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Architecture Alum Wins 2023 Award of Excellence from AIA

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024
4/4 Architecture was recognized with an Award of Excellence for the renovations of Hellertown Lofts at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Eastern Pennsylvania Design Awards on Thursday, December 7 at the Allentown Art Museum. Gary Lader, Principal of 4/4 Architecture, is an alumnus of New J...

NJIT Celebrates the Official Naming of the Tarik Rodgers '96 Practice Court

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024
As part of NJIT's men's volleyball alumni weekend, NJIT officially named the practice court inside the Joel & Diane Bloom Wellness and Event Center, the Tarik Rodgers '96 Practice Court on Sunday, January 21, 2024 in front of family, friends and alumni. "It was an honor to be with Tarik Rodgers...

Hrishi Sidhartha is 'Grinding Gears' in a Job Most Gamers Dream About

Thursday, January 18th, 2024
Hrishi Sidhartha ’15, has turned an elective into a career to envy. As a game designer with Grinding Gear Games, he spends his day shaping Path of Exile 2, one of the most anticipated action role-playing games on the market. He had to relocate to the other side of the world — or at least down under ...

NJIT Alum Develops Tech to Recycle Lithium-Ion Batteries

Tuesday, January 16th, 2024
By Jesse Jenkins and Tracy Regan Chao Yan, who holds both a master's in chemistry and doctor of philosophy in physical chemistry combustion from New Jersey Institute of Technology, is the founder and chief executive officer of Princeton NuEnergy, which develops advanced technologies for recycling l...

An Engineer's Journey from NJIT Undergrad to Board Member and Mentor

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024
It has been close to 50 years since Bob Medina ’75 graduated from NJIT as an engineer, and when he looks back at his journey, he marvels at how NJIT gave him the tools to excel. In fact, he still has the slide rule he used in class, in the days before calculators were allowed and laptops existed. “...

Parth Mehta: Building a Founders Mindset for Life Success

Tuesday, December 5th, 2023
Parth Mehta ’19, doesn’t believe in the question of “where do you want to be in five years?” According to him, since you cannot predict the future, don’t aim to build for five years ahead – build it now. When the information technology graduate founded Startup Tribes, his effort to bring startup and...

Exploring the Intricate World of Cellular Processes: A PhD's Path From Moscow to Princeton Via NJIT

Wednesday, November 29th, 2023
Alina Emeilianova worked right up to her Ph.D graduation ceremony. Appearing as first author in a paper in Langmuir, a peer-reviewed journal published by the American Chemical Society, it is fitting that she snuck in one more notch of success in the twilight of her research career at New Jersey Inst...

NJIT Honors Notable Individuals in Annual Fundraising Event

Thursday, November 16th, 2023
Celebration, NJIT’s annual fundraiser for campuswide scholarship funds, was a huge success and raised more than $370,000 this year. Celebration is NJIT’s single-largest fundraising event. Since it was established in 1995, this black-tie gala has raised more than $8 million in scholarship funds. NJI...

NJIT's Hispanic and Latinx Leadership Council and HISPA Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

Tuesday, October 17th, 2023
The Hispanic and Latinx Leadership Council (HLLC) along with HISPA (Hispanics Inspiring Students’ Performance and Achievement) celebrated Hispanic Heritage month at NJIT during HISPA’s Role Model Program Kick-off and Recruiting Event. HISPA is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that mobilizes Hispan...

NJIT's Wellness and Events Center Dedicated to Joel and Diane Bloom

Tuesday, October 10th, 2023
NJIT’s Wellness and Events Center (WEC) has been dedicated with a new name — the Joel and Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center — for outstanding contributions made by the university’s eighth president and former first lady that span more than three decades. On Oct. 6, the campus community came to...