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Made Scientific and NJIT Partner to Enhance Cell and Gene Therapy Bioprocessing Curriculum

Wednesday, April 1st, 2026
New Jersey Institute of Technology is partnering with Made Scientific, Inc. to help develop a new graduate bioprocessing elective within NJIT’s Master of Science program in Chemical and Materials Engineering. Launching in Spring 2027, the course is intended to prepare students for work in cell and g...

NJIT's Andrew Christ Appointed to Board of Directors of the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey

Thursday, March 26th, 2026
NJIT’s Andrew P. Christ, senior vice president for University Operations, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey (CIANJ), effective immediately.Founded in 1927 and expanded to a statewide organization in 1983, CIANJ is among New Jersey's m...

'Living Parks by Parks for People' Wins Branch Brook Park Biodiversity Proposal Challenge

Tuesday, March 24th, 2026
A student proposal focused on restoring biodiversity, strengthening the Second River edge and deepening community engagement at Branch Brook Park was selected as the winning concept in NJIT’s latest Albert Dorman Honors College biodiversity initiative. The proposal, “Living Parks by Parks for P...

Cosmetics Industry Brings Hands-On Lab Work to NJIT Students

Monday, March 23rd, 2026
Chemistry and chemical engineering majors learn to make all kinds of compounds and solutions, but an afternoon focusing on the design and packaging of facial serum was probably a first for them.That’s what happened on March 11 when 50 students gathered in NJIT’s Agile Strategy Lab, with the multipur...

‘No Limit on the Possibilities.’ Michael Higgins, NJIT and the Long View of Building a City

Tuesday, March 17th, 2026
Michael Higgins ‘90 believes the true measure of architecture is not the building itself, but what happens around it over time. The families who move in. The storefronts that open. The sidewalks that fill. The community that grows.As managing principal and CEO of MHS Architecture, he oversees large-...

Alumna Blazes Trail from NJIT Forensics Program to NJ State Troopers’ Exclusive Ranks

Friday, February 27th, 2026
On a normal day, Trooper Zoe Welch ’24 pulls out of her station and steers her cruiser along the pine-lined highways and backroads cutting through southern New Jersey. For Welch, it’s a routine patrol — but also a very different path from NJIT peers who graduated with STEM degrees alongside her just...

NJIT Makes Connections That Last: Highlander Love Stories

Friday, February 13th, 2026
For many alumni, NJIT has been more than a place to earn a degree. It’s where careers began — and, for many Highlanders, where lifelong partnerships did, too.Late nights in Redwood Hall. Study sessions in the Campus Center. Cafeteria lunches that turned into something more. For decades, NJIT has bee...

From NJIT to Sony Pictures Imageworks: How Alum Kaylin Wittmeyer Uses Animation to Tell Human Stories

Wednesday, February 11th, 2026
When Kaylin Wittmeyer first began applying to colleges, she didn’t have a single, narrow career path in mind. What she did know was that she loved animation, but she also loved math, physics, and the technical side of how things worked. Rather than choose between art and technology, she sought a pla...

NJIT Engineering Researchers Study Effect of State Gun Removal Law

Monday, February 9th, 2026
Following a long period of diminishing gun violence in New Jersey’s urban areas, researchers from New Jersey Institute of Technology are now applying engineering methods to the data, as they evaluate the effectiveness of red flags laws that can temporarily prevent dangerous people from possessing we...

An S-STEM Alumnus Who Did It on His Own – With the Right Support

Wednesday, February 4th, 2026
Rafael Abreu ’25 (Computer Science) came to the U.S. alone as a high school student from the Dominican Republic because he believed in the American dream: work hard, confront obstacles with grit and determination and create your destiny. He knew it would not be easy. But without risk there is no rew...