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Kathleen Byington Appointed Interim CFO at NJIT

Monday, August 24th, 2026
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has appointed Kathleen M. Byington as interim senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective September 1, 2026. Byington comes to NJIT with an abundance of leadership experience in higher education finance, administration, and business operatio...

Women's Soccer Rallies Late to Win Over Lehigh 2-1

Sunday, August 23rd, 2026
The NJIT women's soccer team rally late in 2-1 win over Lehigh for the Highlanders first win of the season on Sunday Afternoon. After trailing 1-0 at the break, the Highlanders scored twice in the second half to earn their first victory of the 2026 season and improve to 1-1-1 on the year. The Mounta...

JPMorgan Embraces NJIT Intern’s AI Assistant for Email Compliance

Thursday, August 20th, 2026
Frank Giaquinto, a senior financial technology major from Fairfield Township, finished second of 75 audit department interns in JPMorgan’s artificial intelligence challenge this summer. Giaquinto built his AI assistant, called Compliance Guard, inside of JPMorgan’s established LLM Suite used by thou...

NJIT to Shape Roadmap for Nation’s First EV Battery Management Law

Thursday, August 20th, 2026
By 2030, as many as 12 million metric tons of electric and hybrid vehicle batteries could reach the end of their first useful life worldwide each year. Now, NJIT researchers are helping New Jersey become the first state to answer a question: How can retired electric vehicle batteries be safely manag...

From Code to Cloud: A New Book by Maura and Fadi Deek Finishes What an Inspiration Started

Wednesday, August 19th, 2026
Maura and Fadi Deek in the Ying Wu College of Computing share a rich history as spouses and collaborators. Their new book, “From Code to Cloud: Developing Web Applications”, finishes what their colleague James McHugh began together with the two of them prior to his passing in 2022. McHugh was a prof...

No. 1 in Class to National Security Impact: An Alum’s Journey in Cybersecurity as a Call to Service

Wednesday, August 19th, 2026
Sam Itman ’22, M.S. ’23 came to NJIT with a passion for solving complex, real-world problems that would have a tangible impact on a national scale, prioritizing mission value over private-sector compensation. His recent promotion as an innovation and AI specialist for the United States Department of...

NJIT Named Among Princeton Review’s Best 392 Colleges for 2027

Tuesday, August 18th, 2026
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is again among the nation’s top undergraduate institutions in The Princeton Review’s annual college guide, earning inclusion in “The Best 392 Colleges: 2027 Edition.” The distinction places NJIT among approximately 14% of the nation’s nearly 2,800 four-year ...

NJIT’s Atam Dhawan to Receive 2026 Catalyst Award

Tuesday, August 18th, 2026
Atam P. Dhawan, New Jersey Institute of Technology’s chief strategic innovation officer and senior vice provost for research, will receive the Research & Development Council of New Jersey’s 2026 Catalyst Award for his contributions to strengthening the state’s innovation ecosystem. Dhawan will b...

Eckert Nets First Career Goal as Highlanders Draw Season Opener with Rider

Monday, August 17th, 2026
The NJIT women's soccer team opened the 2026 season with a 1-1 draw against Rider on Sunday afternoon at Lubetkin Field at J. Malcolm Simon Stadium. The Broncs struck first in the 38th minute on their second shot on goal to take the early lead right before halftime. The Highlanders response came in ...

New AI Model Detects Hidden Signs of Solar Eruptions Hours Before They Emerge

Friday, August 14th, 2026
Long before dark sunspots appear on the Sun's surface, a new active region — where powerful solar eruptions can originate — begins showing subtle signs of its formation. Now, researchers say a new artificial intelligence model can detect those early signals and forecast the emergence of solar acti...