Of the 55 million students in Pakistan, only 11,000 manage to study in the United States each year. Muhammad Musa is one of them. Now a second-year student majoring in financial technology and a member of NJIT’s Albert Dorman Honors College, Musa has become one of the most engaged students on campus, thriving across academics, leadership and mentorship.  Musa is also the recipient of the Cross River Opportunity Scholarship and during University Advancement’s annual student scholarship appreciation event, where current students had the opportunity to strengthen their networking skills,…

For NJIT undergrad and men’s swim team captain Zachary Kuzak ’26, the clock starts at 5:30 a.m. each day at the Joel and Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center pool, always with one mantra: “pressure is a privilege.” For Kuzak, every second counts — not just in the pool, where he’s chasing university records and his 4th America East Championships Medal — but outside the water, where he maintains a 4.0 GPA as an Albert Dorman Honors scholar and FinTech major, mentors peers, volunteers with Newark youth, and advocates on student-athlete mental health issues at a national level. He says…

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) hosted the second annual Nexus of Excellence Awards Oct. 8 in the Campus Center Atrium, celebrating the university’s faculty and staff whose achievements exemplify NJIT’s mission and values. Building on last year’s inaugural ceremony, the 2025 event recognized honorees across categories that reflect NJIT’s Innovation Nexus 2030 Strategic Plan — spanning excellence in teaching, advising, mentoring, research, diversity and community engagement. “This event is a celebration of the outstanding work happening across the NJIT community in teaching,…

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has been officially recognized as an affiliate of the Bee Campus USA program, joining a growing network of colleges, universities and communities committed to creating healthy, sustainable habitats for pollinators. “This certification speaks volumes of the work our NJIT community has put together to ensure that we become stewards of our natural habitat, and develop our campus as a living laboratory,” said Prabhakar Shrestha, assistant director of sustainability at NJIT. “I want to thank all the members of our NJIT community for their commitment…

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is the top public university in New Jersey for both value and alumni salary outcomes, according to the newly released Wall Street Journal/Statista “2026 Best Colleges” rankings. NJIT achieved strong placement in categories that highlight return on investment and long-term success: No.1 for Best Salary among public institutions in New Jersey No. 25 for Best Salary among all universities nationally No.1 for Best Value among public institutions in New Jersey No. 42 for Best Value among all universities nationally “These results validate NJIT’s…

A green space is growing on the roof of the Campus Center at New Jersey Institute of Technology. It’s a community garden with five plots, each tended by students, staffers or professors with ample light and water. The output will be vegetables and herbs, with a portion donated to NJIT’s food pantry. The project has a broader purpose as well. “We want to have a space where it’s easy to meet people from other departments, schools and disciplines — without hierarchies,” said Ester Flaim, a key organizer and the assistant director of graduate studies at NJIT. “More than anything, I feel that…

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has climbed to No. 80 — its highest-ever placement — in the 2026 U.S. News & World Report Best National Universities rankings, continuing its steady ascent among the nation’s leading institutions. The new placement marks a four-spot rise from last year and a 23-place improvement over the past five years, underscoring NJIT’s growing national reputation for academic excellence, innovation, student success and affordability. The university also advanced significantly in several categories that reflect NJIT’s mission of access and return on…

Vibha Venkataraman ’26 (Data Science) and Tina Thai ’26 (Computer Science), two students in NJIT’s Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) and both Albert Dorman Honors College scholars, will have added their respective first and second place wins during this year’s Bank of America (BOA) Codeathon to an already impressive list of achievements when they graduate in May. The Codeathon challenges BOA student interns to bring an idea for improving the company’s infrastructure to life before a panel of remote judges across the country. Each team is tasked with presenting their projects in 15 minutes…

Some might be surprised to learn that a startup company digitizes scents, but making scents made sense to Sriya Chinthalapudi, who in high school became enthralled by a TED talk about detecting diseases from a person’s odor and spent many hours learning more on her own. She shared that memory in spring 2024 while interviewing for a summer internship at Google-funded Osmo Labs, ahead of her senior year as a computer science major at New Jersey Institute of Technology. After graduating in May 2025, she became a full-time software engineer there. “I have kind of an untraditional journey in…

When the FIFA World Cup kicks off next summer, all eyes will be on the 16 host cities across North America — especially East Rutherford, New Jersey, where the tournament’s final will be played at the 80,000-seat MetLife Stadium. But for Tatiana Florexil ’25, a recent graduate from New Jersey Institute of Technology’s (NJIT) Hillier College of Architecture and Design (HCAD), the true potential of the World Cup lies beyond the stadium walls. It lives in the streets, parks and plazas of local communities. Florexil, an Irvington native and Albert Dorman Honors scholar, participated in a special…