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NJIT's Center for Translational Research Quickens Technology's Pace to Market

Monday, February 9th, 2026
Richard Calbi, director of Ridgewood Water, was astonished to discover the extent of PFAS contamination in New Jersey drinking water when the state adopted pollution standards for the industrial chemicals in 2020. “The first thing we did was determine if we were affected and found them in every...

Hillier College Provides Art Courses for All Students with Arts@NJIT Initiative

Thursday, January 15th, 2026
From Leonardo da Vinci to Nam Jun Paik to Lillian Schwartz, art and technology have a long and intertwined relationship. Beginning in spring 2026, all NJIT students will have the opportunity to explore this productive feedback loop.Thanks to a generous gift from NJIT alumnus Ron Dooley (Mechanical E...

NJIT Researchers Discover Long-Hidden Source of Gamma Rays Unleashed by Solar Flares

Wednesday, January 14th, 2026
Solar physicists say they have found a key source of intense gamma rays unleashed when Earth’s nearest star produces its most violent eruptions.In findings published in Nature Astronomy, scientists at NJIT’s Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (NJIT-CSTR) have pinpointed a previously unknown ...

New Course to Give Students Deeper Insights into Middle East Conflicts

Tuesday, December 9th, 2025
This spring, NJIT students will have the opportunity to gain a richer picture of the complex history and politics of the Middle East that continue to shape today’s headlines, drive foreign policy debates and affect global stability.A new course opening next semester, “Middle East Conflicts: State Bu...

How NJIT Graduate Student Jaimee Diogo Is Transforming STEM Futures Through ‘STEM Like a Girl’

Monday, November 24th, 2025
The kinetic sculptures were supposed to spin gently when the girls turned on their hair dryers. But as soon as the first creation twirled into motion — foil shimmering, ribbons fluttering — the whole room lit up. A crowd of elementary-aged girls leaned in, laughing as their sculptures wobbled, spun ...

NJIT Scientists Track Recent Solar Flare Disruptions in Earth’s Ionosphere

Friday, November 21st, 2025
As this month’s string of powerful X-class solar flares sparked brilliant aurorae that lit up skies across an unusually wide swath of the globe — from northern Europe to Florida — researchers at NJIT’s Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (CSTR) captured a less visible, but crucial, record of the s...

NJIT Professor's Award-Winning Album Amplifies Heroine Voices of WWII's Italian Resistance

Monday, November 3rd, 2025
World War II has been revisited countless times in books and films. But NJIT professor Laura Montanari set out on a unique songwriting project to bring to life overlooked voices in the Allied fight against fascism — heroines of Italy’s underground resistance. Her new collection of “archival so...

NJIT and NJII Launch PureTrace Labs to Commercialize PFAS Detection Technology

Thursday, October 30th, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and the New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII) today announced the launch of PureTrace Labs, a startup created to bring NJIT-developed technology for rapid detection of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to market.The company marks the first official...

NJIT Researchers, Ham Radio Operators Partner to Track Impact of Space Weather

Friday, October 17th, 2025
Researchers from four universities, including New Jersey Institute of Technology, are expanding a network of ham radio operators in North America to better track how the earth’s upper atmosphere is impacted by natural phenomena such as geomagnetic storms and lightning. The researchers are also upgr...

NJIT's Julie Ancis Explores Cyberpsychology's Role in Modern Computing in ACM Publication

Friday, October 10th, 2025
In a new article featured in Communications of the Association for Computer Machinery (ACM), NJIT Distinguished Professor Julie Ancis explores how cyberpsychology — the study of the two-way relationship between people and technology — is reshaping modern computing. Presenting more than a single exp...