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NJIT’s Martin Tuchman School of Management Introduces Three-Year Degree Pathway

Tuesday, October 6th, 2026
Students pursuing a business degree at NJIT will soon have a new option to complete the same 120-credit bachelor’s degree in three years, giving them a faster path to the workforce without sacrificing academic experience. The Martin Tuchman School of Management will launch its accelerated B.S. in Bu...

Highlander Community Recognized Among BINJE’s Best Hispanic Business Leaders

Monday, October 5th, 2026
Alumni, advisers and friends of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) are among BINJE’s Best Hispanic Business Leaders for 2026, a statewide recognition announced during Hispanic Heritage Month that honors more than 100 leaders across business, education, government and community service. The ho...

NJIT Celebrates Alumni Achievement and Teaching Excellence at Homecoming Celebration

Monday, October 5th, 2026
From developing water purification technologies and advanced computer systems to strengthening public health and educating future leaders, this year’s NJIT award recipients have built careers solving complex problems and creating opportunities for others. The university will celebrate their accompli...

Shilpa Mukhopadhyay - ECE PhD Student of the Month - October 2026

Monday, October 5th, 2026
Shilpa Mukhopadhyay is a first-year Ph.D. student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at NJIT, where she is pursuing her doctoral studies under the guidance of Dr. Arnob Ghosh. Her research interests focus on developing safe and robust reinforcement learning (RL) agents, with an em...

Men’s Soccer Battles for 90 Minutes to Split with No. 12 Vermont

Saturday, October 3rd, 2026
NJIT played No. 12 Vermont to a 1-1 draw on Saturday at Virtue Field in America East Conference men's soccer action. NJIT is 5-4-2 overall and 1-0-1 in conference play, remaining undefeated in the last four straight matches. Vermont, ranked No. 12 moved to 7-1-3 overall and 1-0-1 in conference play...

Finding Signals, Ignoring Noise: NJIT PhD Grad Helps AI Detect Hate Speech

Friday, October 2nd, 2026
Count from one up to fifty. Simple, right? Now try that while watching a video about the history of math and listening to a song about multiplication, as ten nearby people shout random numbers. Not so easy, is it? When you're surrounded by distractions, focusing on one task can be a challenge — for...

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 Hosts International High School Robotics Tournament, Sending Three to World Champs

Wednesday, September 30th, 2026
High school robotics teams from Vancouver, B.C., Irvine, Calif. and Flushing, N.Y. won the 2026 Highlander Summit at New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Wellness and Events Center this fall. The summit is a major competition on the Vex Robotics circuit, with the winners besting 94 others to advance...

NJIT Ranks No. 22 in Princeton Review's Best Value List, 6th Year in Top 50

Tuesday, September 29th, 2026
For the sixth consecutive year, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is a Top 50 Best Value College in The Princeton Review’s annual ranking of public institutions. At No. 22 in the 2027 edition, NJIT climbed seven spots this year and is the only university in New Jersey included in the Top 50 ...

International Graduate Pays It Forward Through Twenty20 Vision

Tuesday, September 29th, 2026
Ashray Kengunte M.S. '23, like many international students, came to NJIT having done his homework. He chose the university and the Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) for its strong course structure, wide range of electives, and opportunities to explore areas such as data science, machine learning a...