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Registration Open for NJIT's Spring Career Fair

Friday, January 19th, 2024
NJIT’s spring career fair is right around the corner and registration is now open for students on the Handshake platform. Career Development Services biannual career fair has become one of the most anticipated events for students. The fall semester fair, held last September, was the largest-ever pa...

NJIT Alum Develops Tech to Recycle Lithium-Ion Batteries

Tuesday, January 16th, 2024
By Jesse Jenkins and Tracy Regan Chao Yan, who holds both a master's in chemistry and doctor of philosophy in physical chemistry combustion from New Jersey Institute of Technology, is the founder and chief executive officer of Princeton NuEnergy, which develops advanced technologies for recycling l...

Voice Assistants 'Like Us' Affect How Users Process Misinformation, Study Suggests

Thursday, December 21st, 2023
Voice assistants like Amazon Alexa and Apple Siri now have the ears of an estimated 142 million users in the United States, but just how much we trust and listen to AI assistants for daily information may come down to how much we identify with them personality-wise. That’s the takeaway from a study...

NJIT Researcher Examines Birds' Vocal Development With Virtual Tutors

Monday, December 11th, 2023
In the highly social world of the zebra finch, every male has a unique song: a brief motif resembling the squeak of a mechanical toy that he chirps, often in rapid succession, in courtship and communal gatherings. These songs are not innate. Pubescent finches develop their signature sound by listeni...

New NJIT Committee Tackles Gender Imbalance in Faculty

Tuesday, December 5th, 2023
A new committee aims to accelerate gender equity among faculty members at New Jersey Institute of Technology. The Women Faculty Advisory Committee, chaired by Nancy Steffen-Fluhr, will hold peer forums to examine key issues based on the testimony of junior faculty members. It also intends to poll w...

Scientists Build Tiny Biological Robots From Human Cells

Thursday, November 30th, 2023
Researchers have created tiny biological robots that they call Anthrobots from human tracheal cells that can move across a surface and have been found to encourage the growth of neurons across a region of damage in a lab dish.  The multicellular robots, ranging in size from the width of a huma...

Three Highlanders Awarded for Excellence in Journalism

Monday, November 27th, 2023
Two NJIT undergrads and an alumnus have landed prestigious awards from the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists (NJ-SPJ) for their outstanding contributions to the university’s student newspaper, The Vector. Albert Dorman Honors students Mrunmayi Joshi ’25, Yukthi Sangoi ’24 and Ethan O'M...

NJIT Scientists Uncover Aurora-Like Radio Emission Above a Sunspot

Monday, November 13th, 2023
In a study published in Nature Astronomy, astronomers from New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (NJIT-CSTR) have detailed radio observations of an extraordinary aurora-like display — occurring 40,000 km above a relatively dark and cold patch on the Sun, kno...

Researchers Find Ethical Risks Where Mixed-Reality Gaming Meets AI

Monday, November 6th, 2023
Researchers at NJIT and Universidad Carlos III of Madrid wanted to know if mixed-reality games could be improved by handing control to artificial intelligence software in the form of conversational language applications — it turns out they can, but the results may put players in danger. The questio...

NJIT Math Professor Named American Physical Society Fellow

Monday, October 30th, 2023
NJIT Mathematics Professor Linda J. Cummings has been named a Fellow by the American Physical Society (APS) for her “outstanding contributions to physics.” The APS Fellowship Program recognizes members who have made “exceptional contributions to the physics enterprise in physics research, important...