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Gary Lauterbach ’78 Never Stopped Tinkering, His Gift Helps NJIT Students Do the Same

Friday, October 9th, 2026
The first computers Gary Lauterbach encountered were not in a classroom. As a teenager in Livingston, New Jersey, he spent Wednesday evenings at Bell Laboratories in Whippany with a Boy Scout Explorer post. The Bell Labs employee supervising the group was unusually permissive. Lauterbach and his fri...

Spencer McLane ’23 Brings Design Vision to Life at Aman’s First Mexico Resort

Thursday, October 8th, 2026
By the time Spencer McLane B. Arch ’23 first stepped onto the Amanvari construction site in Baja California Sur, the luxury resort had undergone a decade of design designs prior to his assignment on the Amarvari team. The drawings were elegant. His job was to make them buildable. McLane joined Aman ...

NJIT Computing Researchers Awarded for Code Evaluation Paper

Wednesday, October 7th, 2026
Common methods of measuring how people understand programming code are being analyzed in a new way by researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology, bringing a technique from social science into the world of computer science. Their goals are to correct what they see as flawed approaches in the s...

NJIT’s Martin Tuchman School of Management Introduces Three-Year Degree Pathway

Tuesday, October 6th, 2026
Students pursuing a business degree at NJIT will soon have a new option to complete the same 120-credit bachelor’s degree in three years, giving them a faster path to the workforce without sacrificing academic experience. The Martin Tuchman School of Management will launch its accelerated B.S. in Bu...

Highlander Community Recognized Among BINJE’s Best Hispanic Business Leaders

Monday, October 5th, 2026
Alumni, advisers and friends of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) are among BINJE’s Best Hispanic Business Leaders for 2026, a statewide recognition announced during Hispanic Heritage Month that honors more than 100 leaders across business, education, government and community service. The ho...

NJIT Celebrates Alumni Achievement and Teaching Excellence at Homecoming Celebration

Monday, October 5th, 2026
From developing water purification technologies and advanced computer systems to strengthening public health and educating future leaders, this year’s NJIT award recipients have built careers solving complex problems and creating opportunities for others. The university will celebrate their accompli...

Men’s Soccer Battles for 90 Minutes to Split with No. 12 Vermont

Saturday, October 3rd, 2026
NJIT played No. 12 Vermont to a 1-1 draw on Saturday at Virtue Field in America East Conference men's soccer action. NJIT is 5-4-2 overall and 1-0-1 in conference play, remaining undefeated in the last four straight matches. Vermont, ranked No. 12 moved to 7-1-3 overall and 1-0-1 in conference play...

Finding Signals, Ignoring Noise: NJIT PhD Grad Helps AI Detect Hate Speech

Friday, October 2nd, 2026
Count from one up to fifty. Simple, right? Now try that while watching a video about the history of math and listening to a song about multiplication, as ten nearby people shout random numbers. Not so easy, is it? When you're surrounded by distractions, focusing on one task can be a challenge — for...

NJIT Hosts International High School Robotics Tournament, Sending Three to World Champs

Wednesday, September 30th, 2026
High school robotics teams from Vancouver, B.C., Irvine, Calif. and Flushing, N.Y. won the 2026 Highlander Summit at New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Wellness and Events Center this fall. The summit is a major competition on the Vex Robotics circuit, with the winners besting 94 others to advance...

NJIT Ranks No. 22 in Princeton Review's Best Value List, 6th Year in Top 50

Tuesday, September 29th, 2026
For the sixth consecutive year, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is a Top 50 Best Value College in The Princeton Review’s annual ranking of public institutions. At No. 22 in the 2027 edition, NJIT climbed seven spots this year and is the only university in New Jersey included in the Top 50 ...