When he was a senior in high school, Jonathan Gustafson was looking for a university that would offer him four things: a biomedical engineering major, his academic interest; a volleyball team,... read more!

Over the course of her five years here, Erin Ross has availed herself of much of what NJIT offers its students.  She is a scholar in the Albert Dorman Honors College and also a student in... read more!

Sometimes a bit of luck – a stroke of happenstance – helps a student find a subject he loves. It worked that way for Chris Sakowski.During his first year in high school, Chris... read more!

When Indira Hernandez was in high school in Cuba, she and her classmates spent the afternoons working in the fields, helping the local farmers pick oranges, water potatoes and sow the fields.... read more!

When he was 13 years old, Oscar Tapia always carried a dictionary. It was his friend and his teacher -- his passport to a brighter future. He had just arrived from Mexico and was eager to learn... read more!

Dena Baskous misses the wild open spaces of Alaska. She grew up in Anchorage, where she learned to love the manifold beauties of nature. When she was a girl, her parents often took her camping in... read more!

Diya Abdeljabbar, a recent NJIT graduate, will pursue a PhD in the fall at Princeton University, where he won a full scholarship to study chemical engineering.Diya excelled as a chemical... read more!

Austin DeRogatis, a scholar athlete who excelled both academically and athletically at NJIT, has been accepted at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In the fall, he’ll begin a... read more!

Erika Taugher is a star soccer player at NJIT. After playing for just two years, she is poised to become the university’s all-time leading scorer. She’s also a stellar student. In her... read more!

Jasneet Kaur, a biology major at NJIT, is doing research that could one day help scientists understand how cancer spreads. Kaur studies how a protein -- RhoA -- changes the shape of cells. These... read more!