An S-STEM Alumnus Who Did It on His Own – With the Right Support

Wednesday, February 4th, 2026
Rafael Abreu ’25 (Computer Science) came to the U.S. alone as a high school student from the Dominican Republic because he believed in the American dream: work hard, confront obstacles with grit and determination and create your destiny. He knew it would not be easy. But without risk there is no rew...

NJIT Alumnus and State Senator Paul Sarlo Publishes Op-Ed on New Jersey’s Energy Strategy

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026
New Jersey Senator and NJIT alumnus Paul Sarlo ’92, ’95 recently published an op-ed calling for a balanced and affordable energy strategy for the state. In the piece, Sarlo raises concerns about rising utility costs and highlights the need for a diversified energy mix to meet New Jersey’s growing de...

Designing with Empathy: How Alum Liliana Torres Builds Community Through Architecture

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026
Liliana Torres’s architecture has always been about people. “The way I want my story to be told is through how everything I learned at NJIT continues to translate into my professional life — the values, the sense of responsibility, and the commitment to helping others never stopped at graduation,” ...

Registration Open for NJIT's Spring 2026 Career Fair

Monday, February 2nd, 2026
NJIT’s spring career fair is right around the corner and registration is now open for students on the Handshake platform. Career Development Services biannual career fair continues to be one of the most anticipated events for students. Last fall’s fair, held in September, welcomed over 3,300 student...

Men's Basketball Ends Road Trip with Thrilling Win at Vermont, 79-77

Sunday, February 1st, 2026
The NJIT men's basketball team wins thrilling road game at Vermont, 79-77, and improve to 6-2 in America East action. It was a slow start between two of the top teams in the America East with the score being just 13-7 eight minutes into the game. This slow start flipped when the Highlanders powered ...

Four YWCC Data Science Faculty Present at Prestigious NeurlPS 2025

Thursday, January 29th, 2026
Assistant Professors Yingcong Li, Thanh Nguyen-Tang, Lingxiao Wang and Shuai Zhang, four recent additions to the Department of Data Science in the Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC), had the honor of presenting their research papers at the 2025 Conference and Workshop on Neural Information Processi...

NJIT AI Researcher Makes Small Language Models Accessible

Thursday, January 29th, 2026
While ordinary people around the world are waking up to large language models on the cloud, researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology want you to know about the power of small models on your own hardware. It’s not unlike fifty years ago, when people were becoming aware of business computers ...

NJIT Student Inventors' Greenhouse Climate System Blooms With an AI 'Brain'

Thursday, January 29th, 2026
Inspiration often sprouts in unexpected places. For electrical engineering students Kermina David '27 and Santiago Garcia '27, the taste of a tropical fruit swiftly ripened into an interest in greenhouses. It then branched into a quest to help farmers manage greenhouse crops more efficiently. David ...

US News Ranks Online Programs at NJIT Among Nation's Best

Tuesday, January 27th, 2026
Online education programs at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) rank among the top 100 in the country, according to the U.S. News & World Report. NJIT earned high marks across degree-granting programs in business, engineering and information technology. NJIT's master's programs in inform...

Women’s Tennis Wins Against Seton Hall, 5-2

Monday, January 26th, 2026
The NJIT women's tennis team earned its first victory of the 2026 season on Saturday afternoon, defeating visiting Seton Hall, 5-2, in the Highlanders' home opener at the Naimoli Family Athletic and Recreational Facility. NJIT set the tone early by claiming the crucial doubles point and followed wit...