Fruit Fly Research Led NJIT Scientists and Edison Teens to Better AI Habits on Supercomputers

Monday, March 3rd, 2025
A competition to compare the brains of male vs. female fruit flies led New Jersey Institute of Technology researchers and two high school students to a second-place finish in the latest edition of the FlyWire Data Challenge, but more importantly the team learned new lessons about using artificial in...

Men's Fencing Registers Second Place Finish at 2025 MACFA Championships

Sunday, March 2nd, 2025
The NJIT men's fencing team earned a second-place finish for the third consecutive season at the 2025 MACFA Championships Sunday afternoon hosted by Drew University. Michael Bindas, in his first season at the helm of the Highlanders, earned 2025 MACFA Coach of the Year. The men's epee squad was cr...

Highlanders Complete Weekend Sweep Over Iona

Saturday, March 1st, 2025
The NJIT baseball team completed a three-game sweep of Iona after winning both ends of a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon at Yogi Berra Stadium. The Highlanders broke out the bats in a game one win, 16-3, before using a gem from MT Morrissey in game two for a 3-2 win. Game 1: NJIT 16, I...

Laboring Towards Liberation: A Month of Celebration and Reflection at NJIT

Friday, February 28th, 2025
Featured violinist Kwao Taylor's remarkable performance quickly engaged the 200+ attendees at the annual opening celebration for NJIT’s Black History Month. The month long celebration was marked by engaging events, insightful discussions and a strong sense of community on NJIT’s campus.  Febru...

NJIT Selects Workday to Power Project SPARK: New Enterprise Resource Planning Tool

Thursday, February 27th, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) announced the selection of Workday, Inc., as its new enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution for HR, Finance and Student. This transformative initiative, known as Project SPARK, will modernize NJIT's administrative and operational systems, enabling the u...

Expanding Housing: NJIT's Rebuild of Oak Hall Will More Than Double Its Beds

Wednesday, February 26th, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology is rebuilding its second oldest residence hall to meet a burgeoning demand for housing at the growing public university. The new Oak Hall on Summit Street in Newark will contain 453 beds in 154 units — more than double the current totals. The units will take the f...

Alumnus Peter Cheris Shines Light on EOP Through New Scholarship

Tuesday, February 25th, 2025
For over 55 years, NJIT’s Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) has been a beacon of hope for talented students from educationally and economically disadvantaged backgrounds, opening doors to higher education and empowering them to achieve success in STEM fields and beyond. Now, thanks to the gener...

Men's Volleyball Sweeps No. 19 Penn State in EIVA Action

Monday, February 24th, 2025
The NJIT men's volleyball team swept No. 19 Penn State in EIVA Conference men's volleyball action Friday evening inside the Joel and Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center. The Highlanders, which moved back into the win column, swept the Nittany Lions, 3-0, 25-21, 29-27 and 25-22. NJIT improved to...

An AI Class That is Exclusive and Needed Now More Than Ever

Monday, February 24th, 2025
A famous movie quote included the phrase, “…what I do have are a very particular set of skills.” The same can be said by Associate Professor Andrew Sohn in Ying Wu College of Computing’s (YWCC) department of computer science, whose course, CS 485: Intro to GPU Cluster Programming, may well be – tech...

NJIT Architecture Alum Bryan Lee Jr. Named 2025-2026 NOMA President

Monday, February 24th, 2025
Bryan C. Lee Jr. ’08, an architect, educator and design justice advocate with a master’s in architecture from NJIT’s Hillier College of Architecture and Design, was recently named president of the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA).  Lee is the founder and director of Colloqat...