Two NJIT Students Earn Goldwater Scholarships

Friday, April 4th, 2025
Goldwater Scholarships, among the most prestigious awards for undergraduate students pursuing STEM degrees, are going to two juniors at NJIT. The recipients are: Dev Doshi, a biomedical engineering major in the Newark College of Engineering; and Brock Shahinian, an environmental science major in th...

NJIT Undergrad Wins Association for Women in Mathematics' National Essay Contest

Friday, March 28th, 2025
As most students were buried in final exams last December, Iniobong Ofonime took an extra assignment outside her usual work as an engineering student — rather than applying mathematics to solve problems, she decided to profile an inspirational mathematician. Her efforts have added up to a first-plac...

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 devi...

Princeton Review Ranks NJIT at No. 36 Nationally in Game Design

Wednesday, March 19th, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology ranks No. 36 nationally among the top 50 undergraduate schools for game design, according to The Princeton Review. That’s an improvement of 13 places from NJIT’s last ranking. Regionally, NJIT also stands out, at No. 10 in the Northeast. The high marks support the ...

'Insect Isle' Selected as Winning Proposal in Honors College Biodiversity Initiative

Wednesday, March 5th, 2025
NJIT’s Albert Dorman Honors College held its First-Year Seminar Biodiversity Initiatives colloquium, in which six student-led proposals were presented to increase and sustain biodiversity through a campus planting. This year’s plan focused around a renovation near Faculty Memorial Hall. These stude...

Expanding Housing: NJIT's Rebuild of Oak Hall Will More Than Double Its Beds

Wednesday, February 26th, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology is rebuilding its second oldest residence hall to meet a burgeoning demand for housing at the growing public university. The new Oak Hall on Summit Street in Newark will contain 453 beds in 154 units — more than double the current totals. The units will take the fo...

NJIT Maintains Highest Research Classification, Renews its R1 Status from Carnegie

Thursday, February 13th, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has once again earned the prestigious R1 designation from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, reaffirming its standing as a top-tier doctoral university with very high research activity. This continued recognition reflects NJIT’s...

Three NJIT Students Win Gilman Scholarships to Study Internationally

Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
Three NJIT undergraduates — two from the Hillier College of Architecture and Design and one from the Ying Wu College of Computing — won the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad. Architecture majors Nataly Mendez ’27 and Tyler Hebert ’26 will participate in HCAD’s Kunstmeile ...

Fulbright Scholar Anna Maria DiBrita Shares Her NJIT STEM Knowledge with Spain's Future

Thursday, January 9th, 2025
Anna Maria DiBrita ’24 didn’t quite have the time to study abroad during her time pursuing her degree in biomedical engineering. The Albert Dorman Honors Scholar kept a full plate on campus — member of the Society of Female Engineers, ambassadorships for biomedical engineering and the Honors College...

NJIT's Honors College Scholars Present Research at Interdisciplinary Forum

Thursday, December 19th, 2024
Over 100 Albert Dorman Honors College (ADHC) scholars showcased their semester's research at the Honors Interdisciplinary Research Forum, featuring work from three foundational courses: Introduction to Research Writing, Introduction to Research Methods and — new for this semester — Introduction to E...