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NJIT Appoints Kamalika Sandell as Vice Provost and Chief Information Officer

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020
Kamalika Sandell has been appointed as NJIT’s vice provost and chief information officer, effective July 27, Provost Fadi Deek announced in an email to the campus community. Sandell, previously deputy CIO at American University, replaces interim CIO Gregg Chottiner. “Kamalika will be the principal...

Message from NJIT President Bloom - Death of George Floyd

Monday, June 1st, 2020
NJIT Community Members, The death of George Floyd has brought us to a point of inflection throughout our country, and it has done so for multiple reasons. Mr. Floyd's death was captured on video, so we have been forced to see a truth we would rather not believe. That video is both heartbreaking an...

A Message from NJIT President Bloom

Monday, June 1st, 2020
NJIT Community Members, The death of George Floyd has brought us to a point of inflection throughout our country, and it has done so for multiple reasons. Mr. Floyd's death was captured on video, so we have been forced to see a truth we would rather not believe. That video is both heartbreaking an...

Senior Success: Amid Pandemic, Soojin Kim Declares She's All In for Emergency Medicine

Monday, June 1st, 2020
Footage of emergency room workers managing overflow crowds of gravely sick patients with deftness, humanity and visible emotion has been nightly, gut-wrenching viewing for millions of Americans over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. For senior Soojin Kim, those often-harrowing scenes prompted one...

NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 6/1/20-6/5/20

Monday, June 1st, 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 or by your area vice president to Deric Raymond, director of content planning and intelligence, i...

Senior Success: Awardees Shine at NJIT's College of Science and Liberal Arts

Thursday, May 28th, 2020
Each spring around Commencement, NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts holds its very own celebration, awarding its standout student and faculty stars from across the college’s diverse academic spectrum of art, history and humanities to physics, biology and chemistry. Among CSLA’s award w...

AI Software Will Help Regional Planners Build Sidewalks Database

Thursday, May 28th, 2020
Community and urban planners throughout North Jersey will soon have a thorough digital inventory of their sidewalks, based on a unique use of geospatial intelligence software led by Ying Wu College of Computing Associate Professor Xinyue Ye and his Ph.D. student Huan Ning, on behalf of the...

Admiration and Accolades Aplenty at Management School Awards Ceremony

Thursday, May 28th, 2020
While Martin Tuchman School of Management ’s faculty, staff and students and their families could not gather traditionally this year for MTSM’s annual awards ceremony, the event, held virtually May 19, still emanated great pride in and affection for the school’s 2020 graduates. Like most other end-o...

Sohail Mohammed '88, Tech-Savvy Judge, Helps Usher in COVID-Era Virtual Courtrooms

Tuesday, May 26th, 2020
On March 15, Chief Justice Stuart Rabner suspended in-person proceedings in New Jersey Superior Court, giving the judiciary two days to prepare for virtual courtrooms. By that afternoon, Passaic County Superior Court Judge Sohail Mohammed, ’88, a former electrical engineer and technology enthusiast,...

Free College Persistence Mentoring Available to NJIT Students

Tuesday, May 26th, 2020
Through the university’s partnership with Strive for College, an online college mentoring platform, NJIT students are invited to participate in a free pilot program over the next year aimed at helping them complete their courses, earn a degree and prepare for living-wage careers after college. Striv...