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Q&A with David Bader, Recipient of Scientific Computing Honor

Friday, May 29th, 2026
NJIT’s David Bader, distinguished professor and director of the Institute for Data Science, was recently named one of the industry’s most influential researchers by Scientific Computing World.Scientific computing, also known as high-performance computing, refers to the hardware, software and network...

Honors Scholars Turn Research, Service Learning Into Real-World Impact

Friday, May 29th, 2026
Students from Albert Dorman Honors College courses presented their semester’s research during the fifth Honors Interdisciplinary Research Forum, showcasing projects that ranged from bias in generative artificial intelligence to engineering responses for environmental challenges along Newark’s waterw...

Kuzak Named 2025-26 America East Man of the Year Finalist

Thursday, May 28th, 2026
NJIT men's swimming and diving senior Zac Kuzak has been named a finalist for the 2025-26 America East Conference Man of the Year award, the league office announced Tuesday.The America East Conference selected three finalists per gender for the prestigious honor. The 2025-26 America East Man and Wom...

Computer Engineering Major Adam Mariano Graduates in Top 1%, Heads to Michigan for Masters

Thursday, May 28th, 2026
Curiosity, an interest in computers and an affinity for problem-solving brought Adam Mariano '26 to New Jersey Institute of Technology, leading them to a major in computer engineering. But they also found space for their lifelong love of music, performing on the viola with the NJIT String Ensemble. ...

NJIT Cybersecurity Research Adds Protection to AI-Built Code

Tuesday, May 26th, 2026
Software that will harden the security of AI-developed code is being developed at New Jersey Institute of Technology, funded by a $450,000 National Science Foundation grant.NJIT professors Zephyr Yao and Iulian Neamtiu decided they’d seen enough of the downside of programming assisted by artificial ...

Brown, Ballen and Fotheringham Qualify for NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships

Monday, May 25th, 2026
Senior Jason Ballen and freshmen Eatoniel Brown and Jessie Fotheringham have officially qualified for the 2026 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships East First Round, set for May 27-30 at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky.The Highlander trio secured qualification by f...

Prominent NJIT and Princeton Alumni Bond

Sunday, May 24th, 2026
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) alumnus Martin Tuchman, a prominent member of the Princeton, NJ community and a pioneer in the logistics and global trade industry for whom the Martin Tuchman School of Management at NJIT is named, recently connected with another Princeton icon—historic Jeop...

Gov. Mikie Sherrill Tells NJIT Class of 2026 to Dream Big and Build What Comes Next

Friday, May 22nd, 2026
NJIT celebrated its undergraduate Class of 2026 at Prudential Center in Newark, honoring baccalaureate degree candidates from across the university’s colleges in a ceremony centered on service, achievement, alumni connection and the responsibility to use an NJIT education with purpose.The May 22 cer...

Outstanding Senior Samantha Montalbine Acquired Honors, Awards and Confidence

Thursday, May 21st, 2026
Samantha Montalbine '26 always knew that she liked engineering. She was team captain of her middle-school robotics team in Brooklyn, and at Freehold Township High School she took engineering classes and served as president of the Technology Students Association.But when Montalbine applied to New Jer...

Hillier College Studio on Bergen Arches Visualizes a Greenway with Transit for Jersey City

Thursday, May 21st, 2026
Students in Adjunct Professor Vincent Marchetto’s architecture studio are redesigning an abandoned railroad right-of-way in Jersey City as a 21st century urban greenway. Reconnection: The Bergen Arches studio focuses on the mile-long Erie Cut, a 60-foot-wide channel blasted from the live rock of the...