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More than 300 Gathered for NJIT Alumni Weekend

Tuesday, June 14th, 2016
More than 300 NJIT alumni gathered on campus this weekend (May 20-22) to collect awards, listen to tech talks, receive university updates and hear from Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, an NJIT alumna who as a four-star general in the U.S. Air Force is one of the most powerful women in the United States. Be...

Four-Star Power: From ROTC to the Pentagon, the High-Flying Career of Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski

Tuesday, June 14th, 2016
​At a ceremony last June at the Women in Military Service Memorial, Ellen M. Pawlikowski '78, was promoted to the rank of four-star general in the U.S. Air Force. Just the third woman in the branch’s history to receive a fourth star, Pawlikowski directs the 80,000-person Air Force Materiel Command, ...

NJIT's College of Computing Sciences Named: Ying Wu College of Computing Sciences

Wednesday, June 8th, 2016
Tech innovator and international entrepreneur Ying Wu earned his M.S. degree in electrical engineering from NJIT in 1988. Wu was born and grew up in Beijing where he now lives with his wife Yalan Wu ’87 MS CE, an NJIT alumna. “Ying Wu’s generosity of spirit and focus on innovation and excellence ex...

Thinking while Brainless: Slime Mold Gives Insight into the Intelligence of Neuron-Less Organisms

Wednesday, June 8th, 2016
How do organisms without brains make decisions? Most of life is brainless and the vast majority of organisms on Earth lack neurons altogether. Plants, fungi and bacteria must all cope with the same problem as humans – to make the best choices in a complex and ever-changing world or risk dying – with...

NJIT Grad Has a Top Job at General Motors

Wednesday, June 8th, 2016
Marino Durán was born in a poor village in the Dominican Republic. When he was 5-years old, his family immigrated to the United States -- none of them knowing a word of English. Yet later this summer, he'll begin working as an engineer for General Motors, one of the world’s largest corporations. It...

Mane Event

Wednesday, April 6th, 2016
It’s not everyday you find a course that dissects the symbolism of hair—at a technology university, no less. But twice a week at NJIT, on the third floor of the Central King Building, adjunct professor Patti O’Brien-Richardson teaches “HAIR: Culture, Politics and Technology,” a senior seminar offere...

Buildings and Meanings — Interpreting Cultural Expression in Architecture

Tuesday, January 19th, 2016
Buildings and Meanings — Interpreting Cultural Expression in Architecture Distinguished Professor Zeynep Çelik is an internationally honored interpreter — of buildings. Çelik, who has a joint appointment in NJIT’s New Jersey School of Architecture and the Department of History, is an architectur...

She's an Award-Winning Digital Designer: Meet Rachel Corres

Wednesday, July 17th, 2013
Rachel Corres recently won the School of Art + Design Medal. Each year, the School gives the medal to a graduating senior who combines academic achievement with design excellence. Rachel, who graduated in May with a degree in Digital Design, had many accomplishments at NJIT that lead up to her win...