New Jersey Institute of Technology and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on a $399,000 project to create two offshore wind graduate certificates. The funding approved in the MOU will establish two graduate certificates in wind power system operation and maintenance and wind power economics and management, bolstering offshore wind workforce training opportunities for college students.

The NJIT women's soccer team clinched a spot in its third consecutive America East Tournament with a thrilling 3-2 victory over the Vermont Catamounts Sunday afternoon at Virtue Field. The Highlanders (7-5-5, 3-3-1 AE) also secured their first regular season winning record since 2017 (9-8) with its second straight series victory over Vermont (8-6-1, 2-4-1 AE).

Structural engineering is defined as the science of extremely large things — battleships, buildings, bridges — but there’s a new group of researchers, led by New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Fatemeh Ahmadpoor, working to understand the structural engineering of extremely tiny things.

Researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (NJIT-CSTR) have captured the Oct. 14 solar eclipse in a way never seen before — recording the first radio images of an annular eclipse’s famous “ring of fire” effect. The eclipse was partially visible to much of the continental U.S. for several hours that Saturday, though the full “ring of fire” effect was only visible for less than five minutes, and only for those within its 125-mile-wide path of annularity.

New Jersey Institute of Technology’s annual tradition of recognizing university faculty who have excelled as researchers, scholars and instructors took place Oct. 4 in the Central King Building’s Agile Strategy Lab. “We celebrate the achievements of our faculty and educators here today not because of what they bring to the classroom or the laboratory, but because of the lives they change,” said John Pelesko, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. “We celebrate their commitment to our common goal of student success and the pursuit of knowledge.”

Leaders from the wind power industry, state and federal agencies, venture capital firms and higher education will gather at NJIT in December for a conference about the technology driving the development of energy from wind.

The Hispanic and Latinx Leadership Council (HLLC) along with HISPA (Hispanics Inspiring Students’ Performance and Achievement) celebrated Hispanic Heritage month at NJIT during HISPA’s Role Model Program Kick-off and Recruiting Event.

The NJIT men's swimming and diving team completed a resounding home opening meet with a first place finish in the NJIT Invitational Saturday afternoon at the Joel and Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center Natatorium. The Highlanders topped the 1,000 point mark for the two-day meet and cleared second place UMass by 161.5 points (1030-868.5). Following NJIT and UMass on the men's side were LIU (588.5) and Saint Peter's (238).

Even before he started as president of NJIT’s New Jersey Innovation Institute, Michael Johnson was on campus to introduce himself to his staff and meet with his entrepreneurial peers at the university. So, clearly this scientist, entrepreneur and business leader is energized by the prospect of leveraging NJIT’s culture of innovation and technology and accelerating efforts to commercialize its most potent research through NJII, a multi-division corporation that bridges the university and the business world.

The NJIT Department of Athletics has released information regarding ticket sales for the October 28 Charity Exhibition men's basketball contest between the Highlanders and Seton Hall in the Joel & Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center (WEC). Purchase Tickets to October 28 Charity Exhibition Here