NJCU’s Department of Professional Security Studies will be well represented at the Center for Homeland Defense and Security’s University and Agency Partnership Initiative (UAPI) 11^th Annual Homeland Defense/Security Education Summer from October 11 – 13 in Albany, NY (see https://www.uapi.us/programs/2077) with presentations by both a recent alumnus of the doctoral program as well as a doctoral candidate.

The Equality of Opportunity Project Rates NJCU 23 out of 369 Selective Public Colleges

New Jersey City University (NJCU)  received high marks for improving the upward mobility and economic futures of its students, according to a recent study of the role of colleges in intergenerational mobility released by The Equality of Opportunity Project.

Public and Private Sector Cybersecurity Issues to Be Highlighted

Washington, D.C. (February 21, 2017)—On February 1, 2017, the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) joined a national initiative, the “Frontier Set” (FS), a project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to identify successful strategies to improve graduation rates, especially for low-income, first generation and students of color. New Jersey City University (NJCU) is among six AASCU institutions across the nation selected to participate in the project.

Dr. Leticia Toledo-Sherman’s scientific accomplishments in medical research seem to go on without end. After obtaining her Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from The State University of New York at Stony Brook, she did postdoctoral research as a National Institute of Health postdoctoral fellow at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at The Scripps Research Institute with world renowned Chemistry Professor Julius Rebek, Jr. She went on to be employee No. 1 at Kinetix Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical startup company founded by celebrated scientist Nick Lydon.