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Senior Success: Biology Major Chloe Jelley is an Entomologist-in-the-Making

Thursday, May 21st, 2020
As a kid growing up in Omaha, Neb., Chloe Jelley ’20 had a major aversion to insects that many can relate with. “I was one of the more careful kids and I was not into bugs at all when I was young … actually, I was really afraid of all bugs,” recalled Jelley. That didn’t really change much by ...

NJIT Senior Alejandra Lopez-Diaz Lands Merck R&D Internship to Work on Vaccines

Thursday, May 14th, 2020
Biochemistry senior Alejandra Lopez-Diaz hasn’t wasted much time during her past three years at NJIT. Outside of class, she’s spent most of her free hours inside the university’s labs researching an aspect of time itself — our circadian clock, or the internal biological clock that helps takes us thr...

Senior Success: Sravya Vegunta Is Going to Medical School

Thursday, May 14th, 2020
“It’s a little bittersweet to have to leave without being able to say proper goodbyes to everyone,” lamented Sravya Vegunta, a senior Albert Dorman Honors College (ADHC) scholar, about graduating from NJIT during the coronavirus pandemic. “But I’m definitely glad to be moving on to that next stage,...

Senior Success: Darius Singletary Answers Call of Duty at NJIT

Monday, May 11th, 2020
It isn't an easy balance between working and going to school — especially for students determined to excel in the challenging studies they take on at NJIT.   But even considering the double-life that many students endure to help pay their way while earning their coveted degree, Darius Sin...

Mental Health, COVID-19 & Our Tech: Q&A with NJIT Cyberpsychology Director Julie Ancis

Wednesday, May 6th, 2020
The current pandemic has deeply influenced our social behavior in many ways, among the most obvious being that while physical interaction is way down, screen time is way up — some early estimates since March showed total web hits jumping up to 70%, and streaming content by at least 30% worldwide.&nb...

NJ Public Universities Join to Launch Initiative to 'Bring Students Home'

Tuesday, May 5th, 2020
Ten public universities and colleges in New Jersey have joined forces and issued a call for the over 100,000 state residents who attend higher education institutions out-of-state to return home, enroll in New Jersey institutions, and help rebuild the state as part the New Jersey Scholar Corps p...

NJIT Musicians Unite in Inspiring Performance: 'Don't Stop Believin'

Monday, May 4th, 2020
Members of NJIT's string, jazz and wind ensembles are showcasing their collective spirit with a new inspirational performance for the university community. Student-musicians of NJIT’s Music Initiative have collaborated to digitally stage a performance of Journey's "Don’t Stop Believin’," ...

NJIT Physics Team Provides Novel Swab Design, Free of Charge, to Augment COVID-19 Testing

Thursday, April 30th, 2020
A team of NJIT physicists has developed a novel test swab that can be 3D printed using inexpensive, widely available materials and speedily assembled in a range of fabrication settings. To augment the nation’s testing capabilities, the inventors are making the swab’s design publicly available to lar...

May 5 Is Deadline for Ordering Commencement Regalia

Wednesday, April 29th, 2020
Class of 2020 graduates have until this Tuesday, May 5, to order their Commencement regalia and have it shipped to them. Wearing Commencement regalia is necessary to participate in NJIT’s virtual Commencement ceremony, to be held Friday, June 12. Students are urged to visit the Commencement website...

Theater Returns to NJIT: Virtual Series Explores Quarantine Life, Zoom As Stage

Thursday, April 23rd, 2020
Even in the social distancing era, the show must go on for the art world. That includes the NJIT/Rutgers-Newark theatre arts community, which is soon returning to its audiences with a string of all-new virtual performances exploring art, click-based technology and social connections during physical ...