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NJIT's First-Year Engineers 'Dive' into Design, Shaping the Future at Annual Showcase

Tuesday, March 11th, 2025
The spirit of innovation and hands-on learning was in full force at the Newark College of Engineering's (NCE) annual First-Year Engineering Design Showcase, a highlight of National Engineers Week. This popular event, a testament to NJIT's commitment to early-stage practical engineering experience, s...

Zhihao 'Zephyr' Yao Recognized Among IEEE Top 30 Early Career Professionals

Monday, March 10th, 2025
Assistant Professor Zhihao "Zephyr" Yao of the Department of Computer Science at NJIT's Ying Wu College of Computing has been named among IEEE Computing’s Top Early Career Professionals. This prestigious recognition is awarded to individuals worldwide who have demonstrated exceptional earl...

Nine Track and Field Athletes Earned All-East Honors at the IC4A/ECAC Indoor Championships

Monday, March 10th, 2025
The NJIT track and field teams earned All-East honors in nine events at the IC4A/ECAC Indoor Championships this weekend at Boston University Track and Tennis Center. Nine medalists is the most at an IC4A/ECAC Indoor Championships in program history. The top eight finishers in each event earned meda...

Amir Ziaeddini - ECE PhD Student of the Month - March 2025

Friday, March 7th, 2025
Amir Ziaeddini is currently a Ph.D. student at NJIT, advised by Professor Joerg Kliewer, focusing on privacy-preserving techniques in decentralized federated learning networks. His research interests include wireless communications, signal processing, and machine learning. Before that, from 2012 to ...

CBS Highlights NJIT Public Safety's Groundbreaking All-Women 48-Hour Shift

Friday, March 7th, 2025
The weight of the badge is the same, but the story behind it is profoundly different. NJIT’s Department of Public Safety is taking progress to a new high-water mark when the March 24-25 shift will be staffed completely by its women. Featured on CBS New York, this dedicated team is demonstrating that...

NJIT Mathematician to Help Map Earth's Last Frontier with Navy Grant

Thursday, March 6th, 2025
We’ve mapped nearly all of Mars’ surface from orbit, yet we know less about Earth’s ocean floor — almost 75% remains unmapped in high resolution. This terrestrial blind spot is driving NJIT Mathematics Professor Eliza Michalopoulou’s latest research, funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR). Th...

'Insect Isle' Selected as Winning Proposal in Honors College Biodiversity Initiative

Wednesday, March 5th, 2025
NJIT’s Albert Dorman Honors College held its First-Year Seminar Biodiversity Initiatives colloquium, in which six student-led proposals were presented to increase and sustain biodiversity through a campus planting. This year’s plan focused around a renovation near Faculty Memorial Hall.  These...

Moore's Buzzer-Beater Lifts NJIT over Binghamton in Season Finale

Wednesday, March 5th, 2025
Tim Moore Jr. nailed a three-pointer jumper from the corner as time expired to give the Highlanders a dramatic 75-72 victory over Binghamton on Tuesday night. Moore finished the game with 22 points for his sixth 20-point game of the season, and his game-winner was his third three-point make in ...

Strategic Message from the President

Tuesday, March 4th, 2025
Dear NJIT Faculty and Staff,   NJIT is a strong and vibrant university that is both an engine of opportunity and a catalyst for technological research and innovation. As president, my primary focus is on assuring the continued ascent of our university and the assurance of ...

Fruit Fly Research Led NJIT Scientists and Edison Teens to Better AI Habits on Supercomputers

Monday, March 3rd, 2025
A competition to compare the brains of male vs. female fruit flies led New Jersey Institute of Technology researchers and two high school students to a second-place finish in the latest edition of the FlyWire Data Challenge, but more importantly the team learned new lessons about using artificial in...