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Nanobubbles for Algae Cleanup: Q&A With NJIT Researcher Wen Zhang

Thursday, June 18th, 2026
One of the most powerful environmental cleaning technologies in recent years is too small to see with the naked eye. Nanobubbles — tiny gaseous bubbles with diameters of around 100 nanometers — can clean up a range of harmful pollutants in water, from oil spills to algae.  Wen Zhang, a New Jers...

NJIT’s Ashish Borgaonkar Wins ASEE National Teaching Award for Building the Foundation of Future Engineers

Tuesday, June 16th, 2026
Ashish Borgaonkar, assistant professor of engineering education in the School of Applied Engineering Technology at New Jersey Institute of Technology and founding director of Newark College of Engineering’s Grand Challenges Scholars Program, has been selected for the 2026 ASEE National Outstanding T...

From Classroom to Job Site: How Pennoni and NJIT Are Building an Engineering Partnership

Tuesday, June 9th, 2026
By the time Celine Jobson arrived at Pennoni, she had already seen engineering from several angles. A senior biomedical engineering student at New Jersey Institute of Technology with a minor in legal studies, Jobson had built experience in research, municipal work and industry settings. At Pennoni, ...

Graduate Enzo Suarez Followed NJIT's Engineering Track to a Career in Railroads

Monday, June 8th, 2026
Attending New Jersey Institute of Technology set Enzo Suarez '25 on the right track: toward a career in railroads. Suarez graduated magna cum laude — a semester early — with a B.S. in Civil Engineering and multiple departmental honors, including the Freshman and Senior Excellence Awards from the Joh...

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...

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 d...

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...

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...

Senior Gira Abdou is a Project Engineer for New Jersey’s Newest State Park

Friday, May 1st, 2026
NJIT alumni and students are assisting with construction of New Jersey’s newest state park, a nine-mile greenway that will convert a former Norfolk Southern rail line into a linear state park spanning from Montclair to Jersey City in Essex and Hudson Counties. AECOM Tishman is the construction manag...