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NJIT Alum Sriya Chinthalapudi Joins Osmo, in the Olfactory Sciences

Thursday, September 18th, 2025
Some might be surprised to learn that a startup company digitizes scents, but making scents made sense to Sriya Chinthalapudi, who in high school became enthralled by a TED talk about detecting diseases from a person’s odor and spent many hours learning more on her own. She shared that memory in sp...

YWCC Student–Faculty Team Wins Best Presentation Award for Ant Swarm Simulation

Monday, September 15th, 2025
Think twice about eliminating those pesky ants at your next family picnic. Their behavior may hold the key to reinventing how engineering materials, traffic control and multi-agent robots are made and utilized, thanks to research conducted by recent graduate Matthew Loges ’25 and Assistant Professor...

NJIT's 2025 'Celebration' Honors Leaders in Business, Engineering and Community

Wednesday, September 10th, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology’s annual Celebration fundraiser will take place on Friday, November 7, 2025 at The Grove in Cedar Grove, NJ, and will recognize four outstanding honorees. A festive evening of dinner, dancing and awards that draws hundreds of alumni, business leaders and friends in...

NJIT Alumnus Lands Verizon Engineering Role, While Staying Enrolled for M.S.

Wednesday, August 27th, 2025
Most people finish college and then look for full-time employment or enroll in graduate school, but Don Bonifacio did both and is constantly challenging himself to learn new things. Bonifacio graduated in May from New Jersey Institute of Technology with a B.S. in computer engineering and was a memb...

Forensics Team from NJIT Uses Cellphone Location Data to Help Free Wrongly Accused

Wednesday, August 20th, 2025
For more than a year, Ray Wooden sat in a Pennsylvania jail for a crime he didn’t commit. Now, he’s free after two recent graduates and a current student of NJIT’s forensic science program uncovered key digital evidence that helped clear his name. Wooden’s ordeal began in January 2024, after he tip...

Nefferty Santiago's Journey from NJIT to Top 50 Women Leaders of New York City

Tuesday, August 19th, 2025
Nefferty Santiago ’95, ’99 still remembers her first days at NJIT as part of the Educational Opportunity Program’s (EOPs) eight-week academic bootcamp, which introduced her to the rigors of academic life.  “Coming from a small all-girls Catholic high school in Union City, attending NJIT was a ...

NJIT Celebrates Graduates' Impact and Excellence with Alumni Achievement Awards

Tuesday, August 19th, 2025
A cornerstone of NJIT’s annual Homecoming Weekend, the Alumni Achievement Awards recognize alumni whose professional and personal achievements stand as a testament to the values instilled at the university. These awards honor individuals for their exceptional accomplishments in fields ranging from t...

NJIT, Leader at Stryker and NJIT Recognized for Innovation in Medical Technology

Tuesday, August 5th, 2025
Written by: Andrew McMains and Tracey Regan Published: Tuesday, August 5, 2025 .authorship {display: none} The Research & Development Council of New Jersey is recognizing medical technology developed at New Jersey Institute of Technology and Stryker executive Robert C. Cohen’s leader...

From Building Bridges to Building Intelligence: How Shail Khiyara is Rewiring the Future of AI

Thursday, July 10th, 2025
When alumnus Shail Khiyara talks about agentic AI, he isn’t just introducing another tech trend. He’s making a bold case for a fundamental shift in how humans and machines collaborate to solve problems, make decisions and create lasting value. “For years, we’ve built AI that waits for a prompt,” he...

NJIT Alumnus, Faculty and Board Members Among Honorees at NJ Immigrant Entrepreneur Awards

Thursday, June 26th, 2025
Three Highlanders were recognized for their entrepreneurial achievements and significant contributions to New Jersey’s economy at the 12th annual New Jersey Immigrant Entrepreneur Awards. Among the distinguished honorees were alumnus and trustee Dhiraj Shah '99, Foundation Board of Directors member ...