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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 cer...

Outstanding Senior Samantha Montalbine Acquired Honors, Awards and Confidence

Thursday, May 21st, 2026
Samantha Montalbine '26 always knew that she liked engineering. She was team captain of her middle-school robotics team in Brooklyn, and at Freehold Township High School she took engineering classes and served as president of the Technology Students Association.But when Montalbine applied to New Jer...

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 Even...

Zac Kuzak and Mikayla Balio Nominated for America East Man, Woman of the Year

Tuesday, May 19th, 2026
NJIT men's swimming and diving senior Zac Kuzak and women's soccer senior Mikayla Balio have been nominated for the 2025-26 America East Man and Woman of the Year awards, the conference office announced Thursday.The honor recognizes senior or graduate student-athletes who have di...

NJIT Expands Student Entrepreneurship Through Santander Bank Grant

Monday, May 18th, 2026
New Jersey Institute of Technology is expanding student entrepreneurship through a grant from Santander Bank that supports the university’s Entrepreneurial Experience program, a Center for Student Entrepreneurship initiative that connects students with coursework, mentorship, experiential learning a...

Search-and-Rescue Startup is Three Highlanders and a Robot

Monday, May 18th, 2026
Childhood friends from Bergen County — two seniors and an alumnus — are jointly forming a startup company, MechSense Labs, to apply what they’ve learned at New Jersey Institute of Technology in designing emergency rescue equipment.MechSense’s first invention is a robotic rover called NodeRover, empl...

This NJIT Alum Helps Define What Luxury Looks Like at Estée Lauder

Wednesday, May 13th, 2026
If you’ve ever picked up a Tom Ford fragrance or reached for an Aveda haircare product, you’ve already encountered Laszlo Moharita’s work — whether you realized it or not.As vice president of Package Development for Fragrance and Haircare at The Estée Lauder Companies, Moharita leads global teams of...

How Engineering Helped Reinvent the Artificial Knee

Friday, May 8th, 2026
An orthopedic total joint knee replacement is not a hinge.It bends, rolls, glides and rotates. It bears the force of walking, climbing stairs, rising from a chair and living an active life. It has to mimic naturally enough to restore function, but remain stable enough to last. Its materials must sur...

Can NJ Be PFAS-Free? New Consortium Launches at NJIT to Eradicate 'Forever Chemicals'

Thursday, May 7th, 2026
One of the most pervasive global pollution problems of the 21st century is a group of human-made chemicals called PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances). Used since the late 1930s in consumer and industrial products to repel water and resist stains, these compounds earned the nickname "forever c...

How Natalia Peña Turned Opportunity into Human-Centered Impact at NJIT

Thursday, May 7th, 2026
Before she ever toured NJIT, Natalia Peña had already made up her mind.A scholarship offer from the Albert Dorman Honors College changed what college looked like for Peña and her family, easing the biggest question hanging over her future. “For the first time, my worries about how I would afford col...