Be it in a lab, in a classroom or on a soccer field, New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Cassidy Landis is focused, driven and caring. Those qualities should serve her well as she becomes a research associate at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine.

The increasing interest in NJIT’s Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) as an educational destination for Vietnamese students has inspired a partnership between NJIT and Fulbright University, Vietnam (FUV). The partnership will offer FUV undergraduate students a unique opportunity for a U.S. educational experience in the global tech hub of the New York metro region, and credit towards an accelerated master’s degree.

Anyone who downloaded a contact tracing app for the COVID pandemic may have had concerns about privacy risks of location tracking, but such concerns are now addressed in a unique way through a patent recently awarded to Craig Gotsman, dean of NJIT's Ying Wu College of Computing.

New Jersey Institute of Technology is rarely on the minds of high school counselors in Indonesia, but things were different for student tennis player Joleta Budiman, out of suburban Bandung, West Java — "I am utterly grateful that I was given the choice because coming here really did change my life, as cliché as it sounds," she said.

New Jersey Institute of Technology served up waves of fanfare as its advanced degree graduates walked across the stage in the Wellness and Events Center in three commencement ceremonies on May 16.

In her second year at New Jersey Institute of Technology, Samantha Augustin made the difficult decision to switch majors. Biomedical engineering gave way to computer engineering, and now Augustin is poised to pursue a master’s in cybersecurity at New York University. But without the help of an academic advisor “who patiently explained how to do it and helped me transfer and organize my courses,” the major switch could have set her back.

Samara Augustin arrived at New Jersey Institute of Technology as one of the first Mayor’s Honors Scholars and leaves as an Albert Dorman Honors Scholar and GEM Fellow.

It all started in sixth grade. Nikole Marin ’23 needed to select what she wanted to study for a class and because she didn’t want to go through the long list of choices, she selected among the first ones in the “A” section. Ultimately, that quick selection has led her to achieving two degrees from NJIT – Bachelor of Architecture and Master of Science in Architecture. “I love working with building blocks, I love to draw, I love to design and create spaces ever since I was a little girl,” said Marin. “So I decided that I wanted to pursue that from the sixth grade.”

Recently, several of NJIT’s star undergrad seniors were decorated at this month’s College of Science and Liberal Arts Awards for their diverse accomplishments across the STEM sciences.

NJBIZ recognized two professors from New Jersey Institute of Technology and a division of the university’s New Jersey Innovation Institute in its latest lists of Healthcare Heroes. The annual recognition salutes excellence, innovation and individuals who are “making a significant impact on the quality of health care in New Jersey,” NJBIZ noted in a story about this year’s honorees. The Highlanders were honored in three different categories. Here’s a closer look at each.