Technology for the greater good of society. That is a principal tenet of the NJIT mission, and one that is carried forward by the university’s Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) and its many initiatives to increase education and opportunity for K-12 students in the city of Newark. Several NJIT delegates joined city and state educators and politicians, along with a celebrity or two, at a recent Newark Board of Education partnership meeting, including YWCC Dean Jamie Payton, Chief of Public & Community Affairs Angela Garretson and B.S. in Information Technology student Delali Kumapley.
“I’m proud of the work our faculty, staff and students are doing with Newark’s students to create ambitious and engaging learning experiences. When we bring young people together around computing and math, we create new opportunities for connection, collaboration and problem-solving skills that apply across disciplines,” said Payton. Kumapley is working with Garretson on a 10-year plan to propel Newark further ahead as part of her independent study on policy and computing. “The city has come so far in transformation. Now we want to push it beyond trash clean-ups to explore the full value of what NJIT has to offer in the way of education, partnerships and resources.”
Colin Kaepernick, former San Francisco 49ers quarterback and now a tech entrepreneur, was a featured guest at the meeting. He presented his platform, Lumi AI, which leverages tools to create novels in comic book form based on plot lines, characters, contextual elements and historical details. To read the full story.