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NJIT Unveils VR Crime Scene Tech, Research at Nation's Largest Forensic Conference

Wednesday, March 19th, 2025
NJIT’s forensics program made an impression at the 77th Annual American Academy of Forensic Sciences’ Conference in Baltimore’s Convention Center, unveiling new research and innovations that tackled this year’s conference theme, “Technology: A Tool for Transformation or Tyranny?” NJIT faculty and s...

Princeton Review Ranks NJIT at No. 36 Nationally in Game Design

Wednesday, March 19th, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology ranks No. 36 nationally among the top 50 undergraduate schools for game design, according to The Princeton Review. That’s an improvement of 13 places from NJIT’s last ranking. Regionally, NJIT also stands out, at No. 10 in the Northeast. The high marks support the...

Former NJIT President Saul Fenster Passes Away at 91

Tuesday, March 18th, 2025
NJIT mourns the passing of Saul K. Fenster, the university's sixth president, who died peacefully at his home in Long Branch, New Jersey, on March 15, 2025. He was 91 years old. Dr. Fenster served as president of NJIT from 1978 to 2002, a tenure marked by significant growth and transformation. Unde...

Highlanders Break out Bats in Win at Villanova, 13-3

Monday, March 17th, 2025
Four Highlanders crushed home runs and MT Morrissey punched out a career-high eight batters as NJIT flexed its muscles in a 13-3 victory on Saturday afternoon over Villanova. How it Happened The Highlanders got off on the right foot once again, scoring in the first inning for the 11th&nbs...

NJIT's Bader, Who Helped Invent Modern Supercomputing, Gets HoF Honor

Monday, March 17th, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology distinguished professor David Bader was inducted recently into the Mimms Museum of Technology and Art Hall of Fame, located near Atlanta. The museum committee cited Bader, who also serves as director of NJIT’s Institute for Data Science, for “revolutioniz[ing] the...

Roubalio Earns Bid to the 2025 NCAA Fencing Championships

Friday, March 14th, 2025
Niels Roubailo has earned a bid to the 2025 NCAA Fencing Championships announced by the organization on Tuesday. His selection was an at-large bid after finishing ninth out of 47 fencers in the men's epee competition at the 2025 NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional on March 8. Official NCAA Relea...

SIGCHI Design Jam Showcases the Fruits of Mixing Computing with Creativity

Friday, March 14th, 2025
The annual SIGCHI (Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction) Design Jam happened during an inspired nine-hour designathon beginning on Saturday, March 8 at 9 a.m. and finishing at 1 p.m. the following day. The event invites students studying human-computer interaction, digital design, we...

Experts from NJIT, Carnegie Mellon Find the Pen is Mightier than the Data

Friday, March 14th, 2025
Plenty of researchers already study how to tell if online writing bears the traits of artificial intelligence — but Michael Laudenbach, in the humanities and social sciences department at NJIT’s Jordan Hu College of Science and Liberal Arts, is studying what traits indicate that digital prose was cr...

Gender's Role in Climate Change, AI Highlighted at NJIT Women's Tech Conference

Thursday, March 13th, 2025
A keynote speaker at NJIT’s Women Designing the Future conference explained the imperative for holistic approaches to climate change policy, while another shared her tale of breaking through glass ceilings to develop innovative artificial intelligence software. The speakers — Rhiana Gunn-Wright, wh...

NJIT's First-Year Engineers 'Dive' into Design, Shaping the Future at Annual Showcase

Tuesday, March 11th, 2025
The spirit of innovation and hands-on learning was in full force at the Newark College of Engineering's (NCE) annual First-Year Engineering Design Showcase, a highlight of National Engineers Week. This popular event, a testament to NJIT's commitment to early-stage practical engineering experience, s...