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Track and Field Coaches Association Tabs NJIT Teams as All-Academic

Monday, July 31st, 2023
The NJIT men's and women's track and field teams continued their recent run of academic success by once again earning U.S. Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic team status, the organization announced this month.  The Highlander women (3.3) and men (3.05) ...

NJIT's Online M.S. in Computer Science Ranked 5th in Nation by Fortune

Thursday, July 27th, 2023
New Jersey Institute of Technology is fifth nationwide for its online M.S. in computer science, according to the latest ranking from Fortune. The publication's ranking follows their prior report from January, which placed NJIT's Ying Wu College of Computing fourth nationwide in cybersecurity a...

At NJIT, NJ's Governor Lays Out Plans for Trade Mission to East Asia

Wednesday, July 26th, 2023
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, during an appearance at New Jersey Institute of Technology, unveiled plans for a trade mission to East Asia this fall that will seek to generate more jobs and investment in the state. Murphy, speaking during a business roundtable with N.J. Chamber of Commerce President ...

For Sam Sabet, Transferring to NJIT Led to Triple Degrees and a Dream Job

Monday, July 24th, 2023
Sam Sabet, the new Chief Technology Officer of industrial audio firm Shure Inc., has an NJIT degree for every season of his career. After transferring from American University in Cairo, Sabet arrived in Newark in 1995 and earned a B.S. in what was then called computer information systems. He return...

At NJIT, McNair Scholars Advance Research as Their Futures Unfold

Monday, July 24th, 2023
NJIT’s McNair Scholars have been igniting their research efforts in campus labs this summer, and many are starting to see their career aspirations take shape in the process. NJIT’s Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement program has often been described as life-changing by those selected ev...

Industrial Designer Matthew Negron Shares his Path from NJIT to President of Dauphin Americas

Monday, July 24th, 2023
When Matthew Negron ’13, ‘16 started his education at NJIT, he was among the earliest cohorts to join the newly-formed industrial design program at Hillier College of Architecture and Design.  Initially starting as an architecture student, his interests shifted and found that the budding indus...

NJIT's Forensic Science Initiative Celebrates First Graduates

Wednesday, July 19th, 2023
A select group of local high school seniors have become the first graduates of NJIT’s Forensic Science Initiative (FSI) after successfully completing an intensive STEM training program this year. FSI’s inaugural class recently drew plaudits from the professional forensic science community at a New ...

Martin Kellogg Lands $450K NSF Grant, Developing New Approach to Stop Bugs

Tuesday, July 18th, 2023
NJIT Assistant Professor Martin Kellogg is a software exterminator, obsessed with inventing programs that squash bugs in other people's code, and now he's working on the elusive balance between usability vs. perfection. Kellogg recently won a four-year, $450,000 National Science Foundation grant to...

The Rise of a Climate-Triggered Neurotoxin in the Arctic Tundra

Monday, July 17th, 2023
Climbing temperatures in the Arctic tundra are transforming inorganic mercury deposited by power plants and other industrial polluters, some of it inert for decades, into a neurotoxin that is accumulating in the region’s lake sediments, wetland ponds, soils and food chains. Certain tiny anaerobic m...

Four Ying Wu College of Computing Students: Life After 2023 Graduation

Thursday, July 13th, 2023
“So, what are your plans after graduation?” This is the question asked by uncles and aunts, grandparents, neighbors – and occasionally parents – from the Thanksgiving dinner table right up until graduation day. Four May 2023 Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) graduates highlighted below are a few o...