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2-0 Start for Women's Hoops, Kulyk Scores Career-Best 25 Points in Road Win

Sunday, November 9th, 2025
The NJIT women's basketball team started the 2025 season 2-0 led by sophomore Olivia Kulyk's career-best 25 points in the Highlanders 82-78 road victory at Fordham Friday evening in women's basketball non-conference action at Rose Hill Gymnasium. Post Game Comments with Head Coach Mike La...

From Islamabad to Newark: Fintech Major Muhammad Musa Builds a Future of Access and Opportunity

Wednesday, November 5th, 2025
Of the 55 million students in Pakistan, only 11,000 manage to study in the United States each year. Muhammad Musa is one of them. Now a second-year student majoring in financial technology and a member of NJIT’s Albert Dorman Honors College, Musa has become one of the most engaged students on campu...

NJIT Picks Up Season Opening Victory at Sacred Heart, Zuniga Leads All Scorers with 24 Points

Tuesday, November 4th, 2025
Senior Alejandra Zuniga led all scorers with 24 points to lead NJIT to a 64-51 road victory over Sacred Heart in the 2025-26 season opener for both teams Monday evening inside the William H. Pitt Center. Zuniga, an America East Preseason All-Conference selection, combined for 24 points on...

NJIT Professor's Award-Winning Album Amplifies Heroine Voices of WWII's Italian Resistance

Monday, November 3rd, 2025
World War II has been revisited countless times in books and films. But NJIT professor Laura Montanari set out on a unique songwriting project to bring to life overlooked voices in the Allied fight against fascism — heroines of Italy’s underground resistance. Her new collection of “archival so...

Modernizing Health Records for the Most Vulnerable

Friday, October 31st, 2025
Over a decade ago, an NJIT health care startup took up a daunting challenge: to train 5,000 primary care providers in the state to adopt electronic health record systems that would allow them to better track their patients, improve their quality of care and securely share information.  The fed...

Mark Cartwright Uses AI to Give Non-Verbal Performers a Voice in New Opera

Thursday, October 30th, 2025
Art is rooted in thought and emotion. The greatest music and drama allow viewers and performers alike to feel joy, anger or sadness as a shared communicative experience. But how does someone with no voice “sing” in an opera? Assistant Professor Mark Cartwright, who leads the Sound Interaction and C...

NJIT and NJII Launch PureTrace Labs to Commercialize PFAS Detection Technology

Thursday, October 30th, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and the New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII) today announced the launch of PureTrace Labs, a startup created to bring NJIT-developed technology for rapid detection of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to market.The company marks the first official...

Women's Soccer Defeats Maine 2-1 in Home Finale

Tuesday, October 28th, 2025
The NJIT women's soccer team (6-5-6, 1-3-3 AE) defeated Maine (3-7-3, 2-3-2 AE), 2-1, in its final regular season home game on Saturday night at Lubetkin Field at Mal Simon Stadium. Interview with head coach Ally Nick How it Happened NJIT struck first in the third minute when Briana Andreoli...

NJIT Again Named Among Nation's Greenest Colleges in The Princeton Review's 2026 Guide

Tuesday, October 28th, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has again been recognized as one of the nation’s most environmentally responsible universities, earning a Green Rating of 91 out of 99 in The Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges: 2026 Edition. The annual guide honors institutions that demonstrate exce...

Veltrup and Mastromarino Lead NJIT at Temple

Sunday, October 26th, 2025
Highlander newcomers Paul Veltrup and Fabio Mastromarino led NJIT to an impressive performance at the 2025 Coach Nikki Franke Open hosted by Temple Sunday. Graduate student Paul Veltrup from Grefrath, Germany captured the gold medal in the men's epee competition while ...