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Men’s Soccer Opens America East Play With 2-1 Win Over Binghamton

Monday, September 28th, 2026
Luan Lazoja scored the go-ahead goal in the 56th minute, and the NJIT men's soccer team opened America East Conference play with a 2-1 victory over Binghamton Saturday evening at Lubetkin Field at Mal Simon Stadium. With the win, the Highlanders improve to 4-4-1 overall and 1-0-0 in America East pla...

NJIT Student Team Sends A.R.R.O.W. Into Space with NASA

Monday, September 28th, 2026
A multidisciplinary team of NJIT students from the Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) and Newark College of Engineering (NCE) Rocketry Club made history as participants in NJIT’s first team to launch in NASA’s RockSat Program. With their A.R.R.O.W. Mission (Aerospace Retrieval and Re-Entry Observat...

NJIT’s Sara Zapico Named National Higher Education Forensic Science Educator of the Year

Friday, September 25th, 2026
New Jersey Institute of Technology forensic scientist Sara C. Zapico has been named the 2026 Senator John Cornyn III National Higher Education Forensic Science Educator of the Year by the Consortium of Forensic Science Organizations, recognizing her contributions to forensic science education. Surro...

NJIT and Kazakhstan’s SDU University Establish Graduate Business Pathways

Friday, September 25th, 2026
New Jersey Institute of Technology and SDU University in Kazakhstan have established a partnership that will enable eligible SDU students to pursue graduate degrees from both institutions through a coordinated program of study in Kazakhstan and the United States. The memorandum of understanding, sig...

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...

NJIT to Expand National Research Portal, Receives $2.3 Million NSF Grant

Thursday, September 24th, 2026
There's a moment in every research lab when weeks, months or years of effort finally come together to confirm a hypothesis or produce a successful prototype. That moment is exhilarating for researchers, but the work doesn't stop there. Transforming lab results into far-reaching solutions for real-wo...

NJIT Students’ Plan to Power the Moon with Swarm Robots Wins NASA Prize

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026
NASA wants to establish sustained human presence on the lunar surface, but Houston has a problem — keeping the lights on when night falls on the Moon. The lunar South Pole, where NASA announced plans in March to build humanity’s first long-term Moon base, sees two weeks of total darkness at a time, ...

NJIT a Top 40 Public University, Gains in Social Mobility and STEM

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) maintained its No. 40 position among the nation’s top public universities in U.S. News & World Report’s 2027 Best Colleges rankings, while advancing in social mobility and undergraduate computer science and engineering. NJIT tied for No. 85 overall among...

Highlanders Defeat New Hampshire, Win AEast Opener for First Time Since Joining Conference

Monday, September 21st, 2026
Three different players found the back of the net as NJIT defeated New Hampshire, 3-2, on Senior Day Sunday at Lubetkin Field at Mal Simon Stadium, marking the first time NJIT has won its conference opener since joining the America East since joining the conference in 2020 (7 seasons). Sunday's win ...

Teaching a Disability-Forward Design Approach in Housing

Sunday, September 20th, 2026
In the Hillier College of Architecture and Design (HCAD) studio Disability-Forward Housing + Community, 14 architecture students learned how to design inclusive and supportive housing for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Led by Judy K Chöi, AIA, a LEED certified architec...