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As CEO of Construction Management Firm, NJIT Alum Finds Strength in Diversity

Tuesday, August 9th, 2022
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 th...

College of Science and Liberal Arts Celebrates 40 Years at 2022 Awards Ceremony

Monday, May 9th, 2022
On May 4, celebratory glasses were raised at the signature year-end awards ceremony for NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts (CSLA), where the incredible milestone of the college’s 40th anniversary served as backdrop to the festivities. It was an afternoon full of recognition for this year’s ...

NJIT Recognizes Impactful Graduates with Alumni Achievement Awards

Wednesday, April 27th, 2022
NJIT’s annual alumni weekend is a two-day extravaganza that is filled to the brim with events for returning NJIT graduates. One event in particular recognizes a select group of alumni who have achieved profound professional success: the Alumni Achievement Awards. This year’s class of awardees inclu...

For Jennifer and Dominic, Scholarships Opened the Door to Science and Engineering at NJIT

Thursday, April 14th, 2022
Scholarships enabled Jennifer Cabral and Dominic Bosi to overcome financial hurdles and study science and engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Cabral and Bosi are both first-generation students from working-class families. As such, they needed help to afford college. Generous donors s...

NJIT Educational Opportunity Program Conference Brings Students, Alumni and Industry Together

Monday, April 4th, 2022
NJIT’s Education Opportunity Program (EOP) recently hosted a marquee conference with over 100 attendees that brought together students, alumni and industry leaders. The conference featured speakers, panel discussions and Q&As regarding challenges and opportunities in the modern workplace and way...

Keurig Founding Engineer, Class of '82, Meets Honors College Students

Tuesday, March 29th, 2022
Dick Sweeney, the Highlander alumnus and engineer who made Keurig coffee machines feasible, visited NJIT's Albert Dorman Honors College last week for his first meet-and-greet with students since the COVID pandemic. Sweeney graduated with an industrial management degree in 1982 after several years o...

Black History Month Look Back: NJIT Celebrates Alumni

Friday, February 25th, 2022
As Black History Month comes to a close, we celebrate several NJIT alumni who have made their mark as Highlanders. Read their stories below, and submit your own! Robert Barney Newton, NJIT's first African-American student, ar...

Management Alum's Startup App Offers New Approach to Make Friends and Date

Friday, January 28th, 2022
Business school alumnus Tomi Antoljak wants to do for online relationships what NBC's The Voice did for singing competitions. People using his new mobile app, Hangoo, talk first — and then only get to see each other if there's a match. "My belief really is that voice is the more authentic way to c...

DENSE Magazine Launched By NJIT Alumni

Wednesday, January 19th, 2022
New Jersey was built by design. It’s a strange and complicated place – flawed and often misunderstood. DENSE, a new magazine launched by a group of mostly NJIT alumni, tells the Garden State’s story through a critical lens. Design, in the eyes of DENSE, is a tool for change in a state that needs ple...

NJIT Alum's Startup Earns National Acclaim for Li-Ion Battery Recycling Technology

Tuesday, January 18th, 2022
For all the convenience of our electronic devices, one inconvenient truth is that waste from our discarded tech is piling up — global e-waste could reach a whopping 74 million metric tons in 2030. NJIT alum Chao Yan’s new greentech startup, Princeton NuEnergy, is receiving national acclaim for their...