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NJIT Marketing Experts Measure Brain Waves and Skin Current to Predict Emotions

Machines still can’t think, but now they can validate your feelings, based on new research from New Jersey Institute of Technology Assistant Professor Jorge Fresneda. Fresneda started his career as a...

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Ingenuity of NJIT's Budding Engineers Spotlighted at NCE Showcase

Recently, the ingenuity of Newark College of Engineering’s brightest first-year students was on full display at the 2024 NCE First Year Engineering Design Showcase.

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AI-Powered Surgical Training Program Provides Real-Time Feedback and Instruction

Practice makes perfect, and a new system being tested and perfected that enables surgical trainees to obtain cutting-edge instruction in real-time, all through a new artificial intelligence program. As...

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NJIT Launches Center for Translational Research

With the recent launch of its Center for Translational Research, NJIT is promising to quicken the pace of converting lab research into beneficial, market-ready products and services.

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Corry's Game-Winner Puts Lacrosse Past Manhattan, NJIT Stays Unbeaten

The Highlanders just keep finding a way to win. A late goal by Owen Corry with 51 seconds left proved to be the difference as the NJIT men's lacrosse team – playing its third game in seven days –...

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NJIT Earns Hispanic-Serving Status from US Dept. of Education

A year earlier than targeted, New Jersey Institute of Technology has earned the federal distinction of being a Hispanic-serving institution (HSI).

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Advocating for More Women in STEM, Avanade Awards Scholarships at NJIT

Six exceptional students have been awarded the Avanade STEM Scholarship to further their pursuit of a degree at NJIT. Avanade, in support of its mission to encourage young people — especially women —...

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Celebrating NJIT's Black/African American Employee Resource Group

NJIT has established employee resource groups (ERG) that meet regularly, build community for underrepresented employees and encourage faculty and staff to connect outside of their direct working...

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$265K Awarded to NJIT Researchers Via New Jersey Health Foundation Grants

Six NJIT researchers have secured grants in the latest round of funding provided by the New Jersey Health Foundation (NJHF), which has increased its funding in both its Community Health, Social...

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'Green Brick City' Selected as Winning Proposal in Honors College...

NJIT’s Albert Dorman Honors College held its First-Year Seminar Biodiversity Initiatives colloquium, in which six student-led proposals were presented to renovate an area next to Kupfrian Hall.  These...

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Men's Lacrosse Rolls To 6-0 With 15-5 Win Over Wagner

Not even Mother Nature can stop the Highlanders right now. Despite rainy conditions throughout the contest, the NJIT men's lacrosse team improved to 6-0 with a 15-5 victory over the Wagner Seahawks...

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NJIT Women's Basketball Cruises to Victory on Senior Day, Secures Spot in...

NJIT graduate student Kenna Squier scored a team-best 15 points, leading the Highlanders to a 64-38 home victory on Senior Day over visiting Bryant in the final America East Conference regular season...

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NJIT Chemist Wins Wallace H. Coulter Award for Career Achievements

NJIT Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Wunmi Sadik has recently been honored with the prestigious Wallace H. Coulter Lectureship during a guest appearance at one of the largest scientific...

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NJIT Recognizes United Services, Inc.'s Commitment to University with Naming...

NJIT hosted a program and reception to celebrate the naming of the United Services, Inc. Fitness Center in the Joel & Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center (WEC).  United Services, Inc. (USI)...

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NJIT Offers Concrete Examples of Artificial Intelligence in Bloomberg Radio...

Artificial intelligence shows tremendous potential in forecasting, be it in identifying a vulnerable power line via a drone photo or analyzing body camera footage to flag a police officer who may be at...

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NJIT Professor Trains College Counselors to Help Fight Antisemitism

As data from the Anti-Defamation League shows antisemitism growing on college campuses in recent years and spiking after the Hamas-Israel conflict, a New Jersey Institute of Technology researcher is...

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NJIT's David Bader on the Future of AI: Silver Linings, a Touch of Grey

Artificial intelligence, data science and the emerging field of quantum computing are among the hottest research topics in computing overall. David Bader, a distinguished professor in NJIT’s Ying Wu...

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NJIT Leaders Recognized in 2024 Women in Business Influencer List

NJIT administrators, deans, alumni and board members are recognized in ROI-NJ’s 2024 list of influential Women in Business, which noted their impact in different sectors. These remarkable women...

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Men's Lacrosse Trounces Lindenwood 18-5, Moves To 7-0

#RollTech rolls on. The NJIT men's lacrosse team moved to 7-0 on the year with a 18-5 win over the Lindenwood Lions Saturday afternoon at Lubetkin Field at Mal Simon Stadium. In a year of growth,...

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At NJIT, TV Trailblazer Tells Women to Assert Themselves and 'Be the Change'

Dolores Morris’ road to a career in television production was circuitous but ultimately fruitful and rewarding — from Children’s Television Workshop to ABC to Disney to HBO. It didn’t come easily,...

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Women's Tennis Wins Tenth Straight With Senior Day Victory Over Temple

The wins just keep on coming. The NJIT women's tennis team won its tenth consecutive match and honored its seniors with a hard-fought 4-3 win over the Temple Owls Friday evening at the Naimoli Family...

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PhD Graduate Jorge Alberto Medina's Passion for Electronics Started in his...

Jorge Alberto Medina '23 grew up with electronics. He recalls watching his dad disassemble and rebuild electronic equipment, and leafed through stacks of monthly electronics magazines as his light...

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NJIT Conference: How Can Artificial Intelligence Work for All of Us?

What are the latest innovations around artificial intelligence, how will it change the way we work and what safeguards are needed to address systemic inequities? Data scientists, policy experts and the...

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From Underdog to Unbelievable, NJIT Men's Lacrosse is on a Historic Run

As the NJIT men's lacrosse team enters the America East portion of it's schedule, a look back at its historic 7-0 non-conference slate is in order. During their unbeaten start to the 2024 season, NJIT...

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Apple Highlights Stryker, an NJIT Alum's Medical Tech Group, for VisionPro App

Robert Cohen, a three-time New Jersey Institute of Technology alumnus and current chair of the university’s Board of Trustees, leads a digital, robotics and enabling technology division at medical...

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Bullpen and Late Offensive Effort Lead the Highlanders Past Binghamton

The NJIT baseball team battled back from three different deficits on Sunday before ultimately defeating host Binghamton 8-5 in America East Conference action at the Bearcats Baseball Complex.  The...

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NJIT's Undergrad Forensics Program Awarded National Accreditation, a First in NJ

NJIT’s undergraduate forensic science program has been awarded full accreditation from the Forensic Science Education Programs Accreditation Commission (FEPAC) of the American Academy of Forensic...

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Two NJIT Research Groups Awarded as Part of $1.2M EPA P3 Program

Two NJIT projects have been awarded as part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) People, Prosperity, and the Planet (P3) Program. The $1.2 million program funded 16 different...

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Chief Engineer of Port Authority NY/NJ Rizwan Baig Visits NJIT

Rizwan Baig, chief engineer of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, visited NJIT to give a presentation on building the 21st-century transportation system. His talk, covering the...

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Sabremetricians Unite: Management School Adds Program in Sports Data Analytics

Numbers pervade athletics, from the major professional leagues to amateur levels to public betting, and now NJIT is getting into the game with an academic concentration in business and sports data...

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No. 67 NJIT Men's Tennis Remains Unbeaten at Home with Win Over Lehigh

The NJIT men's tennis team returned home to the Naimoli Family Tennis Center on Saturday following five-straight road matches and defeated visiting Lehigh 7-0 to remain unbeaten through eight home...

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Ladehoff's Early Offense Pushes NJIT Past Fairfield in Series Rubber Match

The NJIT baseball team jumped out in front early and held off host Fairfield late, winning 8-5 in non-conference action on Sunday at the Alumni Baseball Diamond. Sunday's victory gave the Highlanders...

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Leaders of NJIT's New Jersey Innovation Institute Make Health Care Power Lists

Leaders of the New Jersey Innovation Institute, the corporation of New Jersey Institute of Technology that turns innovative research and ideas into businesses, are featured in NJBIZ’s 2024 health care...

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NJIT Joins the Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities

New Jersey Institute of Technology has joined the Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities as its 22nd member. With a total enrollment of more than 13,000, NJIT increased its Hispanic student...

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NJIT Research Team Discovering How Fluids Behave in Nanopores with NSF Grant

A research team from New Jersey Institute of Technology is uncovering mysteries surrounding fluids in nanoporous materials, and has been recently awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation...

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Celebrating NJIT's Women's Leadership and Employee Resource Group

NJIT has established employee resource groups (ERG) that meet regularly and encourage faculty and staff to connect outside of their direct working relationships. This month, NJIT is celebrating its...

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Young Minds Bring Health, Wellness Innovation to NJIT's eSTEM Challenge

The excitement was palpable at NJIT’s fourth annual Elementary STEM Challenge (eSTEM) — an event that recently brought scores of 3rd-5th grade students to campus to show off tech innovations they’ve...

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NJIT Volleyball Sweeps Charleston on Senior Day, Earns First EIVA Win in 2024

NJIT swept visiting Charleston (WV), 3-0, on Senior Day to earn the Highlanders first EIVA Conference win of the season inside the Joel and Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center Saturday afternoon.

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NJIT Baseball Dominates UMass Lowell to Earn Series Clinching Victory

The NJIT baseball team clinched its second-straight series victory on Saturday, as the Highlanders dominated their way to a 10-2 victory at Yogi Berra Stadium. The Highlanders (10-15, 3-2 America East)...

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Ph.D. Candidate's AR Project May Transform Physical Science Learning

Can learning your periodic tables in chemistry class actually be fun? Kantida Nanon, a Ph.D. candidate, thinks her augmented reality (AR) solution may provide the eureka moment that every science...

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NJIT Team Wins Film Contest Inspired by Kevin Smith Film Universe

A group of film students and faculty from the NJIT-Rutgers Theatre Arts Program have taken creative inspiration from the cinematic universe of N.J.-born filmmaker Kevin Smith, and it’s earned them...

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NJIT Aims to Be an Innovation Nexus Under Its New Strategic Plan

New Jersey Institute of Technology aims to be a nexus of innovation that embraces new tech, commercializes groundbreaking research, leverages its diversity and tackles global environmental and...

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NJIT Athletics Presents the 2024 Highlanders Athletics Golf Classic

The NJIT Highlander Athletics Golf Classic is celebrating its 25th year and is presented by USI Services, Inc. Mark your calendar for Monday, May 6 at the Hamilton Farm Golf Club in Gladstone, New...

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Remembering Dr. Robert E. Lynch: Beloved Professor Honored with Memorial...

On June 22, 2023, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) lost a beloved community member in the passing of Robert E. Lynch. James Wise Professor of Theater and Emeritus Professor of English. Dr....

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NJIT and NJII Launch Learning and Development Initiative

The Learning and Development Initiative (LDI), a pioneering collaboration between New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), has launched and brings...

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NJIT Engineers Muffle Invading Pathogens with a 'Molecular Mask'

Vaccines remain the gold standard of protection against dangerous pathogens, but take considerable time and vast resources to develop. Rapidly mutating viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 can blunt their...

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Keynote Speakers, Honorees Announced for NJIT's 2024 Commencement Ceremonies

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has proudly revealed the distinguished keynote speakers for its 2024 Commencement ceremonies, each representing a remarkable journey of achievement and success.

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Choi's Walk-Off Blast Gives NJIT 3-2 Win Over Quinnipiac

The NJIT baseball team relied on its veterans to come up big on Saturday as the Highlanders defeated visiting Quinnipiac 3-2 in 10 innings at Yogi Berra Stadium. Quinnipiac came from behind to win game...

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Back-to-Back Wins for Men's Volleyball, Negri Paces NJIT with 17 Kills

NJIT's Alessandro Negri paced the visiting Highlanders with 17 kills as NJIT picked up its second consecutive victory with a 3-1 win at Harvard Saturday afternoon in EIVA Conference men's volleyball...

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NJIT Undergraduate Researchers Secure Prestigious Goldwater Scholarships

From an estimated pool of over 5,000 college sophomores and juniors, two NJIT students — Danna Valentina Sanchez Hernandez and Owen West — have been named Goldwater Scholars this year by the Barry...

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