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NJIT’s Largest Incoming Class Helps Kick Off the Academic Year

Friday, September 4th, 2026
The newest Highlanders arrived with boxes, suitcases and plenty of help as NJIT welcomed its largest incoming class and began a new academic year. More than 1,900 incoming students joined the NJIT community, contributing to the largest first-year enrollment in university history. Their introduction ...

Professor Julie Ancis Advises Civil Rights Committee on Online Antisemitism and Campus Life

Friday, September 4th, 2026
NJIT Distinguished Professor Julie Ancis brought her expertise in cyberpsychology and online hate to a federal civil-rights inquiry examining antisemitism in higher education. Ancis provided her expertise Sept. 1 before the New Jersey Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. The co...

NJIT Professor Invents Forecasting Method for Extreme Weather

Thursday, September 3rd, 2026
Meteorologists could predict hurricanes and analyze tsunamis more accurately and faster than ever, if a New Jersey Institute of Technology engineering professor’s creative software works out as planned. The new technique would run artificial intelligence on a simulation of what’s called a quantum re...

NJIT Alumna in Connected Aviation Turned Setbacks Into Strengths

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2026
When Priyanka Mahankali ’16 failed a networking course during her first semester at New Jersey Institute of Technology, she could have taken it as evidence that the subject was not for her. Instead, she took it as a challenge. Priyanka, who earned her master’s degree in computer science from NJIT, r...

David Bader Named to 2026 Class of IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Contributors

Tuesday, September 1st, 2026
David A. Bader, distinguished professor and founding director of the Institute for Data Science in the Ying Wu College of Computing, has been named to the 2026 Class of Distinguished Contributors of the IEEE Computer Society. The Distinguished Contributor Recognition Program is a permanent designati...

Men’s Soccer Secures First Win of 2026, 4-1 Over Manhattan

Monday, August 31st, 2026
Jeremy Klinger scored a goal and added an assist, while three other Highlanders found the back of the net as NJIT secured its first win of the 2026 season with a convincing 4-1 victory over Manhattan Friday evening at Lubetkin Field at Mal Simon Stadium. NJIT controlled the match from the opening wh...

Tanima Bal - ECE PhD Student of the Month - September 2026

Monday, August 31st, 2026
Tanima Bal is a Ph.D. student of Electrical and Computer Engineering department, where she has been pursuing her doctoral studies since January 2025 under the guidance of Dr. Philip Pong. Her research interests include power-system monitoring, machine-learning applications in power systems, and soft...

NJIT Again Leads All NJ Universities Among Forbes’ Best Employers by State

Sunday, August 30th, 2026
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) remains the top-ranked educational institution in New Jersey on Forbes’ 2026 list of America’s Best Employers by State. Among the 90 organizations recognized in New Jersey, NJIT ranked: No. 1 among educational institutions No. 8 among employers headquartere...

Federal Scholarships Now Available Where AI and Cybersecurity Meet

Friday, August 28th, 2026
Beginning this fall, New Jersey Institute of Technology students who study artificial intelligence and cybersecurity can earn full scholarships in exchange for working in government jobs after graduation. The deal is happening because NJIT was accepted into the National Science Foundation’s new Cybe...

NJIT Rated No. 1 Public University in New Jersey, No. 38 Nationally in TIME Ranking

Thursday, August 27th, 2026
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is the No. 1 public university in New Jersey and No. 38 among public institutions nationwide in TIME’s inaugural America’s Best Colleges 2026-2027 ranking. NJIT also ranks No. 95 overall nationally among the 500 colleges and universities recognized by TIME a...