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NJIT Board of Trustees Adds Leaders in Finance and Health Care

Tuesday, June 10th, 2025
Business leaders Adam Broder and Adam Shain have joined the Board of Trustees of New Jersey Institute of Technology. Broder and Shain, who were appointed by N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy, bring extensive expertise in launching and growing businesses in financial services and health care, respectively. “Ou...

NJIT Grad Larissa Cavalcante Engineers Impact Beyond Infrastructure — She Is Building Pathways

Tuesday, June 10th, 2025
When Larissa Cavalcante walked across the stage to receive her civil engineering degree from NJIT, she didn’t just celebrate personal achievement. She sent a message to the next generation of girls who dream big but might not yet see themselves in the picture: You can do this and more. A first-gene...

Undergrad Exploring Human-Disrupted Ecosystems Becomes NJIT's First Udall Scholar

Monday, June 9th, 2025
How do organisms adapt — or fail to adapt — to dramatic environmental changes, particularly those caused by human activity? It’s a question driving Brock Shahinian’s research at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), leading to two of the nation’s most prestigious undergraduate honors: a 2025 G...

NJIT Athletics Posts 33rd Consecutive Semester with Term GPA Above 3.0

Wednesday, June 4th, 2025
NJIT Athletics posted its 33rd consecutive semester with a 3.0 GPA or higher, boasting a 3.446 department-wide GPA.   All 19 of NJIT's programs earned a 3.0 or higher GPA this past spring with 66 individual student-athletes recording perfect 4.0 GPAs, 221 earning Dean's List honors, and 273 wit...

Stephen Kenney Appointed Interim CFO at NJIT

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has appointed Stephen F. Kenney as interim senior vice president for finance and chief financial officer. Kenney brings more than 25 years of executive financial leadership experience in higher education, health care and international development. He is a c...

Graduada exitosa de NJIT se prepara para una gran carrera como química forense

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2025
Katya Cunha subió al escenario durante la ceremonia de graduación de NJIT 2025 en medio de una ola de importantes reconocimientos: el Premio Presidencial de NJIT, su selección como portadora del estandarte del Jordan Hu College College of Science and Liberal Arts, y ser la única estudiante a nivel n...

NJIT Names Kelly Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2025
Following a highly competitive national search, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has announced the selection of Alan J. Kelly, CFRE, as the university’s next Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations. Kelly will join NJIT on July 14, 2025. NJIT sought an experienced leader who wil...

Navid Heydarishahreza - ECE PhD Student of the Month - June 2025

Friday, May 30th, 2025
Navid Heydarishahreza is a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at NJIT, advised by Professor Nirwan Ansari. His research focuses on link quality optimization, interference management, and mobility management in integrated terrestrial and Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite networks. ...

NJIT Named Best in New Jersey for Game Design

Thursday, May 29th, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology has been selected as one of the best schools with game design programs in the U.S., according to industry website Animation Career Review.  NJIT’s game design program ranks No. 1 in New Jersey and top-25 in the East Coast. Animation Career Review’s ranking fo...

CME Faculty Startup, AltVIVO, Awarded NIH STTR Grant

Thursday, May 29th, 2025
Dr. Roman Voronov, Associate Professor in NJIT’s Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, has received a prestigious NIH STTR grant totaling $295,038 to advance the commercialization of innovative microfluidic cell culturing technology. Dr. Voronov's startup, AltVIVO, Inc., aims to revolut...