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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...

Memorial Day Message from NJIT President Teik C. Lim

Saturday, May 23rd, 2026
Dear Highlanders,As many of us celebrate the unofficial beginning of summer by gathering this weekend with family and friends while observing the Memorial Day holiday, I hope you will join me in honoring those who sacrificed their lives serving in the United States military. Their courage and selfle...

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...

Outstanding Senior Samantha Montalbine Acquired Honors, Awards and Confidence

Thursday, May 21st, 2026
Samantha Montalbine '26 always knew that she liked engineering. She was team captain of her middle-school robotics team in Brooklyn, and at Freehold Township High School she took engineering classes and served as president of the Technology Students Association. But when Montalbine applied to New Je...

Hillier College Studio on Bergen Arches Visualizes a Greenway with Transit for Jersey City

Thursday, May 21st, 2026
Students in Adjunct Professor Vincent Marchetto’s architecture studio are redesigning an abandoned railroad right-of-way in Jersey City as a 21st century urban greenway. Reconnection: The Bergen Arches studio focuses on the mile-long Erie Cut, a 60-foot-wide channel blasted from the live rock of the...

For NJIT’s Master’s and Doctoral Class of 2026, a Charge to Adapt, Persist and Lead

Wednesday, May 20th, 2026
NJIT celebrated its master’s and doctoral graduates in two commencement ceremonies that joined academic tradition with messages about resilience, uncertainty, knowledge and the responsibility to use advanced education in service of others. The ceremonies, held May 20 at NJIT’s Bloom Wellness and Eve...

NJIT Radio Observations Help Uncover Why Some Solar Eruptions Fail

Wednesday, May 20th, 2026
A solar eruption that seemed poised to blast into space instead stalled and collapsed — and radio observations from NJIT’s Expanded Owens Valley Solar Array (EOVSA) helped reveal the magnetic forces that brought it down. In a new study, published May 20 in Nature Astronomy, an international team of ...