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Tracking a Deadly Rise, Historic Fall of Insect Populations

Monday, August 21st, 2023
An estimated 10 quintillion insects are alive on the planet, a staggering number that is at the center of a data crisis for entomologists. Researchers are struggling to understand historic shifts taking place among insect populations amid climate change and other environmental threats, from def...

NJIT Showcases the Most Impactful Research and Innovation from Students

Monday, August 21st, 2023
Stuti Mohan, a senior biomedical engineering student, was the winner of the top Dr. James F. Stevenson Innovation Award at the 2023 Undergraduate Summer Research and Innovation (URI) Symposium at NJIT. Her project sought to identify a non-invasive yet precise method to diagnose the tapping foot of a...

Exoskeletons and Scientific Method on Display at NJIT High School Research Event

Tuesday, August 8th, 2023
Unique projects in fields such as computing, healthcare and social media stood out at New Jersey Institute of Technology's High School Summer Research Internship program this year. Thanushri Serweswaran, a rising senior at Edison's J.P. Stevens high school, won first place for her work in creating v...

Perfect Record: All of NJIT's Pre-Health Seniors Accepted into Grad Programs

Monday, August 7th, 2023
There aren’t many better places in the region to be than NJIT if you’re an undergraduate student aspiring to become a medical professional, and the numbers are backing it up. This year’s entire graduating cohort from NJIT’s Pre-health Program has been accepted and is matriculating into graduate heal...

NJIT Undergrad Alixs Pujols Sheds Light on the Effects of Nanoplastics on Female Reproductive Health

Thursday, August 3rd, 2023
During the pandemic, Alixs Pujols ’24 read an article that inspired her to become an undergraduate research assistant at the Laboratory of Endocrine Disruption & Chemical Biology (EDC Lab). That article showed how researchers had found nanoplastics in the placenta, which caught Pujols’ attention...

NJIT's New Provost on His Goals, Approach and Why He Pops into Classrooms

Tuesday, August 1st, 2023
As the new provost of New Jersey Institute of Technology, John Pelesko brings decades of experience as a professor, department chair, associate dean and most recently dean at the University of Delaware, where he had spent 21 years. Pelesko also has the benefit of knowing NJIT firsthand: he was a gra...

At NJIT, NJ's Governor Lays Out Plans for Trade Mission to East Asia

Wednesday, July 26th, 2023
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, during an appearance at New Jersey Institute of Technology, unveiled plans for a trade mission to East Asia this fall that will seek to generate more jobs and investment in the state. Murphy, speaking during a business roundtable with N.J. Chamber of Commerce President a...

At NJIT, McNair Scholars Advance Research as Their Futures Unfold

Monday, July 24th, 2023
NJIT’s McNair Scholars have been igniting their research efforts in campus labs this summer, and many are starting to see their career aspirations take shape in the process. NJIT’s Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement program has often been described as life-changing by those selected eve...

NJIT's Forensic Science Initiative Celebrates First Graduates

Wednesday, July 19th, 2023
A select group of local high school seniors have become the first graduates of NJIT’s Forensic Science Initiative (FSI) after successfully completing an intensive STEM training program this year. FSI’s inaugural class recently drew plaudits from the professional forensic science community at a New J...

The Rise of a Climate-Triggered Neurotoxin in the Arctic Tundra

Monday, July 17th, 2023
Climbing temperatures in the Arctic tundra are transforming inorganic mercury deposited by power plants and other industrial polluters, some of it inert for decades, into a neurotoxin that is accumulating in the region’s lake sediments, wetland ponds, soils and food chains. Certain tiny anaerobic mi...