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Six NJIT Honors College Students Named U.S. Fulbright Semifinalists

Monday, February 22nd, 2021
NJIT students have broken three university records so far this year in pursuit of Fulbright scholarships, submitting a historic high of 11 applications, followed by another milestone achievement – the elevation of six to the semifinal round, including a first-ever candidate for study in the U.K., on...

Strategy for Instruction: NJIT Responds to the Pandemic in Forward-Thinking Fashion

Thursday, February 18th, 2021
Last year, as the COVID-19 pandemic began its inexorable march across the country, NJIT, along with higher education institutions nationwide, faced an unprecedented challenge: how to best move to fully remote instruction, both quickly and safely. Immediately, the university drew upon its technologic...

NJIT Physics Professor Philip Goode Named American Astronomical Society Fellow

Thursday, February 11th, 2021
Philip R. Goode, distinguished research professor of physics at NJIT’s Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (CSTR), has been named 2021 Fellow of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) — the leading organization of professional astronomers in North America established in 1899. The fellowship...

As NJIT Preps for Next Career Fair, Students Reflect on Finding the Right Match

Wednesday, February 10th, 2021
Nearly 100 employers and more than 1,000 students are expected to participate in this month’s NJIT career fair, which remains online via the Handshake networking platform. Among the employers offering internships, co-operative educational opportunities and jobs at the Feb. 19 fair are Bristol Myers...

NJIT's Maurie Cohen Publishes New, Timely Guide to Sustainability

Thursday, February 4th, 2021
Encompassing everything from electric cars, meatless diets and the compostable cups we find at Starbucks, to big ideas of economic and social equality, the catch-all buzzword “sustainability” has taken on a life of its own over the past few decades — but what does it mean today? Maurie Co...

New Cyberpsychology Seminar Series to Cover Online Conspiracy Theories, Misinformation and More

Monday, February 1st, 2021
What psychological factors drive the popularity of conspiracy theories, and what are the psychological consequences of adopting these theories? What is the role of personality traits in people’s real-life spending behavior online? Is clinical VR ready for primetime in the world of mental healthcare?...

NJIT Alum and 76ers Data Scientist on Joining the NBA's Data Revolution

Thursday, January 28th, 2021
With the NBA’s 2020-21 season now underway, the Philadelphia 76ers stand as a perennial playoff team with title aspirations, unrecognizable from the team they were during three of the bleakest seasons the NBA has ever seen. A 47-199 record from 2013-2016.  What changed? Among the many changes,...

NJIT String Ensemble's Winter Performance Celebrates Music Inspired From Around the World

Friday, January 22nd, 2021
Students and faculty of NJIT’s String Ensemble have released a digital production of their annual Winter Concert Series performance celebrating internationally-inspired music and diversity within the university community.  The performance, directed by NJIT music instructor Christine ...

"Spooky Interactions", Shocking Adaptations Discovered in Electric Fish of Brazil's Amazon

Wednesday, December 9th, 2020
From Brazil's Amazon, researchers report “spooky interactions” among surface- and cave-dwelling electric fish, revealing shocking behavior of 300 blind cavefishes whose ancestors adopted life in darkness tens of thousands of years ago. A study of weakly electric fishes from a remote area of the&nb...

NJIT Solar Physicists Take Spotlight at NASA's Int'l Supercomputing Conference

Tuesday, December 1st, 2020
NJIT heliophysicists who have developed new ways to forecast explosive events from the interior of the Sun recently captured the attention of international space and computer science communities with their exhibit featured at NASA’s Virtual SC20 Supercomputing Conference. NJIT Ph.D. student-researc...