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NJIT Alumna in Connected Aviation Turned Setbacks Into Strengths

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2026
When Priyanka Mahankali ’16 failed a networking course during her first semester at New Jersey Institute of Technology, she could have taken it as evidence that the subject was not for her. Instead, she took it as a challenge. Priyanka, who earned her master’s degree in computer science from NJIT, r...

David Bader Named to 2026 Class of IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Contributors

Tuesday, September 1st, 2026
David A. Bader, distinguished professor and founding director of the Institute for Data Science in the Ying Wu College of Computing, has been named to the 2026 Class of Distinguished Contributors of the IEEE Computer Society. The Distinguished Contributor Recognition Program is a permanent designati...

Men’s Soccer Secures First Win of 2026, 4-1 Over Manhattan

Monday, August 31st, 2026
Jeremy Klinger scored a goal and added an assist, while three other Highlanders found the back of the net as NJIT secured its first win of the 2026 season with a convincing 4-1 victory over Manhattan Friday evening at Lubetkin Field at Mal Simon Stadium. NJIT controlled the match from the opening wh...

NJIT Again Leads All NJ Universities Among Forbes’ Best Employers by State

Sunday, August 30th, 2026
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) remains the top-ranked educational institution in New Jersey on Forbes’ 2026 list of America’s Best Employers by State. Among the 90 organizations recognized in New Jersey, NJIT ranked: No. 1 among educational institutions No. 8 among employers headquartere...

Federal Scholarships Now Available Where AI and Cybersecurity Meet

Friday, August 28th, 2026
Beginning this fall, New Jersey Institute of Technology students who study artificial intelligence and cybersecurity can earn full scholarships in exchange for working in government jobs after graduation. The deal is happening because NJIT was accepted into the National Science Foundation’s new Cybe...

NJIT Rated No. 1 Public University in New Jersey, No. 38 Nationally in TIME Ranking

Thursday, August 27th, 2026
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is the No. 1 public university in New Jersey and No. 38 among public institutions nationwide in TIME’s inaugural America’s Best Colleges 2026-2027 ranking. NJIT also ranks No. 95 overall nationally among the 500 colleges and universities recognized by TIME a...

Ahmad Azuad Yaseer - ECE PhD Student of the Month - August 2026

Thursday, August 27th, 2026
Ahmad Azuad Yaseer is a second-year Ph.D. student in the Helen and John C. Hartmann Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, where he is advised by Dr. Dong-Kyun Ko. His research focuses on the development of field-effect-gated lead selenide colloidal quantum dot (PbSe CQD)-based photodiod...

The Art of Making a Difference

Thursday, August 27th, 2026
Ron Dooley remembers helping on his father’s milk route in Linden with the kind of hindsight that turns an old complaint into something like gratitude. At 12, he was not especially eager to get up before dawn and do the work of Dooley’s Dairy. But what felt then like a chore now looks more like an e...

NJIT Pi Kappa Phi Members Complete Gear Up New York, Raising More Than $170,000

Thursday, August 27th, 2026
Six members of NJIT’s Pi Kappa Phi fraternity — Damian “DJ” Buccine Jr., Jacob Immitt, Zakaria Abazine, Jacob Vasquez, Connor Mackersie and Antonio Marques — completed Gear Up New York this summer as part of a team that raised more than $170,000 for The Ability Experience. The journey took participa...

In ‘From Code to Cloud,’ Maura and Fadi Deek Carry Forward the Teaching Legacy of NJIT Professor James McHugh

Wednesday, August 26th, 2026
A new textbook by NJIT professors Maura and Fadi Deek and alumnus Wei Yao Ph.D. ’24 brings to completion a project they began with the late James McHugh, a longtime NJIT professor, academic leader and mentor whose influence on computing education at the university spanned decades. Published this sum...