Uncharted Territory: NJIT Ecologist Investigates Forest Fate Amid Climate Change, Wildfire

Wednesday, June 7th, 2023
Nearly a decade ago, a bark beetle infestation tore through southeast Wyoming's Snowy Range, transforming lush landscape of Medicine Bow National Forest into a tinderbox of dead lodgepole pine. In Sept. 2020 it ignited — what became known as the Mullen Fire raged beyond the parkland across 176,000 a...

National Academy of Construction Elects NJIT's Andrew Christ Amid Campus Transformation

Tuesday, June 6th, 2023
Andrew Christ, senior vice president for real estate development and capital operations at New Jersey Institute of Technology, has been elected to the National Academy of Construction. The academy recognizes exceptional leaders from across the construction industry — including construction managers...

Men's Lacrosse's Liam Brown Selected As 2023 America East Man of the Year Finalist

Monday, June 5th, 2023
NJIT men's lacrosse senior Liam Brown has been named one of three finalists for the America East Conference's 2022-23 Man of the Year award, the league announced Thursday morning.  The America East Man and Woman of the Year awards recognize the conference's senior male and female stu...

Zhenlu Qin - ECE PhD Student of the Month - June 2023

Friday, June 2nd, 2023
Zhenlu Qin is a Ph.D. candidate in the Helen and John C. Hartmann Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). His advisor is Prof. Qing Liu of the HPC Lab. His research interests are in HPC computing, data reduction and data compression. What ...

Pride Month

Thursday, June 1st, 2023
Dear Highlanders, Today begins Pride Month throughout the United States and across much of the globe. This is a time during which we intentionally reflect on and celebrate the impact and achievements of the LGBTQ+ community, both on campus and around the world. It also is a time to advocate for the...

Senior Success: Civil Engineer Lara Rios is Proud of All the Memories She Made at NJIT

Thursday, June 1st, 2023
For Lara Rios ’23, NJIT has been an important part of her family’s life. Her uncle and father graduated from NJIT, and her brother is also studying at the university. As president of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) and diversity and inclusion officer of the Student Senate, Rios...

NJIT Hires a Principal Deputy for Finance

Tuesday, May 30th, 2023
New Jersey Institute of Technology has hired Lynn Azarchi, who most recently directed the Office of Management and Budget in New Jersey’s Department of the Treasury, to be the principal deputy of Catherine Z. Brennan, the university’s senior vice president and chief financial officer. As associate ...

Engineer from India Found a Home at NJIT, Earning a Master's and Landing a Job in NJ

Tuesday, May 30th, 2023
Anjali Khushalani worked in her native India as a project manager and process manager before arriving at New Jersey Institute of Technology last fall to pursue a master’s in engineering management. Khushalani took an intensive route, concentrating on industrial engineering and earning her degree fr...

Memorial Day

Monday, May 29th, 2023
Dear Highlanders, On this Memorial Day, as many of us gather with family and friends, let us also take time to honor those who have sacrificed their lives while serving in the United States military. That is the purpose of this holiday, and I would like to extend my unwavering gratitude to NJIT’s v...

For NJIT Faculty, Artificial Intelligence is a Learning Opportunity

Thursday, May 25th, 2023
Public artificial intelligence programs such as ChatGPT are being embraced by faculty across New Jersey Institute of Technology as the latest classroom tool, just like the introductions of videoconferencing, laptops, computer-aided drafting and pocket calculators that came before. AI itself is an e...