NJIT Names John Pelesko Provost and SVP for Academic Affairs

Monday, March 20th, 2023
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has selected John Pelesko to serve as its next provost and senior vice president for academic affairs after a nationwide search. Pelesko, currently the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Delaware (UD), will start on Aug. 1. Pelesko...

Statement from NJIT President Teik C. Lim on the Passing of NJ State Senator Ronald L. Rice

Thursday, March 16th, 2023
I would like to express my most sincere condolences, on behalf of the NJIT community, to the family, loved ones, colleagues and constituents of former New Jersey State Senator Ronald L. Rice, who passed away yesterday. Senator Rice’s legacy is that of service, protecting and lifting others up while ...

NJIT and Israeli Engineers Create Clean Water Tech with Added Industrial Benefit

Thursday, March 16th, 2023
Environmental safety and corporate interests tend not to match, but engineers at NJIT and Israel's Ben Gurion University of the Negev found a way to filter dangerous nitrate from water while also reducing the energy needed to create industrial ammonia. The research, Electrified Membrane System for C...

NJIT Alum Ogo Enekwizu Brings Soot-seeded Clouds into Brookhaven National Lab

Wednesday, March 15th, 2023
Tiny particles in Earth’s atmosphere can have a big impact on climate. But understanding exactly how these aerosol particles form cloud drops and affect the absorption and scattering of sunlight is one of the biggest sources of uncertainty in climate models. Ogochukwu (Ogo) Enekwizu, a postdoctoral ...

Robotics Club Hosts Tourney, Qualifies for World Champs Again

Tuesday, March 14th, 2023
NJIT's Robotics Club took home gold at their first competition held here in Newark, besting the competition which included Dartmouth, Rutgers, and Seton Hall universities. The victory qualifies Highlander robotics for the World Championships, April 27-29 in Dallas. The club also qualified in 2020 bu...

Qualcomm Collaboration with Ying Wu College of Computing Brings Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning

Monday, March 13th, 2023
Imagine a digital system that could predict physical and mental health conditions among college students based on early symptoms and quickly connect them to counseling and psychological services on campus. While a seemingly obvious application of IoT (Internet of Things) technology, the implementati...

NJIT Student Unveils Shock Sunquake Discoveries at SC22 NASA Exhibit

Monday, March 13th, 2023
NJIT Ph.D. physics student John Stefan has new findings about earthquake-like events on the Sun that have recently shaken up the world of space science during one of the biggest international conferences for high-performance computing of the year — the SC22 Supercomputing Conference. At SC22 in Dall...

Ying Wu College of Computing Researchers Win Awards at Top AI Conference

Monday, March 13th, 2023
Research on trustworthy AI and machine learning earned a Best Paper award for Ying Wu College of Computing assistant professor Hai Phan at the prominent Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence annual conference in Washington last month. Phan's work, XRand: Differentially Private D...

Keegan Ford Beats The Buzzer As Men's Lacrosse Rallies To Beat Lindenwood 14-13

Saturday, March 11th, 2023
NJIT Men's Lacrosse decided to get in on the March Madness. Keegan Ford's buzzer beating transition goal capped off a furious fourth-quarter rally and gave the Highlanders an epic 14-13 victory over the Lindenwood Lions Saturday afternoon at Lubetkin Field at Mal Simon Stadium. From the outset, N...

Vice President for Digital Strategy and Chief Information Officer Announcement

Thursday, March 9th, 2023
Dear Highlanders, I am very happy to announce that Ed Wozencroft has agreed to serve as NJIT’s Vice President for Digital Strategy and Chief Information Officer, effective March 20, 2023. Ed has been a member of the NJIT community since August of 2021 and has served as the university’s Interim Co-CI...