People with hands-on labor jobs may prefer to go to work even if their tasks could be done remotely through robotics, according to a survey of 218 students at New Jersey Institute of Technology. The survey was conducted by computer science major Matthew Nicol, a senior from Allenwood, whose research is part of a National Science Foundation grant by Cong Wang, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering.

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will receive more than $1 million for new initiatives that will bolster engineering education, as well as manufacturing and mechatronics apprenticeship training, under the federal spending bill signed by President Joe Biden. The $1.7 trillion spending package carves out $1.3 million for the two new NJIT initiatives. The community college pre-engineering network initiative will develop community college-serving programs to strengthen the pathway and readiness for traditionally underserved students to pursue a STEM degree.

NJIT’s dean of Ying Wu College of Computing, Craig Gotsman, is among 57 researchers worldwide named as a 2022 Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery, the leading global organization for computing research.

A trio of faculty at NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management picked up Bright Idea awards from nearby Seton Hall University recently, recognizing the best business writing from college educators statewide. Seton Hall's Stillman School of Business opened the awards 21 years ago and officials said there were 144 submissions for the year. They observed trends in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), entrepreneurship, and social media.

2022 was a year of growth, transformation and breakthroughs for NJIT and the Highlander community. Watch the video to look back at what we accomplished last year.

NJIT swept visiting Sacred Heart, 3-0, finishing the match hitting .333 as a team in the home opener for the Highlanders Saturday afternoon inside NJIT's Wellness and Events Center. VIDEO: NJIT Post Game Interview with ESPN+ Ira Thor and head coach Danny Goncalves VIDEO: NJIT Highlights vs. Sacred Heart | 1.14.23

The NJIT men's basketball team used a second-half run to take a double-digit lead on visiting UAlbany, before holding off the Great Danes for a 74-67 America East Conference victory on Saturday evening at the Wellness and Events Center.

Campus came back to life as middle and high school students from New Jersey gathered on campus to participate in the 15th regional tournament of the New Jersey Science Olympiad at NJIT. They came prepared for a long day, carrying stacks of water bottles, boards for presentations and their built structures to showcase.

NJIT alumnus Bob Medina ’75 has been elected chair of the university's Board of Overseers, succeeding fellow alumna Marjorie Perry, who completed her second term in December.

Just how realistic are the nail-biting shark attack scenes we see portrayed on the big screen? Recently, NJIT Ph.D. student and shark researcher Amani Webber-Schultz sat down with Business Insider to take a deep dive into 10 memorable shark attack scenes from TV and Hollywood, lending some expert commentary and ranking how each stacks up to actual science.