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NJIT Town Hall - April 1, 2025

Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
Dear Highlanders, Please join us on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Atrium for our spring town hall meeting. These gatherings are important opportunities for dialog and feedback, so we highly encourage your participation. For those interested in attendi...

Tech Can Help People Living with Dementia to Help Themselves, NJIT Expert Says

Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
People with mild dementia might live more independently if assistive technology could evolve in parallel with their progressing conditions, according to new research from Alisha Pradhan, assistant professor of informatics at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Pradhan and Clemson University assistan...

NJIT's Grace Hopper AI Research Institute Launches with $1 Million in Research Proposals

Monday, February 17th, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has taken a significant step in its commitment to advancing artificial intelligence by establishing the Grace Hopper AI Research Institute (GHRI). The institute is a key component of NJIT's $10 million AI Initiative aimed at enhancing the university's capabi...

Men's Tennis Rolls Past FDU for Seventh Straight Sweep

Sunday, February 16th, 2025
The NJIT men's tennis team cruised to its seventh straight sweep to open the season, defeating FDU 7-0 on Sunday afternoon at the Naimoli Family Athletic and Recreational Facility. The Highlanders got off on the right foot in doubles, with Pablo Perez Ramos and Wil Jenkins taking a convincing 6-2 w...

Women's Tennis Wins Fifth Straight Match, Defeats URI 4-1

Saturday, February 15th, 2025
The NJIT women's tennis team won its fifth straight match of the season with a 4-1 victory over URI Saturday at The Naimoli Family Athletic and Recreational Facility. From Head Coach Patricia Piorkowski McDonald "URI is a well coached hard working team. I am proud of the determination of the NJIT wo...

NJIT Maintains Highest Research Classification, Renews its R1 Status from Carnegie

Thursday, February 13th, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has once again earned the prestigious R1 designation from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, reaffirming its standing as a top-tier doctoral university with very high research activity. This continued recognition reflects NJIT’s...

NJIT Alumnus Robert Cohen Elected to National Academy of Engineering

Wednesday, February 12th, 2025
Robert Cohen, president of Digital, Robotics, and Enabling Technology at Stryker, and a distinguished alumnus of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Engineering (NAE). This honor, one of the highest professional distinctions in engineeri...

Women's Hoops Wins Second Straight America East Game

Monday, February 10th, 2025
The NJIT women's basketball team won its second straight home America East Conference game Saturday afternoon, defeating visiting New Hampshire, 71-63, inside the Joel and Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center. VIDEO: Post Game Interview with Alejandra Zuniga & Head Coach Mike Lane | Post Game ...

NJIT Expert Wins NSF Career Award to Study Fluid-Solid Interaction

Monday, February 10th, 2025
Engineers keep deriving new applications from research into what happens when solid objects interact with fluids such as gasses and liquids — it’s useful knowledge for aerospace, energy and healthcare — but new applications in turn require more research, in an endless cycle that may soon skip a few ...

NJIT Students Can Now Get Professional Headshots via a Self-Serve Kiosk

Monday, February 10th, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology is introducing a new service for students seeking jobs, internships and cooperative education experiences: a self-serve kiosk that takes professional headshots. The kiosk, known as Popcam, enables students to take multiple images in less than a minute before pickin...