Can't Stop Staring At Yourself in that Zoom Call? Blame Zoom Fatigue

Saturday, April 17th, 2021
This article was originally published on NBC's LX platform with permission to republish. It’s become all too familiar these days: the dreaded video meeting. You log in to what feels like your hundredth Zoom meeting of the day. You do the obligatory greeting and wave. And then you mute your mic. Then...

For NJIT's Sam Carlos, Two Majors Weren't Enough, So He Made it Three

Friday, April 16th, 2021
New students often matriculate at NJIT with a handful of college credits, declaring themselves double majors or participating in joint bachelors-masters programs, but Metuchen's Samuel Carlos is raising the bar, having arrived in 2018 with an astonishing 103 college credits and an associate's d...

Researchers Explain Secret to How Birds Breathe Air in One Direction

Thursday, April 8th, 2021
Breathing in and out. It’s so simple we often forget we’re doing it, but birds have mastered an even more efficient trick that’s been long-shrouded in mystery — breathing so that the air in their lungs flows in one direction. A team of mathematicians and physicists now say they’ve come up with the e...

From Experts in Artificial Photosynthesis to Cell Therapy, NJIT Showcases its Newest Innovators

Wednesday, April 7th, 2021
Their expertise ranges from technologies to improve infrastructure in some of the most urbanized regions on the planet to some of the remotest. Philip Pong, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, focuses on advanced sensing devices to enhance visibility, or “ey...

Science Students Earn Intern, Co-op of the Year Honors at NJIT

Tuesday, April 6th, 2021
The winners of this year's Interns and Co-ops of NJIT Contest stood out for how they embraced their initial responsibilities and earned advancements within their organizations, according to judges from Career Development Services.  Chemistry major Jennifer Mikulko ’23 earned intern of the ...

Equal Pay Day@NJIT: Leaders Offer 4 Tips on How Women Can Establish Themselves at Work

Monday, April 5th, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology welcomed two strong leaders who shared key advice on how women can establish themselves at work. The leaders, Catherine Wilson, president and CEO of United Way of Greater Newark, and Judith Sheft, executive director of the New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovati...

Come Join NJIT's 2021 Research Institutes, Centers and Laboratories Showcase

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021
Noise has an outsized impact on quality of life for urban residents, but it can be hard to monitor and regulate. Cities, which have limited resources to enforce noise codes, often chase transient sources that disappear before inspectors arrive hours or days later. In a talk next Tuesday at NJIT’s 2...

NJIT's College of Science and Liberal Arts Attracts Record Freshman Applicants

Monday, March 22nd, 2021
All-time highs in freshman applicants are being reported this year at NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts (CSLA), according to the university’s latest admissions report for fall 2021. NJIT’s Office of Admissions says CSLA’s freshman applicants this year (approximately 2,500) have risen more t...

NJIT Fields Record Number of Applications from First-Year Students for 2nd Straight Year

Friday, March 19th, 2021
For the second straight year, New Jersey Institute of Technology has broken its record for first-year student applications with a total of more than 11,250. All five of NJIT’s academic colleges experienced increases, led by a 21% jump from the Martin Tuchman School of Management, which eclipsed 1,00...

NJIT Makes Global List in QS Subject Rankings

Thursday, March 18th, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology has been ranked in three subject areas in the 2021 QS World University Rankings By Subject list, marking the third year in a row NJIT has earned a spot on the global ranking. The full 2021 rankings — published by Quacquarelli Symonds, an organization specializing i...