News

News & Events

NJIT Alum Named a Global Climate Innovator for Groundbreaking Battery Recycling Technology

Tuesday, November 19th, 2024
Chao Yan, a New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) alumnus and co-founder of Princeton NuEnergy, has been named one of Business Insider’s Climate Action 15 for 2024 — a list highlighting global leaders deploying innovative solutions to combat the climate crisis.  The 15 honorees are trailbl...

NJIT Students Build Shoe Print Database to Help Solve Crimes in NJ and Beyond

Monday, October 28th, 2024
Forensic science students at New Jersey institute of Technology are giving criminal investigators a step up on solving cases, and they're doing it by enlisting the campus community's help through an enticing offer — “lend your soles” for free pizza. The university’s Forensic Science Student Associa...

NJIT Undergrad Earns Acclaim Abroad for Antibiotic Waste Research

Monday, September 30th, 2024
Biochemistry major Jonas Muller ’27 has earned plaudits abroad this summer after unveiling surprising findings on the environmental impact of antibiotic drugs during a poster competition at the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE) annual conference — one of the world's premier event...

New Semester, New Opportunities for First-Year Newark Natives at NJIT

Tuesday, September 24th, 2024
Back-to-school buzz has returned to campus, and with it has come the latest wave of promising first-year students hailing from NJIT’s home city of Newark. A growing number of these Newark natives are poised for success in their first semester thanks to several initiatives launched in recent years, ...

NJIT Ranks No. 84, Continues Rise in US News and World Report National Rankings

Tuesday, September 24th, 2024
New Jersey Institute of Technology’s standing in national rankings continues to rise with U.S. News & World Report placing NJIT No. 84 among U.S. universities — improving two places from last year — in the 2025 edition of its Best Colleges list. The latest ranking extends NJIT’s upward trajecto...

NJIT Devotes Over $10 Million in New Funds for Push in Artificial Intelligence

Monday, September 16th, 2024
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is launching a new, $10+ million initiative that will significantly advance the university’s strength in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and position NJIT to become a leader in both AI research and application in higher education. This augments alr...

NJIT Celebrates Historic Renaming of College of Science and Liberal Arts

Monday, September 16th, 2024
NJIT commemorated the official naming of the Jordan Hu College of Science and Liberal Arts, honoring a historic gift recently made by alumnus Jordan Hu '89, founder and CEO of RiskVal Financial Solutions, LLC.  The dedication, held inside NJIT's Campus Center Atrium on Sept. 6, brought togethe...

5 from NJIT Earn 'Enterprising Women in Commerce' Accolade

Tuesday, August 13th, 2024
Five professors and administrators from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) have been recognized as "Enterprising Women in Commerce" by Commerce Magazine, an honor that highlights outstanding achievements across a range of industries. The honorees are among the select group chosen by the Comm...

NJIT Researchers Close in on New Technology for Objectively Measuring Pain

Wednesday, July 24th, 2024
On a scale of one to ten, how much pain do you feel? It’s a question many patients get from their doctor in the U.S. each day, often accompanied by the Visual Analogue Scale from 1-10 that was first introduced in clinics in 1921. A century later, the simple assessment is perhaps the most widely use...

Sunblock for Solar Panels: NJIT Startup Merges Data, Material Science

Thursday, June 20th, 2024
Materium Technologies, a startup company with deep NJIT roots, is bringing data science innovations into the slowly evolving field of solar energy panels. Startups are always a gamble, but the Materium team has a good hand, with two pair of Highlanders — recent alumni Sheldon Fereira (M.S. ‘23) and...