With Global Eyes on New Jersey, NJIT Makes Its Mark on the World Cup

Sunday, July 12th, 2026
As Norway and England met in a World Cup quarterfinal Saturday, NJIT alumni, families and friends gathered in a reserved VIP space at La Plaza de Fútbol inside American Dream, experiencing the energy of a tournament that turned New Jersey into a global destination. The gathering brought together 150...

Graduate and Newark Mayor Scholar Kaily Peixoto Engineered Community Through Volunteer Work

Wednesday, July 8th, 2026
As a construction engineering technology major at New Jersey Institute of Technology, Kaily Peixoto '26 found a community of like-minded students and faculty who challenged and inspired her. Peixoto, who consistently made the Dean's List, is an Albert Dorman Honors Scholar and a Newark Mayor's Schol...

From Materials Engineering to a Job at SpaceX: NJIT Graduate Pia Piazzi Built a Bright Future

Monday, June 15th, 2026
All engineers are familiar with the chemical, mechanical and physical properties of the materials that they work with. But for materials engineers, their expertise goes much deeper, demonstrating highly detailed knowledge — down to the molecular and atomic level — of materials such as ceramics, conc...

From NJIT to Harvard, Austin Chen Designs for a More Sustainable Future

Wednesday, June 10th, 2026
Austin Chen ’26 arrived at NJIT with an interest in architecture, but he leaves with something more defined: a belief that the built environment must be measured not only by its form, but also by its function, performance, and how it responds to people who inhabit it. Chen, an Albert Dorman Honors C...

Honors Scholars Turn Research, Service Learning Into Real-World Impact

Friday, May 29th, 2026
Students from Albert Dorman Honors College courses presented their semester’s research during the fifth Honors Interdisciplinary Research Forum, showcasing projects that ranged from bias in generative artificial intelligence to engineering responses for environmental challenges along Newark’s waterw...

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...

Outstanding Senior Samantha Montalbine Acquired Honors, Awards and Confidence

Thursday, May 21st, 2026
Samantha Montalbine '26 always knew that she liked engineering. She was team captain of her middle-school robotics team in Brooklyn, and at Freehold Township High School she took engineering classes and served as president of the Technology Students Association. But when Montalbine applied to New Je...

Hillier College Studio on Bergen Arches Visualizes a Greenway with Transit for Jersey City

Thursday, May 21st, 2026
Students in Adjunct Professor Vincent Marchetto’s architecture studio are redesigning an abandoned railroad right-of-way in Jersey City as a 21st century urban greenway. Reconnection: The Bergen Arches studio focuses on the mile-long Erie Cut, a 60-foot-wide channel blasted from the live rock of the...

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...

Avanish Kulkarni, a Lifelong Roblox Fan, Will Become a Developer There

Friday, May 15th, 2026
Avanish Kulkarni got his dream job right out of college. Kulkarni, an Albert Dorman Honors College member who calls East Brunswick home, is graduating with a B.S. in computer science and will move to Silicon Valley this summer to become a software engineer at videogame platform company Roblox. He sc...