Michael Vaks ’19 on Building the Software Behind Meta Wearables

Friday, October 30th, 2026
At Meta, Michael Vaks ’19 helps solve the engineering problems behind an everyday expectation: a device should respond when someone needs it. As a staff software engineer on the company’s Core UX / System UX team, he builds foundational software for wearable devices, including AI and display glasses...

GirlHacks 2026: The Enchanted Grove Cast a Spell on Excellence

Wednesday, October 28th, 2026
If success is measured in numbers, GirlHacks 2026 and its theme of The Enchanted Grove has broken records for what could be called the best NJIT hackathon in years. But then this year’s event went beyond metrics to provide an intangible experience for corporate sponsors and student hackers alike tha...

Improving Community Water Through Citizen Science

Friday, October 23rd, 2026
Lead is a neurotoxin, particularly dangerous to infants and children. In 2017, when tests revealed hazardous levels of the heavy metal in Newark’s water, the city raced to replace more than 18,000 lead service lines in record time. While federal, state and city officials responded to the infrastruct...

NJIT Partners on New Jersey Supercomputer Initiative to Drive Statewide Innovation

Tuesday, October 20th, 2026
New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill was joined today by a contingent of representatives from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) for the launch of the New Jersey Supercomputer Initiative (NJSCI), a groundbreaking public-private partnership that will drive the next generation of research, innova...

Ying Wu College of Computing Proudly Welcomes New Faculty to the Departments of Computer Science and Data Science for 2026-2027 Academic Year

Friday, October 16th, 2026
Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) is pleased to announce the appointments of two new assistant professors who have already made a noticeable impact on students during the first half of the fall 2026 semester. Varun Madathil comes to the Department of Computer Science direct from his postdoctoral ...

More Than Skin Deep: New System for Wound Analysis Earns Patent for NJIT Researcher

Thursday, October 15th, 2026
There's a saying that time heals all wounds, but there's less certainty about how wounds heal. The process can be difficult for medical experts to track. Though changes in surface contours and wound boundaries offer clues about the pace of healing, measurements at the surface can overlook changes in...

NJIT Spinout OppyAI Takes Private Hybrid AI to the Global Stage

Monday, October 12th, 2026
What if organizations could use powerful cloud AI without handing over readable prompts, confidential context, or generated responses? OppyAI, an NJIT spinout led by Associate Professor Hai Phan in the Department of Data Science, is tackling that challenge with Neural Crypto, a technology designed t...

NJIT Computing Researchers Awarded for Code Evaluation Paper

Wednesday, October 7th, 2026
Common methods of measuring how people understand programming code are being analyzed in a new way by researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology, bringing a technique from social science into the world of computer science. Their goals are to correct what they see as flawed approaches in the s...

NJIT Hosts International High School Robotics Tournament, Sending Three to World Champs

Wednesday, September 30th, 2026
High school robotics teams from Vancouver, B.C., Irvine, Calif. and Flushing, N.Y. won the 2026 Highlander Summit at New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Wellness and Events Center this fall. The summit is a major competition on the Vex Robotics circuit, with the winners besting 94 others to advance...

International Graduate Pays It Forward Through Twenty20 Vision

Tuesday, September 29th, 2026
Ashray Kengunte M.S. '23, like many international students, came to NJIT having done his homework. He chose the university and the Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) for its strong course structure, wide range of electives, and opportunities to explore areas such as data science, machine learning a...