Researchers from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) have used artificial intelligence to tackle a critical problem facing the future of energy storage: finding affordable, sustainable alternatives to lithium-ion batteries.
Less than 13% of our plastic waste is truly recycled today, with most consumer plastics either downcycled into lower-quality products or joining the billions of tons discarded in landfills and oceans each year. But what if our plastics could be endlessly recycled, like aluminum?
As Director of NJIT’s Polymer Laboratory for the Advancement of Sustainable Technology and Innovative Chemical Synthesis (PLASTICS), Trevor Del Castillo aims to do just that.
How do organisms adapt — or fail to adapt — to dramatic environmental changes, particularly those caused by human activity?
It’s a question driving Brock Shahinian’s research at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), leading to two of the nation’s most prestigious undergraduate honors: a 2025 Goldwater Scholarship and distinction as NJIT’s first-ever Udall Scholar.
As Earth Day calls attention to the need for smart energy choices, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is answering with a bold, campus-wide plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040. More than a pledge, NJIT’s new decarbonization roadmap is a detailed, evidence-based blueprint to transform how energy is used, generated and conserved across its 45-acre urban campus in University Heights.
NJIT’s Albert Dorman Honors College held its First-Year Seminar Biodiversity Initiatives colloquium, in which six student-led proposals were presented to increase and sustain biodiversity through a campus planting. This year’s plan focused around a renovation near Faculty Memorial Hall.
These student-driven initiatives allow for the Urban Ecology Lab (UEL), ADHC, the Real Estate Development and Capital Operations (REDCO) and the Office of Sustainability to team up together to make NJIT’s campus into a more sustainable and biodiverse community.
NJIT hosted a National Science Foundation-funded Research Coordination Network (RCN) workshop on Urban Food, Energy, and Water (Urban FEW) in November. The event brought together researchers, technologists, urban gardeners and policymakers to tackle urban challenges related to food, water and energy security. Organized by NJIT’s Roberto Rojas-Cessa and New York Institute of Technology’s Ziqian Dong (also an NJIT alum), the workshop aimed to foster connections between academia and community stakeholders in Newark and beyond.
NJIT biologist Eric Fortune and a team of scientists called “Limelight Rainforest” have won the five-year XPRIZE Rainforest Competition, securing half of the competition's $10 million prize purse.
For the fourth straight year, NJIT made Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges, joining a select group of universities and colleges in the U.S. that stand out for their green initiatives. Each is listed alphabetically.
NJIT earned a green rating of 91 — high on the scale of 60 to 99 that Princeton Review uses to make its selections. The number is calculated from surveys of students and administrators on the policies, practices and programs tied to sustainability at their schools.
Biochemistry major Jonas Muller ’27 has earned plaudits abroad this summer after unveiling surprising findings on the environmental impact of antibiotic drugs during a poster competition at the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE) annual conference — one of the world's premier events in drug safety research.
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has achieved global recognition for its commitment to sustainability, ranking in the top 100 for three key Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Times Higher Education 2024 Impact Rankings. Additionally, NJIT secured a spot in the top 200 overall for universities worldwide.
