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Elite CyberCorps® Scholarship for Service Program Continues to Attract Top Students

Thursday, September 8th, 2022
The NJIT Secure Computing Initiative (SCI), funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), has selected five top students to join the highly selective NSF CyberCorps® Scholarship for Service (SFS) Program in fall 2022. The competitive program includes a scholarship covering full tuition and fees f...

Xueyu Hou - ECE PhD Student of the Month - September 2022

Wednesday, September 7th, 2022
Xueyu Hou a Ph.D. student in Electrical Engineering at NJIT, advised by Dr. Tao Han. Her research interests include deep Learning acceleration in mobile and edge computing, security of machine learning, distributed machine learning on edge, mixed reality, and live volumetric streaming. Bef...

Newark Campus Comes to Life as Students Return, Fresh Ambitions in Hand

Tuesday, September 6th, 2022
New Jersey Institute of Technology students arrived on campus en masse today, with a record 1,600 new students leading the way, plus thousands more sophomores, juniors, seniors and graduate students excited to start a new semester fully in-person for the first time since fall 2020. Underrepres...

NJIT Continues Expansion With Record-Setting Incoming Class

Tuesday, September 6th, 2022
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is starting the 2022 academic year by setting records with its largest and most diverse student body ever. Total projected enrollment is up 21% over the last 10 years to hit its highest mark yet at 12,000 students. The fall first-year cohort makes up a sizab...

NJIT Research on Nanoporous Materials Would Make Electronics Stronger, Safer

Thursday, September 1st, 2022
Scientists at NJIT and in Germany are working to understand how ions congregate around nanoporous materials, which could lead to safety and reliability improvements for electronic components such as supercapacitors and microscopically tiny actuators. Nanoscale porous materials are used in everyday ...

Kaily, Nyssa and Oluwanifemi: Meet the 2022 Mayor's Honors Scholars at NJIT

Thursday, September 1st, 2022
Oluwanifemi Fuwa fabricated face masks to protect people from COVID-19. Kaily Peixoto volunteered at a senior center and handed out scarves to homeless individuals at Newark’s Penn Station.  Nyssa Nixon volunteered at Isaiah House shelter through Jack and Jill of America and tutored peers as ...

NJIT Rises to No. 75 on Forbes' 2022 List of America's Top Colleges

Wednesday, August 31st, 2022
New Jersey Institute of Technology jumped 114 places to No. 75 on Forbes’ 2022 list of America’s Top Colleges.  The national ranking is based primarily on return on investment and outcomes for students. “Schools placed well if their students graduated on time, secured high salaries and low deb...

NJIT Jumps in 'Washington Monthly' Rankings, Top 25 Value University in the Northeast

Tuesday, August 30th, 2022
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) improved in Washington Monthly’s college rankings, breaking into the top 25 for the publication’s “Best Bang for Your Buck” rankings for Northeast colleges and universities. The value ranking is a measure of the social mobility metrics from the main ranking...

Maximus Barboto Named America East Rookie of the Week

Monday, August 29th, 2022
Freshman Maximus Barboto capped off a successful opening weekend for the NJIT men's soccer team by being named America East Conference Rookie of the Week, the conference office announced Monday morning. Barboto, who joined the Highlanders in January 2022, recorded his first collegiat...

Molly Saylor Selected As America East Defensive Player Of The Week

Monday, August 29th, 2022
Another week, another honor. NJIT women's soccer redshirt senior Molly Saylor has been named this week's America East Defensive Player of the Week, the league announced Monday morning. The award is NJIT's second weekly accolade in as many weeks, following Ciara Adams' Offensive Playe...