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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.  Thi...

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 collab...

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 su...

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 universit...

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...

Hawk Watch: Livestream Life Inside NJIT's Rare Red-Tailed Hawk Nest

Thursday, March 24th, 2022
NJIT has landed some unexpected residents recently, and they’ll be getting plenty of “airtime” as they settle into their new home. In fact, they’ll have their own channel where you can check them (and their new crib) out, 24/7.  Two red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) have begun a rare urban n...

IT Student Sam Itman Helps Modernize Optum

Monday, March 14th, 2022
Some might say that Sam Itman’s direction in life was preordained by his last name, as this “IT man” has had a passion for technology since childhood. He states that he became infatuated with technology because “it presents a world of opportunities to those who are willing to discover them.” As a se...

NJIT Physicist Wins NSF CAREER Award to Explore Explosive Solar Connection

Tuesday, March 8th, 2022
Satoshi Inoue, assistant professor of physics and member of the Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (CSTR) at NJIT, is investigating a mysterious connection between two of space’s most powerful explosions as part of a new CAREER award from the National Science Foundation. Inoue joins a select grou...

NJIT Co-Hosts Second Annual Forensic Science Summit for the Criminal Defense Bar

Tuesday, March 1st, 2022
On March 22-23, New Jersey’s forensic and legal professionals will convene again at the 2022 Forensic Science Summit for the Criminal Defense Bar to discuss the latest advances in forensic sience and its increasing influence in today’s courtrooms.  The summit is considered among the leading ann...

Two NJIT "Rising Stars" are Named Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022
Murat Guvendiren, a chemical and materials engineer who designs biomaterials that train stem cells to differentiate in the proper sequence to form functioning organs and tissues, and Mengyan Li, a microbiologist who develops sustainable water remediation techniques to biodegrade persistent industria...