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NJIT Student Turns Stone into Art, Wins 2025 Business Model Competition

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025
Yusuf Karyagdi is building a business to upcycle leftover material from his father’s stone fabrication company into high-end artwork — and in turn taking first place, plus a $3,000 check, in the student category at NJIT’s 2025 New Business Model Competition.About 100 people entered the competition, ...

Alumni and Mentors Help Newark Students Succeed as NJIT Undergrads

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025
A new student persistence effort at NJIT caters to first- and second-year undergraduates from the City of Newark and provides them with mentoring, networking and scholarly skills.The Newark Future STEM Leaders program, sponsored by The Prudential Foundation, saw about half of eligible students opt-i...

Digital Twin Database Makes a Singular Difference

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025
More than 40,000 students attend classes in Newark, some in schools built before 1920. Repairing and maintaining those structures are massive undertakings. A project led by NJIT’s Center for Building Knowledge to create digital twins of every building managed by the Newark Board of Education (BOE) i...

Women’s Hoops Moves Back Into the Win Column, Cannon Records First Triple-Double in NJIT Division I Era

Sunday, November 30th, 2025
Sophomore Allison Cannon registered NJIT's first triple double in 29 years as the Highlanders earned a 71-60 home victory over visiting Lafayette Sunday afternoon in non-conference women's basketball action inside the Joel and Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center.Recording 14 points, 11 assists an...

From NJIT to Colgate-Palmolive: PhD Student and Alum Advance the Science of Touch

Wednesday, November 26th, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology Ph.D. student Günel Nabiyeva has co-authored a new study in the International Journal of Cosmetic Science that demonstrates how engineering tools can accurately predict how sunscreens “feel” on the skin — bridging scientific measurement and human perception.The col...

NJIT to Host Future Energy Transmission Conference Dec. 10

Tuesday, November 25th, 2025
As New Jersey advances its Energy Master Plan (EMP), modernizing the state’s power transmission infrastructure has become a critical priority. On Monday, Dec. 10, NJIT will host the New Jersey Future Energy Transmission Conference: a joint event with Rowan University for a premier industry-driven fo...

How NJIT Graduate Student Jaimee Diogo Is Transforming STEM Futures Through ‘STEM Like a Girl’

Monday, November 24th, 2025
The kinetic sculptures were supposed to spin gently when the girls turned on their hair dryers. But as soon as the first creation twirled into motion — foil shimmering, ribbons fluttering — the whole room lit up. A crowd of elementary-aged girls leaned in, laughing as their sculptures wobbled, spun ...

YWCC Students Rank Among Best at ICPC Regionals for Third Year

Monday, November 24th, 2025
The Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) Programming Club has proven once again that they are formidable competitors to some of the best schools in the Mid-Atlantic region at the 2025 ICPC North America Greater New York Regional Contest held at Columbia University, with one team scoring in the top 20...

Women’s Hoops off to Best Start in Program History, Defeats Drexel 73-66

Saturday, November 22nd, 2025
NJIT had four players in double-figures led by sophomore Olivia Kulyk's 24 points as the Highlanders defeated visiting Drexel, 73-66, Saturday afternoon in women's basketball non-conference action inside the Joel and Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center.NJIT picked up its third straight ...

NJIT Scientists Track Recent Solar Flare Disruptions in Earth’s Ionosphere

Friday, November 21st, 2025
As this month’s string of powerful X-class solar flares sparked brilliant aurorae that lit up skies across an unusually wide swath of the globe — from northern Europe to Florida — researchers at NJIT’s Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (CSTR) captured a less visible, but crucial, record of the s...
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