Economics of Recycling: New Futures for Old Plastics

Tuesday, February 20th, 2024
In the 1967 film “The Graduate,” the protagonist is advised by a family friend to pursue a career with a great future: “plastics.” Decades later, as waste from the now ubiquitous material fills landfills, leaches microparticles and clutters oceans, a growing number of students and professors are foc...

Women's Tennis Stays Hot, Beats Hofstra For Fifth Straight

Sunday, February 18th, 2024
The NJIT women's tennis team extended its winning streak to five matches with a 6-1 victory over the Hofstra Pride Sunday evening at the Naimoli Family Athletic and Recreational Facility. "The ladies played well against another tough opponent in Hofstra today. We had two out of three three-set matc...

Men's Lacrosse Remains Undefeated After 11-7 Win At Mount St. Mary's

Sunday, February 18th, 2024
The historic start continues. The NJIT men's lacrosse team improved to 3-0 for the first time in program history with a 11-7 victory over the Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers Sunday afternoon at the Waldron Family Stadium. HIGHLANDER LEADERS Jesse Roth recorded his second hat trick in as many...

Senior Leadership Searches

Thursday, February 15th, 2024
Dear Highlanders,   I am writing to you today to announce two senior leadership searches. These include the search for the Vice President for Human Resources, a position Joe Wilson has been filling in an interim capacity, as well as the General Counsel and Vice Presid...

NJIT Professor David Rothenberg Presents New Book 'The Secret Sounds of Ponds'

Wednesday, February 14th, 2024
David Rothenberg, distinguished professor of philosophy and music at New Jersey Institute of Technology, presented his new book “The Secret Sounds of Ponds”, a book, music and performance initiative.  Rothenberg started this project during the pandemic. When everybody was home, he decided to v...

VentureLink Alum Randal Pinkett Speaks for Black History Month Celebration

Tuesday, February 13th, 2024
Engineer and diversity consultant Randal Pinkett opened New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Black History Month celebration by directly addressing inequities that still face minority communities in 2024. Pinkett worked out of NJIT’s VentureLink startup incubator and earned an honorary doctorate of...

Highlander Love Stories: Matches Made at NJIT

Tuesday, February 13th, 2024
They all came to NJIT for their education, but wound up moving on with more than their degree. While some knew they had met “the one” during their time at the university, others came to this life-changing realization soon after graduating. In celebration of Valentine’s Day, these alumni couples sha...

Ying Wu College of Computing Professor Has a Mission to LEVEL UP Inclusive Computing Education

Friday, February 9th, 2024
Professor Jim Geller, chair of the department of Data Science, attended a January conference hosted by the Computing Research Initiative’s (CRA) LEVEL UP program, whose mission is to build a nation-wide consensus of best practices among computing departments to increase diversity through inclusive r...

Tariq Francis Scores Career-Best 31 to Lead NJIT Past First Place Vermont, 63-61

Friday, February 9th, 2024
The Vermont men's basketball team came into the Joel and Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center with a 23-game America East Conference win streak, but Tariq Francis and the NJIT Highlanders defended their home court on Thursday and put an end to the nation's longest conference winning stre...

NJIT Researchers Unveil Method to Detect 'Forever Chemicals' in Under 3 Minutes

Thursday, February 8th, 2024
Researchers report one of the fastest and most sensitive approaches yet for detecting toxic per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) accumulating in the environment, which are linked to health risks ranging from cancers to birth defects. PFAS have earned the name “forever chemicals” with good re...