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Women's Tennis Tops Rutgers For Signature Victory

Friday, January 28th, 2022
The NJIT women's tennis team rallied from losing its doubles point to defeat the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, 5-2, Friday afternoon at the East Brunswick Racquet Club. The victory was the Highlanders' first-ever over Rutgers (0-4 prior since 2015) and the program's first-ever win over a Power 5 school ...

NJIT Comes from Behind to Upset No. 12 UC San Diego to Stay Perfect at Home

Friday, January 28th, 2022
The NJIT men's volleyball team came from behind and outlasted No. 12 UC San Diego in five sets behind three Highlanders recording double-digit kills paced by Jens Feldthus, who recorded a career-best 18, upsetting the visiting Tritons at home, 3-2, Friday evening inside NJIT's Wellness and Events Ce...

Management Alum's Startup App Offers New Approach to Make Friends and Date

Friday, January 28th, 2022
Business school alumnus Tomi Antoljak wants to do for online relationships what NBC's The Voice did for singing competitions. People using his new mobile app, Hangoo, talk first — and then only get to see each other if there's a match. "My belief really is that voice is the more authentic way to c...

New Study Challenges Core Understanding of How Efficient Solar Flares Release Their Energy

Thursday, January 27th, 2022
New findings published Jan. 27 in the journal Nature Astronomy have called into question decades of theoretical understanding used by astrophysicists to interpret an observational phenomenon central to understanding energy released during powerful eruptions from the Sun, known as solar flares. Sola...

NJIT Increases Financial Aid Offerings With Garden State Guarantee

Wednesday, January 26th, 2022
NJIT students can soon see their out-of-pocket costs reduced thanks to New Jersey’s Garden State Guarantee (GSG), which makes a college degree more accessible and affordable for New Jersey residents who attend in-state, public four-year institutions. New Jersey’s GSG program, designed for third- an...

Spring Semester Address

Tuesday, January 25th, 2022
Last week, we began the spring semester using remote learning and operations wherever possible in order to mitigate the post-holiday spread of COVID on our campus. Next week, we will return to in-person classes and operations throughout our university, so I would like to take this opportunity to wel...

US News and World Report Ranks NJIT Online Programs Top 100 Nationally, Top 3 Statewide

Tuesday, January 25th, 2022
Three of NJIT's online graduate programs placed among the top 100 in this year's U.S. News & World Report rankings of American universities, and in the top three for New Jersey institutions. More colleges and universities than ever before began offering distance learning options in response to ...

NJIT Sweeps Visiting Purdue Fort Wayne for First Win of 2022

Monday, January 24th, 2022
The NJIT men's volleyball team picked up its first win of the 2022 season sweeping visiting Purdue Fort Wayne, 3-0 (25-16, 25-19, 26-24), Sunday afternoon in men's volleyball non-conference action inside NJIT's Wellness and Events Center. NJIT (1-2) hit an impressive .456 behind a team-best 11 kill...

NJIT Professor's COVID-19 Research Is Personal and Prolific, with 3 Books Out, 2 to Come

Monday, January 24th, 2022
As a researcher, NJIT Adjunct Professor Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain is fascinated by COVID-19, having just co-edited three books on the virus and its implications, with two more on the way, distinguishing himself globally as a prolific researcher on the topic. But his interest isn’t just professiona...

Lyzi Litwinko's Double-Double Leads NJIT Back into the Win Column

Saturday, January 22nd, 2022
Sophomore guard Lyzi Litwinko combined for her fourth career double-double, netting a personal-best 22 points and 10 rebounds as the Highlanders moved back into the win column with a 58-48 victory over visiting Binghamton in America East Conference women's basketball action inside NJIT's Wellness an...