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NJIT Makes Connections That Last: Highlander Love Stories

Friday, February 13th, 2026
For many alumni, NJIT has been more than a place to earn a degree. It’s where careers began — and, for many Highlanders, where lifelong partnerships did, too.Late nights in Redwood Hall. Study sessions in the Campus Center. Cafeteria lunches that turned into something more. For decades, NJIT has bee...

From NJIT to Sony Pictures Imageworks: How Alum Kaylin Wittmeyer Uses Animation to Tell Human Stories

Wednesday, February 11th, 2026
When Kaylin Wittmeyer first began applying to colleges, she didn’t have a single, narrow career path in mind. What she did know was that she loved animation, but she also loved math, physics, and the technical side of how things worked. Rather than choose between art and technology, she sought a pla...

NJIT Engineering Researchers Study Effect of State Gun Removal Law

Monday, February 9th, 2026
Following a long period of diminishing gun violence in New Jersey’s urban areas, researchers from New Jersey Institute of Technology are now applying engineering methods to the data, as they evaluate the effectiveness of red flags laws that can temporarily prevent dangerous people from possessing we...

An S-STEM Alumnus Who Did It on His Own – With the Right Support

Wednesday, February 4th, 2026
Rafael Abreu ’25 (Computer Science) came to the U.S. alone as a high school student from the Dominican Republic because he believed in the American dream: work hard, confront obstacles with grit and determination and create your destiny. He knew it would not be easy. But without risk there is no rew...

NJIT Alumnus and State Senator Paul Sarlo Publishes Op-Ed on New Jersey’s Energy Strategy

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026
New Jersey Senator and NJIT alumnus Paul Sarlo ’92, ’95 recently published an op-ed calling for a balanced and affordable energy strategy for the state. In the piece, Sarlo raises concerns about rising utility costs and highlights the need for a diversified energy mix to meet New Jersey’s growing de...

Designing with Empathy: How Alum Liliana Torres Builds Community Through Architecture

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026
Liliana Torres’s architecture has always been about people. “The way I want my story to be told is through how everything I learned at NJIT continues to translate into my professional life — the values, the sense of responsibility, and the commitment to helping others never stopped at graduatio...

NJIT Reflects on the Smithsonian Recognition of Martin Tuchman’s Legacy in Innovation, Entrepreneurship

Tuesday, January 20th, 2026
As the nation gears up for its 250th birthday, New Jersey Institute of Technology recalls that Martin Tuchman ‘62 — the namesake of NJIT’s Martin Tuchman School of Management — is among the select Americans whose success stories have been preserved at the Smithsonian Institution, America's keeper of...

From Gateway Tunnel to Route 80 Emergency: NJIT Alumnus Brings Real-World Expertise Back to Campus

Monday, January 12th, 2026
Three-time NJIT graduate Mohab Hussein has returned to his alma mater as a university lecturer after holding significant engineering roles on two of New Jersey’s most closely watched infrastructure efforts: the Hudson Tunnel project and the Route 80 abandoned mine collapse emergency response.Hussein...

NJIT Leaders and Faculty Named to Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill’s Transition Committees

Friday, January 9th, 2026
Several leaders and faculty affiliated with New Jersey Institute of Technology and the New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII) have been named to committees supporting Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill’s transition, bringing experience in transportation, economic development, environmental law, life scie...

Newark Segment of New Jersey’s Transformative ‘Greenway’ is Driven by NJIT Alumni and Students

Thursday, January 8th, 2026
New Jersey Institute of Technology alumni are helping shape one of New Jersey’s most significant public-space transformations — and they are doing it by pulling current NJIT students directly into the work.Marjorie Perry ’05, president and CEO of MZM Construction & Management Company, partnered ...