By Joel S. Bloom

In today’s world, technology is both indispensable and inescapable. Just about every facet of our society is changing rapidly due to technological innovation. Whether in healthcare or communication or finance or transportation or any other market sector, all major business enterprises are, at their core, technology companies. Today, every company is a technology company.

Quoting Fred Rogers and poet Audre Lorde, NJIT alumna Gabrielle Rejouis urged members of the Class of 2024 to be helpers and foster communities during the university’s annual convocation, which was held online on Wed., Sep. 9, 2020.

 

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has been named a top college according to The Princeton Review in the newest edition of its college guide, "The Best 386 Colleges," a designation only about 14% of America’s 2,800 four-year colleges have earned. NJIT also received honors as a top college in the Northeast region and a Best Value college.

Joel S. Bloom, president of NJIT, joined Bloomberg's Businessweek podcast to discuss the opening of a mobile medical care unit to aid in fighting COVID-19, as well as NJIT's response to the pandemic.

In response to the extreme challenges to clinical capacity posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, three New Jersey institutions – New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), University Hospital in Newark and The Tuchman Foundation – are collaborating in a unique partnership on the development of modular, mobile medical care facilities to be deployed to areas of surging disease outbreaks and other disasters, as well as to regions that lack health care infrastructure.

The America East Conference and New Jersey Institute of Technology announced that the Highlanders will become the 10th full member institution of the America East, effective for the 2020-21 academic year. 

NJIT will officially join the league July 1, 2020. 

New Jersey university president’s, the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education, and business and industry have come together in a joint effort to promote higher education in the state through the Learn More, Earn More, Be More in New Jersey

NJIT has appointed Dale A. McLeod as its new vice president for human resources. McLeod will join the university effective March 16 with the dual mission of delivering a world-class human resources function with a strong service orientation for faculty and staff, and supporting the objectives of the university’s new strategic plan, Building on a Strong Foundation–NJIT 2025.

ROI-NJ, a publication that reports on New Jersey economic news, released its annual ROI Influencers Power List profiling the most powerful people in various industries in New Jersey. Featured on this year’s list are six NJIT leaders representing four industry areas: education, technology, healthcare and executive leadership. 

Joel S. Bloom, president of NJIT, and Donald H. Sebastian, president and chief innovation officer of New Jersey Innovation Institute, have again each earned a spot on The Power 100, NJBIZ’s annual ranking of the most powerful people in New Jersey business.