Jessica Dineen Found Her Design Voice at NJIT — and She’s Taking It to NYC

Wednesday, May 20th, 2026
Jessica Dineen did not arrive at NJIT expecting to become an interior designer. But over time, she found a field that matched the way she wanted to think, create and solve problems. Now, as the Bronx native and first-generation college graduate prepares to begin her next chapter as a junior designer...

Senior Success: Mia LoRe Heads to Bronx DA’s Digital Forensics Lab

Tuesday, May 19th, 2026
After Mia LoRe walks across the stage at Commencement 2026, she’ll step right into a new career in digital forensics with the Bronx District Attorney’s Office. This summer, LoRe will join the Bronx DA’s Digital Forensics Lab as a Digital Forensic Examiner II, examining digital evidence tied to crimi...

Zac Kuzak and Mikayla Balio Nominated for America East Man, Woman of the Year

Tuesday, May 19th, 2026
NJIT men's swimming and diving senior Zac Kuzak and women's soccer senior Mikayla Balio have been nominated for the 2025-26 America East Man and Woman of the Year awards, the conference office announced Thursday. The honor recognizes senior or graduate student-athletes who have distinguished themsel...

NJIT Expands Student Entrepreneurship Through Santander Bank Grant

Monday, May 18th, 2026
New Jersey Institute of Technology is expanding student entrepreneurship through a grant from Santander Bank that supports the university’s Entrepreneurial Experience program, a Center for Student Entrepreneurship initiative that connects students with coursework, mentorship, experiential learning a...

Family Owned, American Made: ResinTech Is an Engineering Triumph for This Alumnus

Monday, May 18th, 2026
Long before Michael Gottlieb ’63 became a chemical engineer, he learned how to think like a scientist. Growing up in Newark, he would watch his father take apart vacuum cleaners piece by piece on the kitchen table — he was a vacuum salesman. His father was not just pitching a product. He understood ...

Search-and-Rescue Startup is Three Highlanders and a Robot

Monday, May 18th, 2026
Childhood friends from Bergen County — two seniors and an alumnus — are jointly forming a startup company, MechSense Labs, to apply what they’ve learned at New Jersey Institute of Technology in designing emergency rescue equipment. MechSense’s first invention is a robotic rover called NodeRover, emp...

Avanish Kulkarni, a Lifelong Roblox Fan, Will Become a Developer There

Friday, May 15th, 2026
Avanish Kulkarni got his dream job right out of college. Kulkarni, an Albert Dorman Honors College member who calls East Brunswick home, is graduating with a B.S. in computer science and will move to Silicon Valley this summer to become a software engineer at videogame platform company Roblox. He sc...

Senior Success: HCSLA Awardee and Math Tutor Thomas Omiatek Pursues Mathematics Ph.D. at NJIT

Friday, May 15th, 2026
Concluding our Senior Success series on honorees from the 2026 HCSLA Awards, we spotlight Thomas Omiatek ahead of Commencement 2026. Academic excellence helped earn Thomas Omiatek the HCSLA Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award in Mathematical Sciences — but it was the hundreds of hours he spent t...

Industry Partners Recognized at NJIT Career Development Services Awards

Friday, May 15th, 2026
New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Career Development Services recognized and celebrated the employers, individuals, and groups who consistently go above and beyond in promoting career readiness and creating opportunities for NJIT Highlanders. Patrick Young, executive director of CDS, recognizes t...

Senior Success: HCSLA Awardee Kristina Camia Lands NJIT Lab Role Before Ph.D. in Biology

Thursday, May 14th, 2026
Continuing our Senior Success Series, we’re spotlighting undergraduate seniors honored at the 2026 HCSLA Awards as they prepare for Commencement. Kristina Camia graduates this May with the HCSLA Outstanding Student Award in Biology, capping her undergraduate years in NJIT’s Barden Lab, where she co-...