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Veterans Day

Tuesday, November 11th, 2025
Dear Highlanders, Today we celebrate Veterans Day, honoring those who have served in the United States Armed Forces. NJIT has an extensive history of partnership with the military. Thousands of our graduates and hundreds of our current students, as well as many faculty and staff, have served in t...

AI Minor at NJIT Creates a Foundation for All Students

Tuesday, November 11th, 2025
The increasing need to explore the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) pervades every aspect of daily life and has created new opportunities for students across all levels to learn about what is becoming fundamental to transforming the modern business infrastructure. Thanks to several recent ...

Raj Adhikari - ECE PhD Student of the Month - November 2025

Monday, November 10th, 2025
Raj Adhikari is a Ph.D. student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at NJIT, advised by Dr. Tao Han. His research focuses on enhancing the efficiency and reliability of data transmission and computation in next-generation intelligent systems such as autonomous vehicles and edge–clo...

NJIT and T&M Ink Upskilling Agreement, Showcase New Model for Industry and Academic Partnership

Monday, November 10th, 2025
Amid growing demand for licensed engineers and new infrastructure investment, NJIT is partnering with industry to make graduate education more accessible for working professionals — offering firms a way to upskill their engineers while expanding the state’s talent pipeline. Corporate- and public-se...

2-0 Start for Women's Hoops, Kulyk Scores Career-Best 25 Points in Road Win

Sunday, November 9th, 2025
The NJIT women's basketball team started the 2025 season 2-0 led by sophomore Olivia Kulyk's career-best 25 points in the Highlanders 82-78 road victory at Fordham Friday evening in women's basketball non-conference action at Rose Hill Gymnasium. Post Game Comments with Head Coach Mike Lane Kulyk...

From Islamabad to Newark: Fintech Major Muhammad Musa Builds a Future of Access and Opportunity

Wednesday, November 5th, 2025
Of the 55 million students in Pakistan, only 11,000 manage to study in the United States each year. Muhammad Musa is one of them. Now a second-year student majoring in financial technology and a member of NJIT’s Albert Dorman Honors College, Musa has become one of the most engaged students on campu...

NJIT Picks Up Season Opening Victory at Sacred Heart, Zuniga Leads All Scorers with 24 Points

Tuesday, November 4th, 2025
Senior Alejandra Zuniga led all scorers with 24 points to lead NJIT to a 64-51 road victory over Sacred Heart in the 2025-26 season opener for both teams Monday evening inside the William H. Pitt Center. Zuniga, an America East Preseason All-Conference selection, combined for 24 points on 9-of-15 s...

NJIT Professor's Award-Winning Album Amplifies Heroine Voices of WWII's Italian Resistance

Monday, November 3rd, 2025
World War II has been revisited countless times in books and films. But NJIT professor Laura Montanari set out on a unique songwriting project to bring to life overlooked voices in the Allied fight against fascism — heroines of Italy’s underground resistance. Her new collection of “archival songs”—...

Modernizing Health Records for the Most Vulnerable

Friday, October 31st, 2025
Over a decade ago, an NJIT health care startup took up a daunting challenge: to train 5,000 primary care providers in the state to adopt electronic health record systems that would allow them to better track their patients, improve their quality of care and securely share information. The federal ...

Mark Cartwright Uses AI to Give Non-Verbal Performers a Voice in New Opera

Thursday, October 30th, 2025
Art is rooted in thought and emotion. The greatest music and drama allow viewers and performers alike to feel joy, anger or sadness as a shared communicative experience. But how does someone with no voice “sing” in an opera? Assistant Professor Mark Cartwright, who leads the Sound Interaction and C...