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NJIT Leaders and Faculty Named to Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill’s Transition Committees

Friday, January 9th, 2026
Several leaders and faculty affiliated with New Jersey Institute of Technology and the New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII) have been named to committees supporting Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill’s transition, bringing experience in transportation, economic development, environmental law, life scie...

Newark Segment of New Jersey’s Transformative ‘Greenway’ is Driven by NJIT Alumni and Students

Thursday, January 8th, 2026
New Jersey Institute of Technology alumni are helping shape one of New Jersey’s most significant public-space transformations — and they are doing it by pulling current NJIT students directly into the work.Marjorie Perry ’05, president and CEO of MZM Construction & Management Company, partnered ...

NJIT Researchers Discover Long-Hidden Source of Gamma Rays Unleashed by Solar Flares

Wednesday, January 7th, 2026
Solar physicists say they have found a key source of intense gamma rays unleashed when Earth’s nearest star produces its most violent eruptions.In findings published in Nature Astronomy, scientists at NJIT’s Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (NJIT-CSTR) have pinpointed a previously unknown ...

NJIT Engineering Alum Earns 'Young Professional of the Year' Award

Tuesday, January 6th, 2026
Andrew Chegwidden '17 was recently named Young Professional of the Year by The Dewatering Institute (TDI) in recognition of his accomplishments in groundwater control. The award, which honors dewatering industry experts under the age of 35, was presented at TDI's annual conference on Nov. 12, 2025, ...

Hillier College's Leah-Marie Boake Wins Industrial Design Awards Galore

Monday, January 5th, 2026
Leah-Marie Boake, Industrial Design ’26, and Albert Dorman Honor's College student, is distinguishing herself and the Industrial Design program at Hillier College with a nearly 12-month run of awards and recognitions.In December 2025, Boake was recognized at the Industrial Designer’s Society of Amer...

Companies Learn What’s Possible During Fall 2025 Capstone Program

Monday, December 22nd, 2025
The Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) Capstone Program has been a defining benchmark in NJIT’s signature experiential learning approach for senior and select master’s students for over two decades. This graduation requirement tasks students with providing solutions to real-world challenges as entr...

YWCC Alumna Lead Authors Undergraduate Research Team Paper Accepted to ACM ASSETS Despite Challenges

Thursday, December 18th, 2025
Research on how large language models portray aging, conducted entirely by undergraduate students in the Ying Wu College of Computing, was published and accepted to ACM ASSETS, a top venue for computing and accessibility, with recent alumna Sherwin Dewan ’25 (Human-Computer Interaction) as lead auth...

In Augmented Reality Project, a Rodent of Unusual Size Educates Kids

Thursday, December 18th, 2025
New research shows that AI-enhanced augmented reality, when used for supporting computational thinking skills in K-12 education, can be more effective than simply letting children passively consume content built on the same technologies.Lei Zhang, assistant informatics professor in NJIT’s Ying Wu Co...

Abdelaal Sets 600m School Record as NJIT Closes Out 2025 at the Wagner Shootout

Monday, December 15th, 2025
The NJIT track and field teams closed out 2025 at the Wagner Shootout on Friday at Ocean Breeze Complex. Moustafa Abdelaal set the 600m school record with a personal-best time of 1:21.30 to finish third. Zaidah Lightener won the long jump (5.74m) for her second top-2 finish of th...

NJIT Engineering Professor Named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

Friday, December 12th, 2025
Wen Zhang, a professor at NJIT’s Newark College of Engineering, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The program honors academic and institutional inventors, and the induction recognizes Zhang’s work using nanomaterials to break down environmental pollutants, recover n...