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NJIT Partners on New Jersey Supercomputer Initiative to Drive Statewide Innovation

Tuesday, October 20th, 2026
New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill was joined today by a contingent of representatives from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) for the launch of the New Jersey Supercomputer Initiative (NJSCI), a groundbreaking public-private partnership that will drive the next generation of research, innova...

Nick Fuentes-Zuluaga ’19 and Daniel Vargas ’15 Named to ‘Latinos 40 Under 40’

Friday, October 16th, 2026
NJIT alumni Nick Fuentes-Zuluaga ’19 and Daniel Vargas ’15 have been named to Negocios Now’s NYC Tri-State Latinos 40 Under 40 Class of 2026, joining a group of emerging Latino leaders making an impact across the region. Both serve as co-chairs of NJIT’s Hispanic and Latinx Leadership Council (HLLC)...

NJIT Hosts National Conversation on AI and the Future of First-Year Engineering

Wednesday, August 12th, 2026
Engineering educators and students from institutions across the country gathered at New Jersey Institute of Technology for the 2026 First-Year Engineering Experience Conference, examining how universities can prepare beginning engineers for a profession — and an educational environment — being resha...

NJIT Appoints Moshe Kam Interim Provost

Tuesday, August 4th, 2026
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has announced the appointment of Moshe Kam, Dean of NJIT’s Newark College of Engineering (NCE) and Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, as the university’s Interim Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, effectiv...

Investing in a STEM Future: NJIT Pre-College Program Supports Standout Students

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026
Forensic science. Robotics. Clean air technologies. Essays about these and other STEM topics recently earned five outstanding middle and high school students scholarships to NJIT summer programs, awarded by the university's Center for Pre-College Programs (CPCP). The Kelly A. O'Connor, '94, '96, '03...

Accelerated Program Propelled Krish Poudel Toward Medicine and Innovation

Monday, July 13th, 2026
Good things may come to those who wait, but Krish Poudel '26 isn't waiting to pursue his lifelong dream of a medical career. It took him just three years to earn a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering as part of New Jersey Institute of Technology's accelerated B.S./M.D. program, and he now co...

NJIT’s Ashish Borgaonkar Wins ASEE National Teaching Award for Building the Foundation of Future Engineers

Tuesday, June 16th, 2026
Ashish Borgaonkar, assistant professor of engineering education in the School of Applied Engineering Technology at New Jersey Institute of Technology and founding director of Newark College of Engineering’s Grand Challenges Scholars Program, has been selected for the 2026 ASEE National Outstanding T...

From Classroom to Job Site: How Pennoni and NJIT Are Building an Engineering Partnership

Tuesday, June 9th, 2026
By the time Celine Jobson arrived at Pennoni, she had already seen engineering from several angles. A senior biomedical engineering student at New Jersey Institute of Technology with a minor in legal studies, Jobson had built experience in research, municipal work and industry settings. At Pennoni, ...

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...

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...