NJIT Hosts International High School Robotics Tournament, Sending Three to World Champs

Wednesday, September 30th, 2026
High school robotics teams from Vancouver, B.C., Irvine, Calif. and Flushing, N.Y. won the 2026 Highlander Summit at New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Wellness and Events Center this fall. The summit is a major competition on the Vex Robotics circuit, with the winners besting 94 others to advance...

International Graduate Pays It Forward Through Twenty20 Vision

Tuesday, September 29th, 2026
Ashray Kengunte M.S. '23, like many international students, came to NJIT having done his homework. He chose the university and the Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) for its strong course structure, wide range of electives, and opportunities to explore areas such as data science, machine learning a...

NJIT Alum Ayeh Khalil Earns Fulbright Research Grant for Public Health Study in Jordan

Thursday, September 24th, 2026
Ayeh T. Khalil ’20, an alumna of New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Albert Dorman Honors College and Jordan Hu College of Science and Liberal Arts, has received a Fulbright U.S. Student research grant to conduct a 10-month public health study in Amman, Jordan. Khalil’s project, A Health Systems Ap...

NJIT’s 2026 'Celebration' to Honor Leaders in Education, Technology and Industry

Thursday, September 17th, 2026
New Jersey Institute of Technology’s annual Celebration gala will take place Friday, Oct. 30, 2026, at The Grove in Cedar Grove, New Jersey, honoring six individuals and organizations whose achievements exemplify leadership, innovation, service and commitment to the university. The black-tie event b...

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. ...

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...

The Art of Making a Difference

Thursday, August 27th, 2026
Ron Dooley '64 remembers helping on his father’s milk route in Linden with the kind of hindsight that turns an old complaint into something like gratitude. At 12, he was not especially eager to get up before dawn and do the work of Dooley’s Dairy. But what felt then like a chore now looks more like ...

NJIT Pi Kappa Phi Members Complete Gear Up New York, Raising More Than $170,000

Thursday, August 27th, 2026
Six members of NJIT’s Pi Kappa Phi fraternity — Damian “DJ” Buccine Jr., Jacob Immitt, Zakaria Abazine, Jacob Vasquez, Connor Mackersie and Antonio Marques — completed Gear Up New York this summer as part of a team that raised more than $170,000 for The Ability Experience. The journey took participa...

FirstLook, an Alumni-Formed Technology Company, Helps Build New Oak Residence Hall

Tuesday, August 11th, 2026
FirstLook Services, a company that performs 3D drone mapping and laser scanning for construction sites, was founded by three childhood friends who went through NJIT together and is now helping to build the new Oak Hall. The maps and scans, known as orthomosaic imaging and point clouds, are assembled...