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VentureLink Alum Randal Pinkett Speaks for Black History Month Celebration

Tuesday, February 13th, 2024
Engineer and diversity consultant Randal Pinkett opened New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Black History Month celebration by directly addressing inequities that still face minority communities in 2024. Pinkett worked out of NJIT’s VentureLink startup incubator and earned an honorary doctorate of...

Highlander Love Stories: Matches Made at NJIT

Tuesday, February 13th, 2024
They all came to NJIT for their education, but wound up moving on with more than their degree. While some knew they had met “the one” during their time at the university, others came to this life-changing realization soon after graduating. In celebration of Valentine’s Day, these alumni couples sha...

Ying Wu College of Computing Professor Has a Mission to LEVEL UP Inclusive Computing Education

Friday, February 9th, 2024
Professor Jim Geller, chair of the department of Data Science, attended a January conference hosted by the Computing Research Initiative’s (CRA) LEVEL UP program, whose mission is to build a nation-wide consensus of best practices among computing departments to increase diversity through inclusive r...

Tariq Francis Scores Career-Best 31 to Lead NJIT Past First Place Vermont, 63-61

Friday, February 9th, 2024
The Vermont men's basketball team came into the Joel and Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center with a 23-game America East Conference win streak, but Tariq Francis and the NJIT Highlanders defended their home court on Thursday and put an end to the nation's longest conference winning streak. The fr...

NJIT Researchers Unveil Method to Detect 'Forever Chemicals' in Under 3 Minutes

Thursday, February 8th, 2024
Researchers report one of the fastest and most sensitive approaches yet for detecting toxic per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) accumulating in the environment, which are linked to health risks ranging from cancers to birth defects. PFAS have earned the name “forever chemicals” with good re...

US News Ranks NJIT Top 100 in Two Online Master's Programs

Wednesday, February 7th, 2024
New Jersey Institute of Technology continues to be recognized nationally by U.S. News & World Report for its online master’s offerings in information technology, engineering and business. For 2024, NJIT earned two rankings inside the top 100: No. 31 for its online master’s in information techno...

Isabella Gil agradece todas las oportunidades NJIT y EE UU le dan

Tuesday, February 6th, 2024
Isabella Gil ’24 siempre ha intentado aprovechar cada oportunidad que se le ha presentado. Después de dejar su Venezuela natal, llegó a Estados Unidos y buscó diferentes formas para integrarse en su nueva comunidad. Llegar al New Jersey Institute of Technology requirió mucho esfuerzo, pero ahora que...

Isabella Gil Appreciates all the Opportunities NJIT and the US Give Her

Tuesday, February 6th, 2024
Isabella Gil ’24 always tries to take advantage of every opportunity that comes her way. After leaving her native Venezuela, she came to the United States and looked for different ways to integrate into her new community. Getting to NJIT required a lot of effort, but now that she is here, she feels ...

Men's Tennis Takes Down Binghamton to Improve to 4-0

Sunday, February 4th, 2024
The NJIT men's tennis team remained unbeaten with its first road win of the season on Sunday as the Highlanders defeated host Binghamton 5-2 for their second win in as many days after Saturday's victory over Bucknell. Box Score "This was a great weekend for us," said Head Coach Marco Matteucci. "W...

Men's Lacrosse Earns Season-Opening Road Victory Over St. John's

Saturday, February 3rd, 2024
The NJIT men's lacrosse team opened the 2024 season - their historic tenth year of existence - with a milestone 10-8 road victory over the St. John's Red Storm Saturday afternoon at DaSilva Memorial Field. The win gives the Highlanders (1-0) their second-ever season-opening win, first season premie...