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...

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...

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 Double Major Pablo Leyva Takes on Human-AI Interaction at Apple

Wednesday, September 16th, 2026
During his second summer as an Apple intern, Pablo Leyva worked at the point where artificial intelligence meets the person holding an iPhone. The NJIT applied mathematics and computer science double major contributed to a customer-facing project involving Apple Wallet’s 18 products, Siri modeling a...

NJIT Alumna in Connected Aviation Turned Setbacks Into Strengths

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2026
When Priyanka Mahankali ’16 failed a networking course during her first semester at New Jersey Institute of Technology, she could have taken it as evidence that the subject was not for her. Instead, she took it as a challenge. Priyanka, who earned her master’s degree in computer science from NJIT, r...

Federal Scholarships Now Available Where AI and Cybersecurity Meet

Friday, August 28th, 2026
Beginning this fall, New Jersey Institute of Technology students who study artificial intelligence and cybersecurity can earn full scholarships in exchange for working in government jobs after graduation. The deal is happening because NJIT was accepted into the National Science Foundation’s new Cybe...

In ‘From Code to Cloud,’ Maura and Fadi Deek Carry Forward the Teaching Legacy of NJIT Professor James McHugh

Wednesday, August 26th, 2026
A new textbook by NJIT professors Maura and Fadi Deek and alumnus Wei Yao Ph.D. ’24 brings to completion a project they began with the late James McHugh, a longtime NJIT professor, academic leader and mentor whose influence on computing education at the university spanned decades. Published this sum...

No. 1 in Class to National Security Impact: An Alum’s Journey in Cybersecurity as a Call to Service

Wednesday, August 19th, 2026
Sam Itman ’22, M.S. ’23 came to NJIT with a passion for solving complex, real-world problems that would have a tangible impact on a national scale, prioritizing mission value over private-sector compensation. His recent promotion as an innovation and AI specialist for the United States Department of...

NJIT Named Among Princeton Review’s Best 392 Colleges for 2027

Tuesday, August 18th, 2026
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is again among the nation’s top undergraduate institutions in The Princeton Review’s annual college guide, earning inclusion in “The Best 392 Colleges: 2027 Edition.” The distinction places NJIT among approximately 14% of the nation’s nearly 2,800 four-year ...

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...