The Research & Development Council of New Jersey, whose membership includes representatives from academia, industry, and government, honored New Jersey Institute of Technology President Joel Bloom as one of the winners of the 2015 Edison Patent Awards at the 36th Edison Patent Awards Ceremony & Reception last week.
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Sweeney, Whelan hold discussion on public-private partnership efforts in Atlantic City
Senate President Steve Sweeney and state Sen. Jim Whelan held a roundtable discussion Thursday afternoon in Atlantic City on public-private partnership projects within the city and elsewhere across the state.
Read More »Princeton University also facing tax-exemption challenge
Princeton University is on the line to prove its tax-exempt status, in a case where it is the defendant against four residents.
Read More »Colleges to receive second round of Building Our Future Bond funding
On Monday, Gov. Chris Christie announced a second round of grant funding from the 2012 Building Our Future Bond Act for a Fall 2015 grant cycle. New grant awards will be made from the Higher Education Capital Improvement Fund.
Read More »New report says Camden ‘eds and meds’ having 2 billion economic impact on city
A task force comprised of Camden's higher education and health care leaders has released a new report indicating that its nine anchor institutions have had an economic impact of more than $2 billion on the city, while creating more than 2,300 new jobs.
Read More »Innovative action NJII, housed on the campus of NJIT, is out to change the way higher ed and business collaborate
Christine Barbieri saw a problem growing in slow motion: The senior citizen population in North Jersey was growing rapidly in areas where there was a lack of transportation infrastructure to bring them to the health care establishments they needed. So, she and co-founder Donald Jones created MediCoupe, which is like Uber for patients and their...
Read More »Where the sky truly is the limit NJII helping to develop projects for defense, homeland security sector
The New Jersey Innovation Institute wants to foster growth in a number of key industry sectors in the state, including defense and homeland security.
Read More »Vacant data center to become day school, CBRE says
A former data center in Teaneck that has stood empty for eight years has been sold and will be converted into a day school, according to real estate brokerage CBRE Group Inc.
Read More »New Seton Hall, Hackensack medical school approved for nearly 17 million in incentives
The future medical school of Seton Hall University and the Hackensack University Health Network received approval Friday from the Economic Development Authority for a 10-year, $16.9 million Grow New Jersey award.
Read More »Rowan’s 3-year program could benefit students, college and area businesses
Rowan University announced that it will be offering its incoming freshman for the 2016 academic year the opportunity to complete their undergraduate programs in three years.
Read More »Veterans can find opportunities for work, education in New Jersey
As the nation pauses to reflect on the sacrifices its veterans have made, there is still a question looming for troops as they return home: What opportunities are available to them as they adjust to civilian life?
Read More »Businesses feeling pinch of unhealthy employees
The burden increasingly rests on employers to prod employees into healthier lifestyles and bring health care costs down.
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