New England Institute of Technology

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Speaks to 2013 New England Tech Graduates

Flo Jonic — Mon, 06 May 2013 13:41:27 +0000

Retired professional basketball player, best-selling author and filmmaker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the keynote speaker at the New England Institute of Technology graduation ceremony yesterday (Sunday.) He told the roughly 12-hundred graduates about the things he wished he had done when he was their age.

NEIT Gets Nod for Game Design

Elisabeth Harrison — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:56:38 +0000

The New England Institute of Technology (NEIT) is one of the best places in the country to study video game design, according to the Princeton Review. The college and university ranking organization has placed NEIT at number 14 on its list of the top 15 undergraduate institutions for video game design.

The ranking puts NEIT in the company of schools like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which earned the number two slot, and the University of Southern California, ranked 5th. The top-ranked school for video gaming programs was the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.

Panel tonight: educating workers for the 21st century

Elisabeth Harrison — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:50:24 +0000

Stop by the Providence Athenaeum at 6 p.m. tonight! We'll be discussing how schools are changing to prepare students for 21st Century jobs.

I'm looking forward to a spirited conversation about what skills students will need as technology quickly transforms the world around us. We'll explore the value of a liberal arts degree, changes to curriculum in K-12 schools and what employers are seeking and finding in Rhode Island graduates. Join us!

The panelists are: