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Cross River Bank Creates Scholarship for Underserved College Students at NJIT

Friday, May 5th, 2023
Cross River Bank has funded an annual scholarship that will support first-generation, low-income NJIT students majoring in FinTech — the Cross River Opportunity Scholarship. Through its charitable organization, Foundation@ Cross River, the bank focuses its philanthropy in areas such as education to...

Steel Bridge Team Wins Regionals, Ticket Punched to National Finals

Friday, May 5th, 2023
New Jersey Institute of Technology students will join 43 other collegiate teams vying for the top prize at the 2023 Student Steel Bridge Competition National Finals this summer in San Diego, after winning the New York metropolitan regional event at Rowan University. "We've got a good group that wor...

NJIT 2023 Commencement: Four Ceremonies Across Two Days

Thursday, May 4th, 2023
New Jersey Institute of Technology will award more than 3,500 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees at its 107th commencement across two days of celebration. The university also will award three honorary degrees and welcome guest speakers. Visit https://commencement.njit.edu/ for all t...

Senior Success: Interior Designer Haylee Merola Ready to Take Her NJIT Teachings to Kimmerle

Thursday, May 4th, 2023
During her four years at NJIT, Haylee Merola has used her imagination and visualization to create different types of work in her interior design studios. Whether the project was a sci-fi movie, a retail store, an airport lounge or designing clothing for a fashion show, Merola always made sure to add...

Gabriel Arcanjo's NJIT Journey from Student to Teacher to Graduate

Thursday, May 4th, 2023
Gabriel Arcanjo's NJIT journey took him full-circle, from attending a Saturday game development program as a high school student to teaching in the same program as a college senior. Arcanjo graduates in the Class of 2023 with a B.S. in information technology and starts his career as an application ...

NJIT Students Continue Accumulation of Prestigious Fellowships

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023
Students at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) have again achieved an impressive amount of prestigious awards this year with 11 students earning nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships. Their achievement continues NJIT run, with Highlanders amassing 34 of these awards in the past ...

NJIT Data Science Students Have New Opportunities with Bayer in Latest Industry Partnership

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023
The global life sciences and health care giant Bayer has partnered with New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and Stevens Institute of Technology to create unique learning opportunities for data science students that will educate, engage and inspire the next generation of STEM talent in New Jers...

Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Monday, May 1st, 2023
Dear Highlanders, Today we begin our celebration of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and I would like to thank the Office of Inclusive Excellence for its work in developing an event that celebrates the Asian American Pacific Islander history, culture and heritage. This event will tak...

Rakina Islam - ECE PhD Student of the Month - May 2023

Monday, May 1st, 2023
Rakina Islam is finishing her first year in the PhD program in Electrical Engineering at the Helen and John C. Hartmann Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Her current research focuses on developing Lead (Pb) based Colloidal Quantum Dot...

Men's Lacrosse Rallies For 11-10 OT Win Over UMass Lowell

Saturday, April 29th, 2023
What a way to close out a season. In only its third-ever overtime contest in program history, the NJT men's lacrosse team rallied from a five-goal first half deficit to defeat the UMass Lowell River Hawks, 11-10, Saturday afternoon in the season finale for both teams.  HIGHLIGHTS Senior&nb...