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Chemical Engineering Grad at NJIT Scores a Unique Job Opportunity at Merck

Friday, May 21st, 2021
Samantha Swider ’21, fresh from the experience of earning a bachelor’s in chemical engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology — which included three cooperative education roles, co-founding NJIT Green and running track, all as a member of Albert Dorman Honors College — is off to Mer...

3 Full Years at NJIT: Business Grad Studied, Worked in Lab, Managed Investments, Fenced

Friday, May 21st, 2021
In just three years, Marina Arrese ’21 earned a bachelor’s in business administration at New Jersey Institute of Technology, even while fencing, serving as co-president of the NJIT Investment Fund, working at the campus Financial Analysis Lab and serving on the Dean’s Executive Student Leadership Co...

NJIT Graduates 3,000 Who Excelled Despite COVID-19 Pandemic

Tuesday, May 18th, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology formally graduated more than 3,000 students today, in a hybrid in-person and virtual ceremony due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Kimberly Bryant, founder and CEO of Black Girls Code, delivered this year’s commencement address. Black Girls Code is a non-profit...

CSLA Awards '21: NJIT's College of Science and Liberal Arts Unites for Night of Celebration

Wednesday, May 12th, 2021
With the spring semester nearly in the rearview, standout students, faculty, staff and alumni of NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts (CSLA) gathered virtually for a night of due recognition and positive reflection at the college’s annual year-end celebration, the 2021 CSLA Awards. At th...

Celebrating NJIT Scholarships: Student, Alum Thank Donors for Support

Friday, April 30th, 2021
A generous scholarship enabled Charu Arya to attend New Jersey Institute of Technology, and her professors helped solidify her career path. Indeed, both financial assistance and academic support fueled her success. Arya ’21 reflected on that fruitful journey during NJIT’s annual Scholarship Brunch,...

NJIT is Prepared to Tackle Infrastructure Challenges

Monday, April 5th, 2021
In NJIT’s Materials and Structures Laboratory, Noah Thibodeaux is concocting a series of concrete mixtures containing varying levels of old, pulverized roadway. The lab, which is working with the New York City Department of Transportation to determine the feasibility of using recycled aggregate in n...

Hillier College Welcomes New Board Members to Advise on Direction

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021
Hillier College welcomed new advisory board members Kim Vierheilig ’99 ’00, Robert "Bob" Fritz ’88, and Jordan Hillier Adams.   Each brings new perspectives to the vision and leadership that the advisory board has provided to the college since its inception. Vierheilig, who holds dual de...

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 posi...

Q&A with NJIT Alum Lorraine Nunes: My Journey from Brazil to Community College to NJIT to Accenture

Thursday, March 4th, 2021
Just two months after earning a bachelor’s at New Jersey Institute of Technology, Lorraine Nunes '20 landed her first big job, as a software architect analyst at Accenture.  Nunes, who majored in business and information systems, graduated in December after transferring from Hudson County Comm...

Engineering Alum's Textbook Teaches Python With Real-World Examples

Monday, March 1st, 2021
NJIT alumna Dayrene Martinez, who earned her electrical engineering degree in 2018, recently published a textbook of Python computer programming after mastering the language as a systems engineer for defense contractor Raytheon. Martinez co-authored the 420-page book, Applied computational thinking...