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NJIT Study Finds Overlooked 'Forever Chemicals' Widespread in New Jersey Tap Water and Bottled Beverages

Tuesday, October 13th, 2026
Researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) have found that a largely overlooked class of "forever chemicals" is widespread in New Jersey drinking water and commercially available bottled beverages, raising new questions about how these persistent contaminants are monitored and potentia...

NJIT Spinout OppyAI Takes Private Hybrid AI to the Global Stage

Monday, October 12th, 2026
What if organizations could use powerful cloud AI without handing over readable prompts, confidential context, or generated responses? OppyAI, an NJIT spinout led by Associate Professor Hai Phan in the Department of Data Science, is tackling that challenge with Neural Crypto, a technology designed t...

Men’s Soccer Rolls Past New Hampshire 6-3, Rebelo Registers 6 Points

Monday, October 12th, 2026
NJIT erupted for four first-half goals and added two more after the break to earn a 6-3 victory over New Hampshire in America East Conference men's soccer action Saturday night at Lubetkin Field at J. Malcolm Simon Stadium. Five different Highlanders found the back of the net in the win. Videos: Hi...

Gary Lauterbach ’78 Never Stopped Tinkering, His Gift Helps NJIT Students Do the Same

Friday, October 9th, 2026
The first computers Gary Lauterbach encountered were not in a classroom. As a teenager in Livingston, New Jersey, he spent Wednesday evenings at Bell Laboratories in Whippany with a Boy Scout Explorer post. The Bell Labs employee supervising the group was unusually permissive. Lauterbach and his fri...

Spencer McLane ’23 Brings Design Vision to Life at Aman’s First Mexico Resort

Thursday, October 8th, 2026
By the time Spencer McLane B. Arch ’23 first stepped onto the Amanvari construction site in Baja California Sur, the luxury resort had undergone a decade of design designs prior to his assignment on the Amarvari team. The drawings were elegant. His job was to make them buildable. McLane joined Aman ...

NJIT Computing Researchers Awarded for Code Evaluation Paper

Wednesday, October 7th, 2026
Common methods of measuring how people understand programming code are being analyzed in a new way by researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology, bringing a technique from social science into the world of computer science. Their goals are to correct what they see as flawed approaches in the s...

NJIT’s Martin Tuchman School of Management Introduces Three-Year Degree Pathway

Tuesday, October 6th, 2026
Students pursuing a business degree at NJIT will soon have a new option to complete the same 120-credit bachelor’s degree in three years, giving them a faster path to the workforce without sacrificing academic experience. The Martin Tuchman School of Management will launch its accelerated B.S. in Bu...

Highlander Community Recognized Among BINJE’s Best Hispanic Business Leaders

Monday, October 5th, 2026
Alumni, advisers and friends of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) are among BINJE’s Best Hispanic Business Leaders for 2026, a statewide recognition announced during Hispanic Heritage Month that honors more than 100 leaders across business, education, government and community service. The ho...

NJIT Celebrates Alumni Achievement and Teaching Excellence at Homecoming Celebration

Monday, October 5th, 2026
From developing water purification technologies and advanced computer systems to strengthening public health and educating future leaders, this year’s NJIT award recipients have built careers solving complex problems and creating opportunities for others. The university will celebrate their accompli...

Shilpa Mukhopadhyay - ECE PhD Student of the Month - October 2026

Monday, October 5th, 2026
Shilpa Mukhopadhyay is a first-year Ph.D. student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at NJIT, where she is pursuing her doctoral studies under the guidance of Dr. Arnob Ghosh. Her research interests focus on developing safe and robust reinforcement learning (RL) agents, with an em...