NJIT’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders is always working on improving the quality of life of local and developing communities. One of its two current main projects includes a region inside...

Every April, over 10,000 visitors flock to Branch Brook Park to stroll around its lakes, ponds, and most importantly, Cherryblossomland, the nickname for the park’s collection of over 5,000 cherry...

“We thought about how we could do something that amplifies the voices of Newark’s creative people who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC); filmmakers; and artists in different...

For an intense week from April 10 to April 15, an unprecedented strike on all four Rutgers campuses — New Brunswick, Camden, Newark, and Biomedical Health Sciences — brought class to a standstill...

Despite being a fairly industrialized city, Newark contains many patrons of the finer arts who care deeply about using their talents to revitalize the area. One example is GlassRoots, a nonprofit glass-making...

(Photo by Areej Qamar) The last few weeks saw lines of hungry customers stretching out to the corner of Sussex Avenue and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Ramen Gami, a Japanese restaurant specializing...

Amongst numerous controversies assailing the Newark School Board, incidents of racial tension between Black and Latinx students have added fuel to the fire raging in the city’s school districts.   The...

(Photo by Varsha Thampi) NJIT has built an institution and community based on local impact through education, research, economic development, and engagement to improve the quality of life for all....

(Photo by Giray Arat) "Magnitude and Bond" is a large mural painted on a brick wall on Halsey Street, close to NJIT. I used to pass by it at least once a week when I was living in Newark and studying...

On Dec. 20, 2022, a collaborative research team led by NJIT researchers received a $778,000 grant from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, or NJDEP. This grant was part of a wider allocation...

Content warnings: mentions of death, self-harm, and terminal illness.  We live in scary times; whenever one watches or reads the news, at least one headline is always about some sort of crime,...

(Photo by Ethan O'Malley) This fall, Newark saw the addition of an intercity bus service — FlixBus — providing access to New Jersey Transit as well as Newark Liberty International Airport. FlixBus,...