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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.

With a new grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), NJIT’s internationally-recognized Institute for Space Weather Sciences (ISWS) will now host a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program site — offering unique summer research opportunities for students in the dynamic field of space weather science. The new 10-week space weather research program is expected to enroll eight undergraduates annually throughout the summers of 2022-2024.

Andressa Marangon, a senior electrical and computer engineering major at New Jersey Institute of Technology, won a $1,000 scholarship from the IEEE Electron Devices Society for her role in improving the brightness and power consumption of blue LEDs that technologically lag behind their red and green cousins. That might not affect your iPhone or TV anytime soon, she said, but it's important for applications such as healthcare products and industrial machinery.

New Jersey Institute of Technology is among the Best Global Universities identified by U.S. News and World Report in its eighth edition of the annual ranking.

Highlanders who want to start a business will soon have access to a $75,000 seed investment from the university's new Venture Fund as part of a 10-year, $6.75 million commitment funded by the NJIT endowment.

Sanchoy Das recalls his first jaw-dropping view of an Amazon fulfillment warehouse in 2013. The word “explosive” came to mind. Gone were the single-product sections where boxes of diapers and paper towels were stacked next to each other in neat rows. Instead, these products were dispersed throughout the building in hundreds of different locations, tucked into bins with unrelated items such as ketchup and motor oil.

Dr. Haro Hartounian, SVP and general manager of BioCentriq, was recognized as a Sector Star in ROI-NJ's annual list of influencers in the health care industry.

The Highlanders are still alive. In a Senior Day home finale with major America East tournament implications, the NJIT women's soccer team earned a hard fought 1-0 overtime victory over the UAlbany Great Danes Sunday afternoon at Lubetkin Field at Mal Simon Stadium.

NJIT fifth-year Regsan Watkins scored the game-winning goal in the 94th minute of overtime as the Highlanders picked up its first road win of the season with a 3-2 victory at Binghamton Saturday afternoon in America East Conference men's soccer action at Bearcats Sports Complex. A minute thirty into the first overtime, Watkins put away the game-winner to give the Highlanders a 3-2 comeback win, keeping postseason hopes alive for NJIT.

With students back in classrooms this fall, educators and superintendents across New Jersey were once again welcomed back to NJIT’s campus to network and discuss fresh ways they can enrich hands-on STEM learning in their schools at the university’s fifth annual STEM School Leadership Forum — “Bringing Cutting-Edge STEM into Your Classrooms.”