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Computing Student Earns Spot in One of the World's Most Competitive Hackathons

Friday, March 28th, 2025
Haley Patel, an undergraduate computer science student in the Ying Wu College of Computing, recently represented NJIT at Stanford University's TreeHacks 2025, one of the most competitive hackathons globally. Sponsored by tech giants like NVIDIA, Google and OpenAI, TreeHacks received more than 12,000...

YWCC Makes an Impact at AAAI Conference 2025

Thursday, March 27th, 2025
Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) was a notable presence at the 39th Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence during the month of March. Distinguished Professor and Associate Dean for Research and External Relations Guiling “Grace” Wang served as Sponsorship Chair for this year’s event, i...

NJIT Alumni Women Leading Architecture Design Technology

Thursday, March 27th, 2025
The architecture, engineering and construction industry is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by technological advancements reshaping how projects are designed, coordinated and executed. Three alumnae of New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Hillier College of Architecture and Design — Gaya...

NJII and Cognome Partner to Advance AI-Powered Health Care Solutions

Wednesday, March 26th, 2025
New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), and Cognome are pleased to announce a strategic partnership to transform patient care with AI and ML solutions. This partnership leverages Cognome's ethical AI tools, developed at two leading academic health care systems, with NJII's professional services to d...

From 3D Bioprinting to Disease Tracking, NJIT Showcases its Groundbreaking Labs

Wednesday, March 26th, 2025
Throughout the year, NJIT researchers focus on unsolved problems in areas such as medical science, energy sustainability and cybersecurity and test new methods to tackle them. Each spring, at the annual Research Institutes, Centers and Laboratories Showcase, they step out of their labs to present th...

Reminder - April 1 NJIT Town Hall

Tuesday, March 25th, 2025
Dear Highlanders,    As a reminder, please join us on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Atrium for our spring town hall meeting. These gatherings are important opportunities for dialog and feedback, so we highly encourage your participation. &nbsp...

Message from President Lim

Tuesday, March 25th, 2025
Dear Highlanders,   From its very beginning, NJIT has been a trailblazer in expanding access to higher education and preparing students for career success. Over 140 years ago, this institution was established to educate a technical workforce for the City of Newark, a population with...

NJIT Highlander Model Rocket is a Transformer, Becomes Drone, Lands Itself

Monday, March 24th, 2025
The NJIT Rocketry Club is experimenting with a model that autonomously lands itself standing up, a la SpaceX, but accomplished through novel methods. SpaceX rockets fire their liquid fuel thrusters while descending. Other hobbyists have already tried to duplicate that method, so the Highlanders dev...

Offense Backs Peterson's Strong Start as Highlanders Sweep UMBC, 11-3

Sunday, March 23rd, 2025
Brandon Peterson struck out six over seven innings of work while his offense erupted for 11 runs as NJIT completed a three-game sweep of UMBC on Sunday, 11-3. How it Happened After taking the lead in the second on an RBI groundout, UMBC charged ahead in the top of the third behind a pair of ho...

NJIT Hosts Gubernatorial Candidates Forum on Small Business Growth

Thursday, March 20th, 2025
NJIT served as the venue for a March 19 gubernatorial forum dedicated to exploring the challenges and solutions for fostering small and diverse business growth across New Jersey. The event, initiated by Jeff Cantor, CEO of the Veterans Chamber of Commerce, highlighted the need for improvements and s...