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NJIT Chemist Leads Effort to Help Create the Circular Plastic Economy of the Future

Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Less than 13% of our plastic waste is truly recycled today, with most consumer plastics either downcycled into lower-quality products or joining the billions of tons discarded in landfills and oceans each year. But what if our plastics could be...

NJIT Researchers Develop Rapid Method to Detect Micro- and Nanoplastics in Seconds

Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Microplastics and nanoplastics — tiny fragments shed from everyday plastic products — are increasingly found in our food, water, soil and even inside the human body. Their accumulation has been linked to fertility issues, metabolic disorders and...

NJIT No. 27 in Princeton Review's Best Value List, 5th Year in Top 50

Tuesday, June 24, 2025
For the fifth straight year, New Jersey Institute of Technology is a Top 50 Best Value College in The Princeton Review’s annual ranking of public institutions.

NJIT Alumnus Jordan Hu Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year

Thursday, June 12, 2025
Jordan Hu ’89, CEO of RiskVal Financial Solutions, and a distinguished alumnus of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), has been named the 2025 New Jersey winner of the Ernst...

Undergrad Exploring Human-Disrupted Ecosystems Becomes NJIT's First Udall Scholar

Monday, June 9, 2025
How do organisms adapt — or fail to adapt — to dramatic environmental changes, particularly those caused by human activity?

Award-Winning NJIT Grad Set for Successful Career as Forensic Chemist

Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Katya Cunha took the stage at Commencement 2025 amid a wave of major honors — NJIT’s Presidential Award, selection as Jordan Hu College of Science and Liberal Arts' gonfalon carrier and the sole national recipient of the American Society of Crime...

After Sparking a Reaction at NJIT, Alexis Palmere Pursues Chemistry Ph.D. at Pitt

Thursday, May 22, 2025
Alexis Palmere is riding the wave of excitement from commencement day, and with good reason. The biochemistry major from West Orange graduated summa cum laude and is set to begin her chemistry Ph.D. studies at the University of Pittsburgh in the...

New NJIT Grads Share Memories and Career Goals

Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Of the thousands of students graduating from New Jersey Institute of Technology today, many will bring their families to take pictures on the grassy hill in front of Eberhardt Hall — it's a university tradition.

Be True to Yourself & Make a Difference, Speakers Tell NJIT's Class of 2025

Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Persevere, be authentic, remain flexible and make a difference in the world, speakers told the Class of 2025 at New Jersey Institute of Technology’s undergraduate commencement.

Rooted in Research, Ready to Lead: NJIT's Master's and Doctoral Degree Class of 2025

Monday, May 19, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology served up a full day of fanfare as its advanced degree graduates walked across the stage in the Bloom Wellness and Events Center in three commencement ceremonies.