NJIT Ph.D. Researcher Wins NASA FINESST Award to Probe Mysteries of ‘White-Light’ Solar Flares

Monday, June 15th, 2026
In 1859, astronomer Richard Carrington witnessed a sudden flash from the Sun. The flare was followed by an extreme geomagnetic storm that produced auroras at unusually low latitudes and disrupted telegraph systems around the world.  The event later became known as the Carrington Event — the fir...

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...

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...

NJIT Radio Observations Help Uncover Why Some Solar Eruptions Fail

Wednesday, May 20th, 2026
A solar eruption that seemed poised to blast into space instead stalled and collapsed — and radio observations from NJIT’s Expanded Owens Valley Solar Array (EOVSA) helped reveal the magnetic forces that brought it down. In a new study, published May 20 in Nature Astronomy, an international tea...

NJIT Postdoc Tracks Electrons from Solar Flares to Deep Space, Honored for Dissertation Research

Wednesday, May 20th, 2026
Solar flares are among the most violent events in the solar system, releasing energy equivalent to millions of hydrogen bombs and propelling particles to near-light speed in seconds. Yet only a small fraction of those particles ever escapes into interplanetary space. Why do so few make it out of the...

Senior Success: Mia LoRe Heads to Bronx DA’s Digital Forensics Lab

Tuesday, May 19th, 2026
After Mia LoRe walks across the stage at Commencement 2026, she’ll step right into a new career in digital forensics with the Bronx District Attorney’s Office. This summer, LoRe will join the Bronx DA’s Digital Forensics Lab as a Digital Forensic Examiner II, examining digital evidence tied to crimi...

Senior Success: HCSLA Awardee and Math Tutor Thomas Omiatek Pursues Mathematics Ph.D. at NJIT

Friday, May 15th, 2026
Concluding our Senior Success series on honorees from the 2026 HCSLA Awards, we spotlight Thomas Omiatek ahead of Commencement 2026. Academic excellence helped earn Thomas Omiatek the HCSLA Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award in Mathematical Sciences — but it was the hundreds of hours he spent t...

Senior Success: HCSLA Awardee Kristina Camia Lands NJIT Lab Role Before Ph.D. in Biology

Thursday, May 14th, 2026
Continuing our Senior Success Series, we’re spotlighting undergraduate seniors honored at the 2026 HCSLA Awards as they prepare for Commencement. Kristina Camia graduates this May with the HCSLA Outstanding Student Award in Biology, capping her undergraduate years in NJIT’s Barden Lab, where she co-...

Senior Success: HCSLA Awardee Shailee Shah Begins Research Career at Johnson & Johnson

Tuesday, May 12th, 2026
Each spring, NJIT’s Jordan Hu College of Science and Liberal Arts honors a select group of graduating seniors who stand out for achievement, leadership and service.  As part of the 2026 HCSLA Awards, we’re spotlighting three Outstanding Student Award recipients — each with a unique story and bi...