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ROI-NJ Honors Two More Influencers at NJIT: Treena Arinzeh and Angela Garretson

Thursday, October 1st, 2020
A month after ROI-NJ named five NJIT administrators Higher Education Influencers, the publication recognized Treena Livingston Arinzeh and Angela Garretson as 2020 ROI Influencers: People of Color. Treena Livingston Arinzeh Arinzeh is a distinguished professor of biomedical engineering known ...

NJIT Historian Rosanna Dent Awarded for Exploration of Brazil's Xavante

Wednesday, September 30th, 2020
NJIT Assistant Professor of History Rosanna Dent's ongoing work exploring the history of research in Indigenous A’uwẽ-Xavante communities of Brazil has now earned her the 2020 John C. Burnham Early Career Award at this year’s History of Science Society’s Forum for the ...

Study Assesses 30 Years of Landmark Astronomical Advances at NSF, Highlights NJIT's Big Bear

Monday, September 21st, 2020
A new study highlighting some of the most influential technological breakthroughs that shaped astronomical research over the last 30 years includes recognition for NJIT-Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research’s Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) and its three generations of pioneering adapti...

NJIT Cyberpsychology Seminar Series Begins, Features Experts at Intersection of Psychology and Tech

Thursday, September 17th, 2020
Next week, NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts’ new Fall 2020 Cyberpsychology Seminar Series is set to begin, featuring some of the nation’s leading experts at the emerging intersection of psychology and technology who will cover a diverse range of future-focused topics for the universi...

A Look Back: NJIT's Unusual Explorations of Nature

Friday, September 11th, 2020
From discovering dinosaur-era ants with metal horns on their head, to swapping the brains of “Frankenfish,” to joining whale musicians at sea, NJIT faculty have been part of some unusual explorations of nature, sometimes taki...

NJIT's Vanessa Velez Awarded for Quarantine-Inspired Folk Artwork

Friday, September 4th, 2020
NJIT Department of Humanities staff member Vanessa Velez has shown that not only is art her true calling, but it's a potent form of therapy, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently, Velez’s quarantine-inspired artwork was awarded at the “nation’s largest annu...

WELCOME BACK: As Students Return for the Fall, Campus Vibrancy Follows

Tuesday, September 1st, 2020
As students converged on NJIT for the first day of the fall semester, they acknowledged the changes wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, chief among them, of course, mask-wearing. Nevertheless, they relished the chance to resume classes and reconnect with friends. “It feels different but I appreciate ...

WATCH NOW: Virtual Convocation Welcoming the Class of 2024

Monday, August 31st, 2020
Virtual University Convocation Program  WHAT: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will welcome the Class of 2024 during the Convocation ceremony. Additionally, the university will recognize and award faculty and staff members who have excelled as teachers, scholars and researchers. WH...

Study of Asia's Hillstream Loaches Reveals Keys to Fish Family's Unusual Land-Walking Abilities

Tuesday, August 25th, 2020
A new genetic and morphological study of South Asia’s hillstream loach (Balitoridae) family is shedding new light on the fishes’ unusual land-walking capabilities, including that of the family’s strangest relative — Cryptotora th...

NJIT Featured in The Princeton Review's 'Best 386 Colleges' Guide for 2021

Thursday, August 20th, 2020
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has been named a top college according to The Princeton Review in the newest edition of its college guide, "The Best 386 Colleges," a designation only about 14% of America’s 2,800 four-year colleges have earned. NJIT also received honors as a top college in ...