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NJIT Names Alumnus Pelesko as Interim President, Effective August 4, 2026

Friday, June 12th, 2026
Following the June 9 announcement of NJIT President Teik C. Lim’s intent to retire from the university on August 3, 2026, the university’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously to appoint Dr. John A. Pelesko, NJIT’s provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, to serve as interim preside...

Construction Workers Get Mental Health Support from NJIT Initiative

Thursday, June 11th, 2026
Construction is a physically demanding profession. But for many in the industry, a far greater challenge is managing mental and emotional well-being. Anxiety, depression, substance abuse and addiction in construction workers often go unreported and untreated. Long workdays, hazardous conditions, unp...

From NJIT to Harvard, Austin Chen Designs for a More Sustainable Future

Wednesday, June 10th, 2026
Austin Chen ’26 arrived at NJIT with an interest in architecture, but he leaves with something more defined: a belief that the built environment must be measured not only by its form, but also by its function, performance, and how it responds to people who inhabit it. Chen, an Albert Dorman Honors C...

Zac Kuzak Named 2025-26 America East Man of the Year

Wednesday, June 10th, 2026
NJIT men's swimming and diving senior Zac Kuzak has been named the 2025-26 America East Conference Man of the Year, the league office announced at the conference's annual awards dinner on the evening of June 2. Kuzak becomes the first student-athlete in NJIT Athletics history to be named America Eas...

President Teik Lim to Retire from NJIT

Tuesday, June 9th, 2026
The Board of Trustees and President Teik C. Lim jointly announce today that President Lim will retire from NJIT, effective August 3, 2026, to conclude his successful tenure and transition toward a new chapter of professional and personal interests. President Lim has served as NJIT’s ninth president ...

From Classroom to Job Site: How Pennoni and NJIT Are Building an Engineering Partnership

Tuesday, June 9th, 2026
By the time Celine Jobson arrived at Pennoni, she had already seen engineering from several angles. A senior biomedical engineering student at New Jersey Institute of Technology with a minor in legal studies, Jobson had built experience in research, municipal work and industry settings. At Pennoni, ...

Graduate Enzo Suarez Followed NJIT's Engineering Track to a Career in Railroads

Monday, June 8th, 2026
Attending New Jersey Institute of Technology set Enzo Suarez '25 on the right track: toward a career in railroads. Suarez graduated magna cum laude — a semester early — with a B.S. in Civil Engineering and multiple departmental honors, including the Freshman and Senior Excellence Awards from the Joh...

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...