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NJBIZ Education Power List Recognizes 2 Leaders at NJIT

Tuesday, September 15th, 2026
Two New Jersey Institute of Technology leaders — Oya Tukel, dean of the Martin Tuchman School of Management, and Atam Dhawan, chief strategic innovation officer and senior vice provost for research — have been named to the 2026 NJBIZ Education Power List. The annual list recognizes educators and adm...

Eckert Earns America East Rookie of the Week Honors

Tuesday, September 15th, 2026
Freshman Paige Eckert earned her first career America East Rookie of the Week honor, as announced by the league office Monday morning. A native of Warrington, Pennsylvania, and graduate of Archbishop Wood High School, Eckert helped lead the charge in NJIT's dominant win, 3-0, over LIU on Thursday. ...

NJIT Alum William Hall Carries Design Lessons Into Washington’s Federal Architecture

Friday, September 11th, 2026
When William Hall ’21 thinks about the veterans who will eventually walk through a new U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Copperas Cove, Texas, he considers more than how the building will function. As an assistant design lead on the project, Hall is working with LEO A DALY as ...

Stacey Ruhle Kliesch, AIA, ‘99 Recognized with NJIT Alumni Achievement Award

Tuesday, September 8th, 2026
Service has been the defining principle of Stacey Ruhle Kliesch's career—as an architect, mentor, educator, and advocate. That lifelong commitment has earned her the 2026 NJIT Alumni Achievement Award. Selection criteria include professional success, recognition by peers, and service to the school. ...

Men’s Soccer Blanks James Madison, 2-0, Rebelo Tallies Fourth Goal of Season

Monday, September 7th, 2026
NJIT recorded a goal in each half, while goalkeeper Andre Faerman and the Highlanders' defense combined for a clean sheet in NJIT's 2-0 home victory over visiting James Madison in non-conference action at Lubetkin Field at Mal Simon Stadium. Winners of three of their last four matches, the Highlande...

NJIT’s Largest Incoming Class Helps Kick Off the Academic Year

Friday, September 4th, 2026
The newest Highlanders arrived with boxes, suitcases and plenty of help as NJIT welcomed its largest incoming class and began a new academic year. More than 1,900 incoming students joined the NJIT community, contributing to the largest first-year enrollment in university history. Their introduction ...

Professor Julie Ancis Advises Civil Rights Committee on Online Antisemitism and Campus Life

Friday, September 4th, 2026
NJIT Distinguished Professor Julie Ancis brought her expertise in cyberpsychology and online hate to a federal civil-rights inquiry examining antisemitism in higher education. Ancis provided her expertise Sept. 1 before the New Jersey Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. The co...

NJIT Professor Invents Forecasting Method for Extreme Weather

Thursday, September 3rd, 2026
Meteorologists could predict hurricanes and analyze tsunamis more accurately and faster than ever, if a New Jersey Institute of Technology engineering professor’s creative software works out as planned. The new technique would run artificial intelligence on a simulation of what’s called a quantum re...

NJIT Alumna in Connected Aviation Turned Setbacks Into Strengths

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2026
When Priyanka Mahankali ’16 failed a networking course during her first semester at New Jersey Institute of Technology, she could have taken it as evidence that the subject was not for her. Instead, she took it as a challenge. Priyanka, who earned her master’s degree in computer science from NJIT, r...

David Bader Named to 2026 Class of IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Contributors

Tuesday, September 1st, 2026
David A. Bader, distinguished professor and founding director of the Institute for Data Science in the Ying Wu College of Computing, has been named to the 2026 Class of Distinguished Contributors of the IEEE Computer Society. The Distinguished Contributor Recognition Program is a permanent designati...