News

News & Events

Alumnus Peter Cheris Shines Light on EOP Through New Scholarship

Tuesday, February 25th, 2025
For over 55 years, NJIT’s Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) has been a beacon of hope for talented students from educationally and economically disadvantaged backgrounds, opening doors to higher education and empowering them to achieve success in STEM fields and beyond. Now, thanks to the gener...

Men's Volleyball Sweeps No. 19 Penn State in EIVA Action

Monday, February 24th, 2025
The NJIT men's volleyball team swept No. 19 Penn State in EIVA Conference men's volleyball action Friday evening inside the Joel and Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center. The Highlanders, which moved back into the win column, swept the Nittany Lions, 3-0, 25-21, 29-27 and 25-22. NJIT improved to...

An AI Class That is Exclusive and Needed Now More Than Ever

Monday, February 24th, 2025
A famous movie quote included the phrase, “…what I do have are a very particular set of skills.” The same can be said by Associate Professor Andrew Sohn in Ying Wu College of Computing’s (YWCC) department of computer science, whose course, CS 485: Intro to GPU Cluster Programming, may well be – tech...

NJIT Architecture Alum Bryan Lee Jr. Named 2025-2026 NOMA President

Monday, February 24th, 2025
Bryan C. Lee Jr. ’08, an architect, educator and design justice advocate with a master’s in architecture from NJIT’s Hillier College of Architecture and Design, was recently named president of the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA).  Lee is the founder and director of Colloqat...

NJIT Professor and 2 Alumni Rise to Fellows at the American Institute of Architects

Thursday, February 20th, 2025
The American Institute of Architects is celebrating a New Jersey Institute of Technology professor and two alumni for their professional excellence and societal impact. Professor of Design Georgeen Theodore and alumni Bryan C. Lee Jr. and Michael Hanrahan were elevated to organization’s College of ...

Two NJIT Faculty Elected as National Academy of Inventors Senior Members

Thursday, February 20th, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology Professors Vivek Kumar and Xuan Liu have been named as Senior Members in the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) 2025 class. They join 162 emerging academic inventors from 64 NAI Member Institutions across the nation recognized for their outstanding contributions t...

NJIT Biologist Wins NSF CAREER Award to Explore Hidden Hydrological Factor to Forest Resilience

Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology biologist Xiaonan Tai has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to investigate how landscape positions determine forest fate during extreme heat and drought — a factor that could help explain why some forests perish while others survive. The CAREER A...

NJIT Town Hall - April 1, 2025

Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
Dear Highlanders,    Please join us on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Atrium for our spring town hall meeting. These gatherings are important opportunities for dialog and feedback, so we highly encourage your participation.   For those in...

Tech Can Help People Living with Dementia to Help Themselves, NJIT Expert Says

Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
People with mild dementia might live more independently if assistive technology could evolve in parallel with their progressing conditions, according to new research from Alisha Pradhan, assistant professor of informatics at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Pradhan and Clemson University assista...

NJIT's Grace Hopper AI Research Institute Launches with $1 Million in Research Proposals

Monday, February 17th, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has taken a significant step in its commitment to advancing artificial intelligence by establishing the Grace Hopper AI Research Institute (GHRI). The institute is a key component of NJIT's $10 million AI Initiative aimed at enhancing the university's capabi...