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Renowned “Dinosaur Hunter” Kenneth J. Lacovara Headlines 2026 HCSLA Awards

Monday, May 11th, 2026
NJIT’s Jordan Hu College of Science & Liberal Arts (HCSLA) celebrated 44 years on May 6 with its annual awards ceremony, headlined by a special guest appearance from paleontologist and famed “dinosaur hunter” Dr. Kenneth J. Lacovara.Held in the Central King Building’s Agile Strategy Lab, the eve...

Safety of Artificial Intelligence is Focus for CompSci and Applied Math Student

Monday, May 11th, 2026
NJIT makes entrepreneurs and scientists, but junior Nidhi Sakpal is obsessed with something else — she makes AI safer.Sakpal, an Albert Dorman Honors College member from Boonton double-majoring in applied math and computer science, explained that artificial intelligence safety encompasses the analys...

NJIT Students Continue Record-Breaking Rise in Prestigious Fellowships and Awards

Wednesday, May 6th, 2026
Students at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) have again achieved an impressive amount of prestigious awards this year with 16 students earning nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships. Their achievement continues an NJIT run, with Highlanders amassing 47(and counting) of these aw...

At Scholarship Luncheon, Class of 2026 Gift Revives NJIT Tradition

Wednesday, May 6th, 2026
NJIT’s annual Scholarship Luncheon is meant to celebrate donor generosity. This year, it also pointed to what comes next.The event brings together scholarship benefactors, alumni and student recipients, creating space for the kinds of conversations that remind people what scholarship support really ...

NJIT Historian Neil Maher Named 2026 Andrew Carnegie Fellow for Newark Environmental Justice Research

Tuesday, May 5th, 2026
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) historian and master teacher Neil Maher has been named a 2026 Andrew Carnegie Fellow, becoming the first faculty member in university history to receive the national honor.Selected from more than 380 nominees nationwide, Maher is one of only 24 scholars chos...

NJIT Senior Earns Fulbright Award to Help Jamaica Build AI in Its Own Voice

Tuesday, May 5th, 2026
For Naketa “KET-A” Williams ’26, artificial intelligence is not just about what systems like ChatGPT can do — it is about whose stories, languages and values they carry.That idea will soon take Williams to Jamaica as a Fulbright recipient, where she will join a national initiative advancing cultural...

NJIT’s Goldwater Scholars Build Futures in Medicine, Environmental Research

Thursday, April 16th, 2026
Goldwater Scholarships, among the nation’s most prestigious honors for undergraduates pursuing STEM research careers, have been awarded to two NJIT juniors whose academic excellence, research experience and professional ambitions have already set them apart.This year’s recipients are Albert Dorman H...

Bloomberg Radio Broadcast at NJIT Spotlights University Expertise on PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’

Tuesday, April 14th, 2026
A live Bloomberg Radio broadcast from NJIT put the university’s environmental research into a much wider public conversation, as hosts Scarlet Fu and Paul Sweeney brought their weekday “Bloomberg Intelligence” program to campus and mixed NJIT faculty and researchers into the show’s regular coverage....

Jordan Hu Returns to NJIT for Fireside Chat on Leadership, Opportunity and Giving Back

Tuesday, April 14th, 2026
Jordan Hu ’89 returned to NJIT for a fireside chat that moved beyond career success to examine the harder realities behind entrepreneurship, the value of trust in leadership and the university experience he said made his American dream possible.Hosted by NJIT’s AAPI Employee Resource Group and Offic...

From ‘Boardwalk Empire’ Politics to Springsteen, NJIT Debuts New Jersey Studies Initiative

Tuesday, April 14th, 2026
Greetings from New Jersey.A state of political bosses who inspired HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. Of eerie legends like the Jersey Devil and the 1916 Matawan shark attacks. Of shorelines, small towns and highways that became the backdrop for Bruce Springsteen’s Born to Run.Next fall, New Jersey I...