As a sophomore at New Jersey Institute of Technology, Krishi Shah has already accomplished a lot. Last summer, the computer science major helped engineer software as an intern at PULLATracker while conducting research at the NJIT’s Undergraduate Research and Innovation Program. She also began an apprenticeship at Cornell Tech that’s focused on artificial intelligence. That apprenticeship continues this academic year, with Shah developing a machine learning model to suggest relevant search queries for Google. In addition, she’s analyzing data for Johnson & Johnson in a cooperative…

Five of this year’s Governor’s STEM Scholars are from New Jersey Institute of Technology — the most from any college in the state and the university’s highest total in a single year. The Highlanders are among a select cohort of 16 college-level scholars and a larger pool of 111 that includes high school students interested in STEM. Each college scholar plays a leadership role, sharing expertise and offering guidance to a group of about a half-dozen high schoolers as they tackle global problems at a local level. “These exceptional Highlanders have the knowledge, experience and skills to…

When a representative from the highly-competitive International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) personally congratulates you on your win, it’s an indication of growth and greater things to come. It signifies that student talent and tenacity thrive when mentored by great leaders. Such is the case with the Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) Programming Club, led by senior computer science major and president Jaden Nguyen and their coach, Assistant Professor Martin Kellogg, who scored in the top 20 for two of their four teams among 83 competitors from some of the most…

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is proud to announce the appointment of Kim V. Vierheilig (née Vandegrift), AIA to its Board of Trustees by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy. An alumna of NJIT who graduated from the university’s Hillier College of Architecture and Design with a bachelor’s degree in architecture with honors from the Albert Dorman Honors College, and later earned a master of science degree in management from NJIT’s Martin Tuchman School of Management, Vierheilig is president of the national buildings group at STV, a leading infrastructure-focused professional services…

Forensic science students at New Jersey institute of Technology are giving criminal investigators a step up on solving cases, and they're doing it by enlisting the campus community's help through an enticing offer — “lend your soles” for free pizza. The university’s Forensic Science Student Association (FSSA) is hosting pop-up events on campus to collect shoe impressions from willing volunteers in an effort to expand NJIT's Shoeprint Image Capture and Retrieval (SICAR) database — one of only two forensic footwear databases in New Jersey. The database uses advanced imaging and machine…

As NJIT celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month for the first time as both a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and an R1 research university, the moment highlights more than just a designation—it represents the ongoing efforts of student leaders and organizations that work year-round to create a welcoming and thriving campus environment. The monthlong celebration is the culmination of their relentless dedication to engaging the campus community, fostering belonging, and ensuring that NJIT continues to be a place where every student can succeed. This year’s opening ceremony brought together…

Sudiksha Sahu, a fourth-year architecture student at NJIT’s Hillier College of Architecture and Design, wanted to diversify her career options this past summer. Without prior research experience, Sahu took on the challenge to participate in the 2024 Undergraduate Summer Research and Innovation Symposium.  After completing her first research experience, Sahu took home the third prize with a project that aims to assess spatial variations in indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and propose recommendations for optimal spatial resolution in IEQ measurements. With the support from associate…

Back-to-school buzz has returned to campus, and with it has come the latest wave of promising first-year students hailing from NJIT’s home city of Newark. A growing number of these Newark natives are poised for success in their first semester thanks to several initiatives launched in recent years, which have helped grow the city’s young STEM talent at NJIT — including the Forensic Science Initiative (FSI), the Math Success Initiative (MSI) and Mayor’s Honors Scholar Program. Here, we catch up with a few Class of 2028 students as they take on the next chapter of their academic journey.…

New Jersey Institute of Technology’s standing in national rankings continues to rise with U.S. News & World Report placing NJIT No. 84 among U.S. universities — improving two places from last year — in the 2025 edition of its Best Colleges list. The latest ranking extends NJIT’s upward trajectory — climbing 19 spots since 2022 — and supports the findings of other publications that rank U.S. universities, which emphasize value and return on investment. This year U.S. News revised its criteria to place greater emphasis on student outcomes, like social mobility, and includes other metrics…

Sophomore computer science major Hari Sah was on the gold medal team at this year’s Project/Problem-Based Learning competition, hosted by National Taipei University of Technology, where students from New Jersey Institute of Technology brandished their skills against peers from around the world. Sah and three fellow Highlanders from the Albert Dorman Honors College— data science major Haripriya Kemisetti, biomedical engineering major Aliza Mujahid and mechanical engineering technology major An’Jolae Seabrooks — were each assigned to different teams, composed of international students who…