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Gernot Riether Elected Inaugural Chair of Architecture at NJIT's Hillier College

Thursday, July 10th, 2025
Effective July 1, 2025 for a three-year term, Gernot Riether became the first elected chair of NJIT’s School of Architecture, bringing with him a visionary approach rooted in interdisciplinary collaboration, technological innovation and public engagement. After the inaugural departmental elections ...

NJIT Engineers Reduce Power Consumption in Future Computer Memory

Wednesday, July 9th, 2025
Most people haven’t heard of resistive RAM — one of several evolving types of computer memory that could become mainstream someday — but its chances at commercial success improved recently, because of insightful new research from NJIT and commercial partner Tokyo Electron. Resistive memory is in a ...

NJIT Researchers Develop Rapid Method to Detect Micro- and Nanoplastics in Seconds

Tuesday, July 8th, 2025
Microplastics and nanoplastics — tiny fragments shed from everyday plastic products — are increasingly found in our food, water, soil and even inside the human body. Their accumulation has been linked to fertility issues, metabolic disorders and other potential health risks in animal models. Yet det...

NJIT Chemist Leads Effort to Create the Circular Plastic Economy of the Future

Tuesday, July 8th, 2025
Less than 13% of our plastic waste is truly recycled today, with most consumer plastics either downcycled into lower-quality products or joining the billions of tons discarded in landfills and oceans each year. But what if our plastics could be endlessly recycled, like aluminum? As Director of NJIT...

Independence Day Message from President Lim

Thursday, July 3rd, 2025
Dear Highlanders, I write today to wish you a joyous and healthy Independence Day! This is a time to celebrate the birth of the United States of America as an independent nation nearly 250 years ago. This weekend, many will gather with family, friends and loved ones; take trips to the shore or park...

Spring 2025 Capstone Showcase Raises the Bar for Record Success

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025
The spring 2025 Capstone Showcase has set a new benchmark for ingenuity, strategic thinking and record-breaking attendance. NJIT’s signature applied learning experience has now become an inspirational model for other high-caliber universities to emulate. The annual capstone showcases are the culmin...

Sourav Ganguly - ECE PhD Student of the Month - July 2025

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025
Sourav Ganguly is a first-year Ph.D. student in the Helen and John C. Hartmann Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, working in the Learning-Based Decision Making Lab as a research assistant under Dr. Arnob Ghosh. His research interests include machine learning, reinforcement learning, ...

Ingeniería inspirada en la naturaleza: el camino de descubrimiento de Danna Valentina

Monday, June 30th, 2025
El camino de Danna Valentina Sánchez Hernández para convertirse en investigadora comenzó mucho antes de llegar a NJIT. Al crecer en Colombia, desarrolló una fascinación temprana por la ciencia al asistir a conferencias médicas junto a sus padres —ambos médicos— y al aprender sobre ensayos clínicos e...

NJIT Men's and Women's Tennis Joins Big South Conference

Thursday, June 26th, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology has accepted an invitation from the Big South Conference and will join the NCAA Division I league as an associate member in the sports of men's and women's tennis, effective for the 2025-26 academic year. "We are immensely excited to welcome three highly competiti...

NJIT Alumnus, Faculty and Board Members Among Honorees at NJ Immigrant Entrepreneur Awards

Thursday, June 26th, 2025
Three Highlanders were recognized for their entrepreneurial achievements and significant contributions to New Jersey’s economy at the 12th annual New Jersey Immigrant Entrepreneur Awards. Among the distinguished honorees were alumnus and trustee Dhiraj Shah '99, Foundation Board of Directors member ...