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NJIT Aims to Be an Innovation Nexus Under Its New Strategic Plan

Monday, April 8th, 2024
New Jersey Institute of Technology aims to be a nexus of innovation that embraces new tech, commercializes groundbreaking research, leverages its diversity and tackles global environmental and socioeconomic challenges under a new strategic plan that extends through 2030. The plan, NJIT Makes An Inn...

NJIT Team Wins Film Contest Inspired by Kevin Smith Film Universe

Thursday, April 4th, 2024
A group of film students and faculty from the NJIT-Rutgers Theatre Arts Program have taken creative inspiration from the cinematic universe of N.J.-born filmmaker Kevin Smith, and it’s earned them recognition from the iconic writer/director himself. The NJIT-Rutgers team’s short film shot predomina...

NJIT Research Team Discovering How Fluids Behave in Nanopores with NSF Grant

Thursday, March 28th, 2024
A research team from New Jersey Institute of Technology is uncovering mysteries surrounding fluids in nanoporous materials, and has been recently awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support this research. The research is focused on the elasticity, or compressibility, of fl...

NJIT's Undergrad Forensics Program Awarded National Accreditation, a First in NJ

Tuesday, March 19th, 2024
NJIT’s undergraduate forensic science program has been awarded full accreditation from the Forensic Science Education Programs Accreditation Commission (FEPAC) of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences — a distinction held by less than 35 undergraduate forensics programs nationwide. FEPAC is reg...

NJIT Conference: How Can Artificial Intelligence Work for All of Us?

Thursday, March 14th, 2024
What are the latest innovations around artificial intelligence, how will it change the way we work and what safeguards are needed to address systemic inequities? Data scientists, policy experts and the head of a state commission will examine these issues and more at “Intelligent Uses of Artificial ...

NJIT Chemist Wins Wallace H. Coulter Award for Career Achievements

Monday, March 4th, 2024
NJIT Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Wunmi Sadik has recently been honored with the prestigious Wallace H. Coulter Lectureship during a guest appearance at one of the largest scientific conferences on laboratory science in the world, Pittcon. The Wallace H. Coulter Lectureship is presented eac...

$265K Awarded to NJIT Researchers Via New Jersey Health Foundation Grants

Thursday, February 29th, 2024
Six NJIT researchers have secured grants in the latest round of funding provided by the New Jersey Health Foundation (NJHF), which has increased its funding in both its Community Health, Social Services and Education Program, as well as its traditional research program this year. The $4 million rou...

Advocating for More Women in STEM, Avanade Awards Scholarships at NJIT

Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
Six exceptional students have been awarded the Avanade STEM Scholarship to further their pursuit of a degree at NJIT. Avanade, in support of its mission to encourage young people — especially women — to study and succeed in STEM disciplines, has partnered with NJIT since 2016 and awarded scholarship...

NJIT Professor David Rothenberg Presents New Book 'The Secret Sounds of Ponds'

Wednesday, February 14th, 2024
David Rothenberg, distinguished professor of philosophy and music at New Jersey Institute of Technology, presented his new book “The Secret Sounds of Ponds”, a book, music and performance initiative.  Rothenberg started this project during the pandemic. When everybody was home, he decided to v...

NJIT Researchers Unveil Method to Detect 'Forever Chemicals' in Under 3 Minutes

Thursday, February 8th, 2024
Researchers report one of the fastest and most sensitive approaches yet for detecting toxic per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) accumulating in the environment, which are linked to health risks ranging from cancers to birth defects. PFAS have earned the name “forever chemicals” with good re...