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Engineers Unveil Survival Mechanisms of a Singularly Durable Life Form, the Spore

Monday, June 24th, 2024
Bacterial spores are some of nature’s most adept survivors. Subject to extreme environments – blazing and freezing temperatures, drought and even the vacuum of space – they coat themselves in a thick husk and lie dormant until conditions improve. In studying the way these single-cell organisms resp...

NJIT Alum and Trustee Chair Robert Cohen Inducted as Fellow to the National Academy of Inventors

Friday, June 21st, 2024
Robert Cohen, a three-time alumnus, chair of NJIT's Board of Trustees and President of Digital, Robotics, and Enabling Technologies at Stryker, has been inducted as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). This prestigious honor recognizes Cohen’s prolific, innovative and groundbreaking ...

Princeton Review Ranks NJIT No. 23 in the U.S. for Best Value

Thursday, June 20th, 2024
New Jersey Institute of Technology’s value proposition has grown in the eyes of The Princeton Review. The university ranks No. 23 nationally among public schools on the review’s list of Top 50 Best Value Colleges for 2024 — up 12 places from last year. At the same time, NJIT remains No. 11 among pu...

Sunblock for Solar Panels: NJIT Startup Merges Data, Material Science

Thursday, June 20th, 2024
Materium Technologies, a startup company with deep NJIT roots, is bringing data science innovations into the slowly evolving field of solar energy panels. Startups are always a gamble, but the Materium team has a good hand, with two pair of Highlanders — recent alumni Sheldon Fereira (M.S. ‘23) and...

Juneteenth Message from President Lim

Wednesday, June 19th, 2024
Dear Highlanders, NJIT is proud to celebrate Juneteenth (being observed by the university on Friday, June 21), a federal and state holiday that commemorates the day (June 19, 1865) when Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and brought news that enslaved Black people in Texas we...

Fernanda Somohano Ortega quiere combinar su licenciatura de NJIT con su amor por el fútbol

Wednesday, June 19th, 2024
Fernanda Somohano Ortega '27 tiene su mirada puesta en trabajos de ciberseguridad en el mundo deportivo, o mejor aún, una oportunidad de trabajar en Barcelona y apoyar a su club de fútbol favorito. Con la ayuda del Innovation Fellow de The Knowledge House (con siglas en inglés TKH), la estudiante de...

Fernanda Somohano Ortega '27 Wants to Connect Her Soccer Passion with NJIT Degree

Wednesday, June 19th, 2024
Fernanda Somohano Ortega ‘27 is eyeing cybersecurity jobs in the sports world, or better yet an opportunity to work in Barcelona and support her favorite soccer club. With the help of the Innovation Fellow of The Knowledge House (TKH), the NJIT computer science major is closing in fulfilling her car...

US News & World Report Ranks 2 NJIT Graduate Programs in Top 100 Nationally

Tuesday, June 18th, 2024
The latest graduate studies rankings from U.S. News & World Report continue to boost the national standing of New Jersey Institute of Technology in the fields of engineering and computer science, with both programs ranking in the top 100. NJIT’s Newark College of Engineering (NCE) ranks No. 80 ...

Andrew Truong MS '24 Comes Full Circle in Computing

Monday, June 17th, 2024
Andrew Truong ’06, M.S. ’24, first came to NJIT as an undergraduate computer science major but soon changed his program to civil engineering, completing his degree in the subject and working in that field for two years before obtaining a teaching certification in math. During that time, in addition ...

Cade Ladehoff Selected to 2024 NCBWA Division I Freshman All-American Team

Monday, June 17th, 2024
Cade Ladehoff was named to the 2024 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division I Freshman All-American Team the organization announced on Monday. Ladehoff, the 2024 America East Rookie of the Year, was selected to the NCBWA Freshman Second Team All-America, ranking sixth...