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Spring 2026 Capstone Showcase Continues to Combine Experiential Learning with Real-World Solutions

Monday, June 1st, 2026
The Capstone Showcase is one of the final steps to completing a degree program in the Ying Wu College of Computing. It’s required of undergraduates, optional for master’s students, and continues to demonstrate how hands-on, practice-based learning delivers real results that exceed expectations – for...

Mehrdad Morsali - ECE PhD Student of the Month - June 2026

Monday, June 1st, 2026
Mehrdad Morsali is a fourth-year Ph.D. student in the ACAD Lab under the advice of Dr. Shaahin Angizi. His research focuses on edge computing and in-sensor computing for neural network acceleration, leveraging emerging hardware technologies such as silicon photonics. Outside of research, he enjoys w...

NJIT Named One of Forbes’ ‘Best Employers for New Grads’

Monday, June 1st, 2026
New Jersey Institute of Technology has been named one of Forbes’ America’s Best Employers for New Grads 2026, earning a place among the nation’s top workplaces for early-career professionals. It stands as the only higher education institution in New Jersey included among the state’s recognized emplo...

Q&A with David Bader, Recipient of Scientific Computing Honor

Friday, May 29th, 2026
NJIT’s David Bader, distinguished professor and director of the Institute for Data Science, was recently named one of the industry’s most influential researchers by Scientific Computing World. Scientific computing, also known as high-performance computing, refers to the hardware, software and networ...

Honors Scholars Turn Research, Service Learning Into Real-World Impact

Friday, May 29th, 2026
Students from Albert Dorman Honors College courses presented their semester’s research during the fifth Honors Interdisciplinary Research Forum, showcasing projects that ranged from bias in generative artificial intelligence to engineering responses for environmental challenges along Newark’s waterw...

NJIT Cybersecurity Research Adds Protection to AI-Built Code

Tuesday, May 26th, 2026
Software that will harden the security of AI-developed code is being developed at New Jersey Institute of Technology, funded by a $450,000 National Science Foundation grant. NJIT professors Zephyr Yao and Iulian Neamtiu decided they’d seen enough of the downside of programming assisted by artificial...

Brown, Ballen and Fotheringham Qualify for NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships

Monday, May 25th, 2026
Senior Jason Ballen and freshmen Eatoniel Brown and Jessie Fotheringham have officially qualified for the 2026 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships East First Round, set for May 27-30 at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. The Highlander trio secured qualification by ...

Computer Engineering Major Adam Mariano Graduates in Top 1%, Heads to Michigan for Masters

Monday, May 25th, 2026
Curiosity, an interest in computers and an affinity for problem-solving brought Adam Mariano '26 to New Jersey Institute of Technology, leading them to a major in computer engineering. But they also found space for their lifelong love of music, performing on the viola with the NJIT String Ensemble. ...

Prominent NJIT and Princeton Alumni Bond

Sunday, May 24th, 2026
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) alumnus Martin Tuchman, a prominent member of the Princeton, NJ community and a pioneer in the logistics and global trade industry for whom the Martin Tuchman School of Management at NJIT is named, recently connected with another Princeton icon—historic Jeop...

Gov. Mikie Sherrill Tells NJIT Class of 2026 to Dream Big and Build What Comes Next

Friday, May 22nd, 2026
NJIT celebrated its undergraduate Class of 2026 at Prudential Center in Newark, honoring baccalaureate degree candidates from across the university’s colleges in a ceremony centered on service, achievement, alumni connection and the responsibility to use an NJIT education with purpose. The May 22 ce...