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NJIT Faculty Expert Yvette Wohn on Curating Safe Spaces Online

Tuesday, September 18th, 2018
Live streaming social media platforms such as Twitch are shrinking the distance between broadcasters and their viewers, who watch them and comment in real time. But these interactive forums also bring added layers of intensity to online bullying: trolls who post negative comments can observe the i...

This Information Systems Graduate Has a Clear Vision For His Future

Wednesday, July 18th, 2018
Agrim Sachdeva ’18 received a master’s degree in information systems from NJIT this spring, but he isn’t making a big deal about it. While many recent graduates are thinking about relaxing a little, maybe taking a vacation, Sachdeva is still spending time at NJIT. He’s continuing to work with the un...

NJIT Educates Next Generation of Tech Entrepreneurs

Thursday, May 17th, 2018
Found your own company and be your own boss upon graduation? Unthinkable? Not any more.  In this day and age, founding a startup is a viable alternative to working as an employee in an existing company. Especially in the burgeoning tech sector. Especially in the exciting New York region. All ...

Graduates Encouraged to Sustain Hard Work, Passion and Kindness at NJIT's 102nd Commencement

Tuesday, May 15th, 2018
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) conferred 2,885 bachelor’s and doctoral degrees at the 102nd commencement ceremony May 15 at the Prudential Center in Newark. Dr. Leah Hope Jamieson, Ransburg Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Professor of Engineering Education...

NJIT Commencement Exercises May 15, May 17 and May 18, 2018

Wednesday, May 9th, 2018
MEDIA ADVISORY: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) to Confer More than 3,100 Degrees at 102nd Commencement Exercises May 15, May 17 and May 18, 2018 Engineering Educator Dr. Leah Hope Jamieson to Deliver 2018 Commencement Address and Receive Honorary Doctor of Science    &nbs...

Ying Wu College of Computing Capstone Showcase May 2

Friday, April 27th, 2018
  The Spring 2018 Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) Capstone and Real World Connections (RWC) Showcase will take place Wednesday, May 2, in the Campus Center Ballroom 2-5 p.m. The biannual showcase will feature the work of 27 YWCC capstone industry teams and 16 entrepreneurship teams made...

Undergraduate Ecosystems: In Cyberspace with Social Bots

Thursday, April 5th, 2018
Social Interaction Laboratory The Social Interaction Lab is an interdisciplinary research hub that combines psychology, communication, computing and design to understand how people interact with technology. The lab focuses in particular on studying technologies that are social, such as mobile-healt...

"Doing More with Less" Conference Explores Innovative Responses to Environmental Sustainability

Friday, March 16th, 2018
The Murray Center for Women in Technology at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will hold a one-day Women Designing the Future conference—“The Environment: Doing More with Less”—on Friday, March 23. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. in the university’s Campus Center Ballrooms A and B. Confere...

Power Up: Computing Student Publishes Hand-Drawn Game on Google Play

Friday, March 16th, 2018
Prior to taking the game modification development course taught by University Lecturer D.J. Kehoe last spring, computer science major Angela Vitaletti ’18 had never developed or programmed a videogame before. “I would always bite off more than I could chew, and never finish,” said Vitaletti, w...

Princeton Review Ranks NJIT a Top 50 School to Study Game Design

Tuesday, March 13th, 2018
NJIT has earned a No. 33 ranking on The Princeton Review's just-released list saluting the top 50 undergraduate schools for game design for 2018. The Princeton Review chose the schools based on its 2017 survey of 150 institutions in the U.S., Canada and abroad offering game design degree programs o...