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Life on the River

Thursday, October 1st, 2026
The balance between commerce and recreation, always tricky for urban waterways, tipped long ago on the polluted lower stretches of the Passaic River. In sections of Newark, the river and its tributaries are channelized and mostly lost to view, obscured by dense tree stands and scrubby undergrowth. N...

NJIT Alum Ayeh Khalil Earns Fulbright Research Grant for Public Health Study in Jordan

Thursday, September 24th, 2026
Ayeh T. Khalil ’20, an alumna of New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Albert Dorman Honors College and Jordan Hu College of Science and Liberal Arts, has received a Fulbright U.S. Student research grant to conduct a 10-month public health study in Amman, Jordan. Khalil’s project, A Health Systems Ap...

Scientists Simulate Ant Swarms, Find a Single Ant Can Set the Colony in Motion

Tuesday, August 11th, 2026
In ant colonies, a single ant can be the catalyst for a wave of mob activity, launching brief bursts of coordinated movement involving hundreds or even thousands of swarming workers, according to new simulations from New Jersey Institute of Technology. About three decades ago, biologists discovered...

NJIT Appoints Moshe Kam Interim Provost

Tuesday, August 4th, 2026
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has announced the appointment of Moshe Kam, Dean of NJIT’s Newark College of Engineering (NCE) and Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, as the university’s Interim Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, effectiv...

Lindsay Burke, May '26 Grad, Simplifies Bus Routes and Earns Doctoral Spot at Michigan

Thursday, July 16th, 2026
Commuters may get to work faster and rely less on bus schedules if transit agencies embrace Lindsay Burke’s undergraduate research at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Burke, who graduated in May with a B.S. in computer science and was in the Albert Dorman Honors College, was first author on A Swa...

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 ce...

For NJIT’s Master’s and Doctoral Class of 2026, a Charge to Adapt, Persist and Lead

Wednesday, May 20th, 2026
NJIT celebrated its master’s and doctoral graduates in two commencement ceremonies that joined academic tradition with messages about resilience, uncertainty, knowledge and the responsibility to use advanced education in service of others. The ceremonies, held May 20 at NJIT’s Bloom Wellness and Eve...

Senior Success: HCSLA Awardee Kristina Camia Lands NJIT Lab Role Before Ph.D. in Biology

Thursday, May 14th, 2026
Continuing our Senior Success Series, we’re spotlighting undergraduate seniors honored at the 2026 HCSLA Awards as they prepare for Commencement. Kristina Camia graduates this May with the HCSLA Outstanding Student Award in Biology, capping her undergraduate years in NJIT’s Barden Lab, where she co-...

Senior Success: HCSLA Awardee Shailee Shah Begins Research Career at Johnson & Johnson

Tuesday, May 12th, 2026
Each spring, NJIT’s Jordan Hu College of Science and Liberal Arts honors a select group of graduating seniors who stand out for achievement, leadership and service. As part of the 2026 HCSLA Awards, we’re spotlighting three Outstanding Student Award recipients — each with a unique story and big amb...

Renowned “Dinosaur Hunter” Kenneth J. Lacovara Headlines 2026 HCSLA Awards

Monday, May 11th, 2026
NJIT’s Jordan Hu College of Science & Liberal Arts (HCSLA) celebrated 44 years on May 6 with its annual awards ceremony, headlined by a special guest appearance from paleontologist and famed “dinosaur hunter” Dr. Kenneth J. Lacovara. Held in the Central King Building’s Agile Strategy Lab, the ev...