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NJIT Intern for Cisco Systems Left Her Mark in Silicon Valley, Virtually

Friday, October 23rd, 2020
Aarati Srikumar, a junior computer science major from Edison and honors student at NJIT, made the best of her summer internship with networking giant Cisco Systems despite the pandemic changing her plans to experience Silicon Valley in person. Cisco adjusted their program to be fully remote, giving...

Design Justice: The Language of Anti-Racist Architectural Vernacular

Friday, October 23rd, 2020
“For every injustice in the world there is an architecture, a plan, a design that sustains it.“ Bryan C. Lee Jr ‘08 Architecture, as a field of design, is coming to terms with the ways that architects are educated within a canon that places modern western culture and the object, a building, at the ...

NJIT Shines as a 'Best Global University' by US News & World Report Rankings

Thursday, October 22nd, 2020
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) once again is ranked among the best international universities in the 2021 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s global college and university rankings. The university saw its overall score increase in the expanded rankings. Notably, NJIT is one of only...

Firefighting, Fitness, and Furniture Design are Passions for Hillier Freshman

Thursday, October 22nd, 2020
When NJIT industrial design major Christopher Hasenkopf isn't in class this semester, it might be because he's out saving someone's home, office or even their life. His local volunteer fire station in New Providence practically didn't need a dalmatian for their mascot — "I've been going around the ...

Three-Time NJIT Alum and Medtech Leader Robert C. Cohen Named New NJIT Board of Trustees Chair

Thursday, October 22nd, 2020
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is pleased to announce that Robert C. Cohen ’83, ’84, ’87, of Basking Ridge, NJ, has been appointed Chair of its Board of Trustees. Cohen succeeds Stephen P. DePalma ’72, who stepped down after a distinguished seven-year term.  Cohen has for...

New Executive & Professional Programs Offered by NJIT

Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
The New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII) and the Leadership Difference announced its newly formed professional and executive education partnership to serve and upskill innovative leaders across all levels in all industries at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT).   “We are exci...

Architecture To Marketing - Susana Holguin-Veras '06 On Finding Your Career Path

Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
Susana Holguin-Veras, Principal at TheoryCo. talks about how she discovered her career path by following her interests, using her strengths, and understanding architecture can be practiced in many ways.   

GirlHacks Went Virtual, Projects Focused on COVID-19 and Social Justice

Tuesday, October 20th, 2020
GirlHacks went virtual this year, with extra-diverse participation and several healthcare-oriented projects, all due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event, which was hosted Oct. 10-11 by NJIT's Women in Computing Society, had almost 80 entrants spanning 28 projects from colleges and even high schools...

Designing Dynamic Building Facades For Exchange, Energy and Flow

Monday, October 19th, 2020
Vera Parlac, associate professor of architecture in the Hillier College, presented her futuristic work on integration of pneumatic muscles into building skins recently at the Façade Tectonics World Congress.  This leading-edge work in the field of building performance focuses on dynamic respon...

NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 10/19/20-10/23/20

Monday, October 19th, 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...