Echezuria Named to America East All-Rookie Team, Vanzomeren Selected to All-Academic Team

Monday, May 5th, 2025
JC Echezuria was named to the America East All-Rookie Team, and Isaac Vanzomeren was selected to the America East All-Academic Team, the conference announced on Wednesday. Echezuria led the Highlanders in points, goals, and assists this season, totaling 29 points with 17 goals, 12 as...

NJIT Chemist to Study Elusive Molecules Key to Cell Health with NSF CAREER Award

Monday, May 5th, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) chemist Pier Alexandre Champagne has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to advance the understanding of sulfur-containing molecules that are key to cellular defense and health, but transform so quickly into different compounds — within fract...

Wenrui Zhang - ECE PhD Student of the Month - May 2025

Thursday, May 1st, 2025
Wenrui Zhang is a Ph.D. student at UNICS Lab in the ECE Department at NJIT. He is advised by Dr. Tao Han. Wenrui joined Han’s lab in January 2024 and his research interests include Distributed Quantum Computing (DQC), quantum circuit cutting and Quantum Network (QN). What would you say that could b...

NJIT's Learning and Development Initiative Launches Game Development Programs

Thursday, May 1st, 2025
Building on New Jersey Institute of Technology’s (NJIT) legacy of empowering career-focused learners, NJIT’s Learning and Development Initiative (LDI) is expanding its opportunities for professionals in the technology industry. The LDI will launch a series of accelerated, fully online technology pr...

From Regional Champions to Nationals: NJIT Dominates at the 2025 NCAE Cyber Games

Thursday, May 1st, 2025
“Fake it 'til you make it” won’t cut it when defending against cybersecurity attacks, especially when the “bad actors” are some of the best in the industry. However, if there has ever been a model for “practice makes perfect,” three NJIT student teams are prime examples for their outcomes in the No...

Dana Knox Research Showcase Celebrates High-Impact Student Research

Wednesday, April 30th, 2025
NJIT’s Dana Knox Research Showcase returned in 2025 to once again highlight the innovative and impactful work of students across disciplines. The event celebrated undergraduate and graduate researchers tackling real-world challenges with creative, technical solutions. Now in its 20th year, the show...

Cybersecurity Researcher at NJIT Toughens Git Software Repositories

Tuesday, April 29th, 2025
Git, the most common protocol for computer programmers to keep track of their code, is becoming more secure because of software jointly developed by researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology and New York University. Git underpins services such as GitHub, which alone has more than 100 millio...

An Alarm Clock that Hides From You is Highlight of MakeNJIT Competition

Monday, April 28th, 2025
A robotic alarm clock that hides from you, so you have to get out of bed anyway if you wish to silence it, was the star Highlander entry in the spring 2025 edition of the MakeNJIT hardware hackathon. The clockmakers earned third place overall among 47 teams from several universities. Members of Tea...

Acewin Tam's Architectural Vision: Bridging Design, Community and Social Change

Monday, April 28th, 2025
As Acewin Tam prepares to cross the graduation stage at NJIT, she reflects not just on the culmination of five years of rigorous study, but on a deeply personal journey of growth, discovery and purpose. An architecture student whose work straddles the line between the technical and the poetic, Tam h...

Ballen Earns Medalist Honors at Penn Relays to Highlight the Weekend

Saturday, April 26th, 2025
Jason Ballen earned medalist honors at the Penn Relays at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, finishing fifth in the javelin with a throw of 59.24m. It marks the second straight season with a Penn Relays medalist for the Highlanders. NJIT also competed at the TCNJ Lions Invitational. The Highlande...