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From Byblos to Newark: Fadi Deek’s Memoir Traces a Life Across War, Education, Family and Career

Wednesday, June 17th, 2026
Fadi P. Deek’s new memoir, “Portrait of an Expatriate: A Lebanese-American Story,” begins in Byblos, Lebanon — the modern-day city of Jbeil — with memories of family, faith, tradition, the Mediterranean Sea and the mountains of Mount Lebanon. But it is also a story shaped by civil war, displacement ...

NJIT is New Jersey’s First Public Institution to Achieve Gold Sustainability Rating

Tuesday, June 16th, 2026
New Jersey Institute of Technology has achieved a Gold rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), marking a major milestone in the university’s continued efforts to advance sustainability across academics, campus operations, student engagement and ...

NJIT’s Ashish Borgaonkar Wins ASEE National Teaching Award for Building the Foundation of Future Engineers

Tuesday, June 16th, 2026
Ashish Borgaonkar, assistant professor of engineering education in the School of Applied Engineering Technology at New Jersey Institute of Technology and founding director of Newark College of Engineering’s Grand Challenges Scholars Program, has been selected for the 2026 ASEE National Outstanding T...

NJIT Ph.D. Researcher Wins NASA FINESST Award to Probe Mysteries of ‘White-Light’ Solar Flares

Monday, June 15th, 2026
In 1859, astronomer Richard Carrington witnessed a sudden flash from the Sun. The flare was followed by an extreme geomagnetic storm that produced auroras at unusually low latitudes and disrupted telegraph systems around the world. The event later became known as the Carrington Event — the first re...

Young Entrepreneurs Bring Startup Ideas to NJIT for NYLA Entrepreneurathon

Monday, June 15th, 2026
More than 60 middle and high school students from across New Jersey came to New Jersey Institute of Technology for NYLA Entrepreneurathon 2026, a one-day startup competition designed to give younger students hands-on experience in entrepreneurship, innovation and business development. Hosted at NJIT...

NJIT Joins 'Tear the Paper Ceiling' Campaign to Advance Skills-First Workforce Opportunity

Monday, June 15th, 2026
New Jersey Institute of Technology, through its professional education and workforce development division the Learning and Development Initiative (LDI), announced its support of the growing national skills-first movement by joining the Tear the Paper Ceiling public awareness campaign led by the Ad C...

From Materials Engineering to a Job at SpaceX: NJIT Graduate Pia Piazzi Built a Bright Future

Monday, June 15th, 2026
All engineers are familiar with the chemical, mechanical and physical properties of the materials that they work with. But for materials engineers, their expertise goes much deeper, demonstrating highly detailed knowledge — down to the molecular and atomic level — of materials such as ceramics, conc...

NJIT Alumna Maria Nogueira Signs Pro Contract with FC Porto

Friday, June 12th, 2026
NJIT women's soccer alumna Maria Nogueira has signed a professional contract with FC Porto, the club announced Wednesday. Nogueira becomes the third Highlander to sign a professional contract under head coach Ally Nick, joining Angela Harris and Bailey Chant, who signed with Acharnaikos Women FC in ...

NJIT Names Alumnus Pelesko as Interim President, Effective August 4, 2026

Friday, June 12th, 2026
Following the June 9 announcement of NJIT President Teik C. Lim’s intent to retire from the university on August 3, 2026, the university’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously to appoint Dr. John A. Pelesko, NJIT’s provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, to serve as interim preside...

Construction Workers Get Mental Health Support from NJIT Initiative

Thursday, June 11th, 2026
Construction is a physically demanding profession. But for many in the industry, a far greater challenge is managing mental and emotional well-being. Anxiety, depression, substance abuse and addiction in construction workers often go unreported and untreated. Long workdays, hazardous conditions, unp...