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NJIT's Class of 2022 Urged to Seize the Opportunities Presented by Crises

Tuesday, May 17th, 2022
Crisis presents opportunity, and given the pandemic, war in Ukraine, structural racism, climate change and questions around the world’s supply of energy, food and water, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Shirley Ann Jackson called on the Class of 2022 at New Jersey Institute of Technology t...

Senior Success: Sreya Sanyal Is Off to Become an NIH Researcher

Monday, May 16th, 2022
Sreya Sanyal ’22 is right where she wants to be in the fight against cancer — at the cutting-edge of medical research. She’ll soon be using the breakthrough gene-editing technology CRISPR-Cas9, often described as “genetic scissors”, to study human disease as a post baccalaureate researcher with the ...

College of Science and Liberal Arts Celebrates 40 Years at 2022 Awards Ceremony

Monday, May 9th, 2022
On May 4, celebratory glasses were raised at the signature year-end awards ceremony for NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts (CSLA), where the incredible milestone of the college’s 40th anniversary served as backdrop to the festivities. It was an afternoon full of recognition for this year’s ...

Biology Graduate Xavier Reyes Embarks on an Organic Farming Mission

Thursday, May 5th, 2022
For biology graduate Xavier Reyes, his decision to hang up his lab coat in exchange for overalls to become an organic farmer is the best way he can move the needle on sustainability. The Albert Dorman Honors College student had come to NJIT with the idea that he would pursue a career in ecological ...

Creating a More Sustainable NJIT: Biodiversity + Alternative Energy + Carbon Neutrality

Wednesday, May 4th, 2022
In class, on campus grounds and in Newark, students at NJIT’s Albert Dorman Honors College are working toward creating a greener, more sustainable urban environment in keeping with the university’s broader push toward sustainability. The students are acting locally even while they think globally ab...

Goldwater Scholarship Lights Undergrad's Research Path, from Tissue Engineering to Oral Biology

Wednesday, April 27th, 2022
Biochemistry undergrad Simone Bishara ’23 has spent the past year conducting research at NJIT that could one day improve the lives of those in need of tissue transplants — that work has helped earn her a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship that’s driving her closer to her career aspirations.  Th...

NJIT Professor Wins Prized Fellowship to Explore Newark's Environmental Justice History

Tuesday, April 19th, 2022
Neil Maher, NJIT master teacher and professor of history, has been named fellow for The New York Public Library’s Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers. The fellowship traditionally attracts outstanding scholars, writers and visual artists from around the world. Fellows colla...

For Jennifer and Dominic, Scholarships Opened the Door to Science and Engineering at NJIT

Thursday, April 14th, 2022
Scholarships enabled Jennifer Cabral and Dominic Bosi to overcome financial hurdles and study science and engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Cabral and Bosi are both first-generation students from working-class families. As such, they needed help to afford college. Generous donors s...

NJIT's Vector Captures Numerous Awards at College Media Contests

Thursday, April 7th, 2022
NJIT’s student newspaper, The Vector, continues making its journalistic voice heard — the paper is the recipient of several awards from U.S. college media contests recently. The Vector was named the Corbin Gwaltney Award winner for “Best All-Around Student Newspaper” (among large universi...

Two NJIT Undergraduate Researchers Awarded Goldwater Scholarships

Monday, March 28th, 2022
From an estimated pool of over 5,000 college sophomores and juniors, two NJIT students — Simone Bishara and Vishva Rana, both Albert Dorman Honors College scholars — have been named Goldwater Scholars this year by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. The scholarshi...