Albert Dorman Honors College

For the fourth year in a row, a fresh crop of scholars at the Albert Dorman Honors College are nudging the campus towards a more biodiverse environment. Dozens of first-year scholars, armed with shovels, hoes, and mulch, uprooted a swath of landscaped invasive plant species on the sloped lawn outside Eberhardt Hall and replaced them with a diverse array of native plants.  "Biodiversity is important because it increases the longevity of all species. A lot of species are going extinct due to human expansion." - Ahmad Mokhemar The students got their hands dirty for the laborious two-...

Three members of the NJIT women's soccer team have earned the distinction of being the first Highlanders to garner postseason awards from the America East Conference. Redshirt junior Molly Saylor, senior Siani Magruder, and freshman Caroline Caputo each picked up awards from the conference on Friday afternoon, one day after clinching a spot in the America East Tournament for the first time in program history. Saylor was named Second Team All-Conference and also earned a spot on the America East All-Academic Team. The South Park, PA native led the America East in...

New Jersey Institute of Technology ranked No. 1 in New Jersey and 14th nationally among public schools for early-career salaries, with young alumni bringing home just under $125,000 on average against just $7,600 in average debt, according to Forbes 2021 Top Colleges ranking. Statewide, only private schools with higher tuition ranked above NJIT for early career salaries. In overall rankings, NJIT is No. 89 among public colleges nationwide, Forbes stated. For this year’s rankings, Forbes significantly changed their calculation methods. They now more heavily emphasize alumni salaries and...

There’s a formula for summer fun. For most undergraduates, it includes shore town getaways, hikes, Netflix, and general frolicking. At NJIT, research is the missing variable. It’s become a summer tradition, as much part of the culture as pizza and bagels. Undergraduates at NJIT enjoy a high degree of interdisciplinary research training throughout the year, but summer is a time to hone skills that can turn research into real world solutions. Several undergraduate research, innovation, and design (URI) programs are at students’ fingertips and the eight-week Honors Summer Research Institute (...