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 Council. The Madrid native reflected on the chock-full experience and shared her future plans (hint: she’s staying in Newark) in an interview with NJIT.  

A computer science major at New Jersey Institute of Technology has earned the top prize in a statewide collegiate competition that judges pitches for innovative business ideas.

The student, Yashwee Kothari ’22, pitched a mobile application for tracking the symptoms of people recovering from traumatic brain injuries – an idea she has been developing since high school. 

After a year layoff, one of NJIT’s standout annual research events returned to the campus community this month — more than 30 of the university’s top student-researchers took to their webcams to present their work for a virtual audience at the 2021 Dana Knox Research Showcase, "A Glimpse Into the Future.” 

For the second straight year, New Jersey Institute of Technology has broken its record for first-year student applications with a total of more than 11,250. All five of NJIT’s academic colleges experienced increases, led by a 21% jump from the Martin Tuchman School of Management, which eclipsed 1,000 applicants for the first time.

Students at NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management are getting a rare opportunity to become trained in medical records software from Epic Systems Corp., the Apple of its field, which experts say is a sure path to a stable and high-paying job in healthcare technology.

Associate Professor Stephan Kudyba teaches business analytics and management information systems in NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management. He recently published an article, "COVID-19 and the Acceleration of Digital Transformation and the Future of Work" in Information Systems Management. Following are his additional comments for the NJIT community, lightly edited.

Q. How do you define digital transformation?