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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 s...

Passing of Dr. Daljit Singh Ahluwalia

Thursday, October 23rd, 2025
Dear Highlanders, We are saddened to announce the passing of Dr. Daljit Singh Ahluwalia, who joined NJIT in 1986 as chair of the Department of Mathematics following an extraordinary career at the NYU Courant Institute, where he worked at the forefront of Applied Mathematics with a focus on wav...

NJIT Town Hall

Monday, September 22nd, 2025
Dear Highlanders, Please join us on Monday, October 6, 2025, from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Central King Building's Agile Strategy Lab for our fall town hall meeting. These gatherings are important opportunities for dialog and feedback, so we highly encourage your participat...

Search for Senior VP and Chief Financial Officer

Tuesday, September 16th, 2025
Dear Highlanders, I am pleased to announce that NJIT has launched a national search for our next Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. To guide this important effort, we have engaged WittKieffer, a nationally respected executive search firm with deep expertise in higher education...

Welcome Back and Happy Labor Day

Friday, August 29th, 2025
Dear Highlanders, I hope you have enjoyed a summer that has been both productive and rejuvenating, and that you are relaxing this Labor Day weekend or celebrating with family and friends as we prepare for the beginning of the fall semester. While many of us have enjoyed the summer, I believe ...

Independence Day Message from President Lim

Thursday, July 3rd, 2025
Dear Highlanders, I write today to wish you a joyous and healthy Independence Day! This is a time to celebrate the birth of the United States of America as an independent nation nearly 250 years ago. This weekend, many will gather with family, friends and loved ones; take trips to the shore or park...

Juneteenth Message from President Lim

Thursday, June 19th, 2025
Dear Highlanders, NJIT is proud to celebrate Juneteenth (which the university is observing on Friday, June 20). This federal and state holiday commemorates the official end of slavery in the United States, which occurred on June 19, 1865, when Union General Gordon Granger brought news to Galveston,...

Memorial Day Message from President Lim

Friday, May 23rd, 2025
Dear Highlanders and Friends, This weekend, as many of us gather with family and friends to observe the Memorial Day holiday, let us take time to remember and honor those who sacrificed their lives while serving in the United States military. NJIT has hundreds of students and thousands of alumni w...

Reminder - April 1 NJIT Town Hall

Tuesday, March 25th, 2025
Dear Highlanders,    As a reminder, 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. &nbsp...

Message from President Lim

Tuesday, March 25th, 2025
Dear Highlanders,   From its very beginning, NJIT has been a trailblazer in expanding access to higher education and preparing students for career success. Over 140 years ago, this institution was established to educate a technical workforce for the City of Newark, a population with...