 2021
All-time highs in freshman applicants are being reported this year at NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts (CSLA), according to the university’s latest admissions report for fall 2021. NJIT’s Office of Admissions says CSLA’s freshman applicants this year (approximately 2,500) have risen more t...

NJIT Alum Ryan Brown Kicks Off Super Bowl LV with the CBS Sports Team

Thursday, March 4th, 2021
If you were one of the 96.4 million viewers of this year’s Super Bowl LV, chances are you were watching the work of NJIT alum Ryan Brown flash across your TV screen all night without realizing it. Since leaving NJIT with a Communications and Media B.A. degree, Brown ’15 has moved into the position o...

NJIT Theater Debuts Zoom-Based Reboot of 15th Century Play 'Everyman'

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021
The Rutgers-NJIT Theatre Program is taking the classic late-medieval period morality play, Everyman, into the digital age. The cast and crew have recently debuted their spin on the original for online streamers — titled Every_01: A Morality Play — where audiences follow the protagonist as they cont...

Strategy for Instruction: NJIT Responds to the Pandemic in Forward-Thinking Fashion

Thursday, February 18th, 2021
Last year, as the COVID-19 pandemic began its inexorable march across the country, NJIT, along with higher education institutions nationwide, faced an unprecedented challenge: how to best move to fully remote instruction, both quickly and safely. Immediately, the university drew upon its technologic...

NJIT's Maurie Cohen Publishes New, Timely Guide to Sustainability

Thursday, February 4th, 2021
Encompassing everything from electric cars, meatless diets and the compostable cups we find at Starbucks, to big ideas of economic and social equality, the catch-all buzzword “sustainability” has taken on a life of its own over the past few decades — but what does it mean today? Maurie Cohen, sustai...

New Cyberpsychology Seminar Series to Cover Online Conspiracy Theories, Misinformation and More

Monday, February 1st, 2021
What psychological factors drive the popularity of conspiracy theories, and what are the psychological consequences of adopting these theories? What is the role of personality traits in people’s real-life spending behavior online? Is clinical VR ready for primetime in the world of mental healthcare?...

NJIT String Ensemble's Winter Performance Celebrates Music Inspired From Around the World

Friday, January 22nd, 2021
Students and faculty of NJIT’s String Ensemble have released a digital production of their annual Winter Concert Series performance celebrating internationally-inspired music and diversity within the university community. The performance, directed by NJIT music instructor Christine Sweet and arrang...

NJIT Artists' Works Showcased at Reimagined 2020 Newark Arts Festival

Tuesday, November 24th, 2020
Not surprisingly, the year of 2020 proved a dominant source of inspiration for international and local Newark artists including those from the NJIT community, who recently showcased their diverse submissions spanning everything from traditional canvas works and digital art to poetry at this year’s ...