Joseph Patchett, a third year M.S. in Computer Science student, thrives on individuality. Whether pursuing his NJIT graduate degree as one of the few online students to actually visit campus or choosing the unprecedented option of completing his degree with a research thesis, he welcomes challenges on the road less taken.

NJIT computer science alumna Hang Nguyen, the first in her family to attend college, started her full-time career as a Google software engineer based on her ability to quickly absorb new skills. Nguyen grew up in central Vietnam, learned English and the outdated Pascal programming language in a school for gifted children, and ultimately chose to pursue her dream of not only obtaining a college degree but doing so in the United States.

The NJIT women's volleyball team hit the court for its first day of practice on Thursday and fourth-year Head Coach Pedro Trevino officially welcomed four new faces to the squad.

After concluding their eight-week summer program, NJIT students presented their startups, giving them an opportunity to experience entrepreneurship and business creation. The Highlander Foundry program is a summer startup incubator that helps NJIT students and alumni grow with the same techniques and strategies that launched many of the top startups today.

Seventh-year head coach Fernando Barboto announced that 13 players will be joining the NJIT men's soccer program as part of the 2022 incoming class. The incoming class will be joining a Highlander squad that advanced to the America East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament semifinals in back-to-back seasons. Listed below is the full 2022 men's soccer recruiting class along with a short biography on each player:

When it comes to diversity, Ken Colao leads by example. More than a third of the 90 staffers ­— 38% — at his construction management company, CNY Group, is Black, Indigenous or other people of color (BIPOC). Also, in an industry not known for gender balance, women comprise nearly a third of the staff and have earned 62% of the promotions in the past three years.

We've all wished that some people on social media would use a fake news detector before sharing, and now an NJIT computer science student has built one that works pretty well. Natalia Smith, a junior from Newark, said her fake news detector application has performed with up to 90 percent accuracy in evaluating COVID-related tweets for truthfulness.

The NJIT women's basketball team took time from its summer workout schedule to give back to the community teaming up with the Community FoodBank of New Jersey (CFBNJ) in Hillside, NJ. Members of the women's basketball team and coaching staff offered their assistance inside the CFBNJ warehouse preparing meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) for those in need.

A cadre of NJIT police officers led hundreds of Navy SEALs, fellow veterans and military supporters in the pre-swim run from Liberty State Park Sept. 11 Monument to the Hudson. The attendees then swam across the Hudson and ran to their final stop at the Sept. 11 memorial in lower Manhattan as part of the charitable event.

On August 3, 2022, the NJIT Police Department signed on to the 30x30 Pledge – a series of low- and no-cost actions policing agencies can take to improve the representation and experiences of women in law enforcement. The activities help policing agencies assess the current state of a department with regard to gender equity, identify factors that may be driving any disparities and develop and implement strategies and solutions to eliminate barriers and advance women in policing.