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From Euthanasia to Gene Editing: A Q&A With Bioethics Expert Arthur Caplan

Thursday, October 18th, 2018
In the 1990s, Jack Kevorkian controversially brought the issue of physician-assisted dying to the forefront of a conversation at the crossroads of medicine, technology, law and morality — known as bioethics.  That conversation has only become more complex today, as scientific advances continue ...

Distinguished Professor of Physics Awarded for Research on Solar Flares

Friday, October 12th, 2018

TEDxNJIT Event on November 8

Tuesday, October 9th, 2018
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will host a TEDxNJIT event Nov. 8, 2018 in the Jim Wise Theatre on the NJIT campus and via an accompanying live simulcast available to viewers worldwide. The independently organized event, licensed by TED, is themed “ReFraming” and will featur...

NJIT Technology and Society Forum Presents: City Resilience

Monday, October 8th, 2018
In the face of both natural and man-made threat to city infrastructure, greater pushes have been made toward the planning and design of “resilient cities” — cities positioned to protect and enhance urban life through development of components necessary to respond to terrorism, earthquakes, coastal ...

A Neurobiologist, a Solar Physicist and a Chemical Engineer Are Awarded for Research Excellence

Friday, October 5th, 2018
Faced with a formidable list of nominees for the annual Excellence in Research Prize and Medal, the Board of Overseers opted this year for its own brand of novelty and innovation: the prize committee picked three. The sector-spanning winners, all at the forefront of their fields, included a solar ph...

Newly-Discovered Bacterium Rids Problematic Pair of Toxic Groundwater Contaminants

Friday, September 28th, 2018
Known as a chemical manufacturing by-product of many cosmetics and home cleaning products, the industrial solvent 1,4-Dioxane is now considered by the Environmental Protection Agency to be an “emerging contaminant” and “likely human carcinogen” that can be found at thousands of groundwater...

NJIT Rises, Ranks in Top 15 Percent "Best Institution" Nationwide by College Factual

Thursday, September 20th, 2018
College Factual, a leading source of higher education analytics and insights, has ranked NJIT in the top 15 percent nationwide in the overall “Best Institution” category for 2019, a 61-place jump compared to 2018 rankings. NJIT is now ranked 251 out of a 1,779 institutions nationwide, and 5 out of ...

Fall Piano Recital Featuring Robert Argasinski

Thursday, September 20th, 2018
The last Wednesday of September 2018 is scheduled to bring an original concert performance to campus from Robert Argasinski — competition-winning virtuoso pianist, composer and NJIT Albert Dorman Honors College student. Argasinski will perform a rich collection of his own compositions, including&...

NJIT and Essex County College Sign Joint Academic Agreement

Wednesday, September 19th, 2018
Associate degree students from Essex County College (ECC) are now able to seamlessly transfer into appropriate and/or corresponding bachelor’s degree programs at NJIT.    On Sept. 17, 2018, the neighboring institutions in Newark signed a three-year joint academic agreement designed to pro...

These 4 Honors Freshmen Span the Country

Tuesday, September 11th, 2018
This year’s Albert Dorman Honors College (ADHC) freshman class has already set records. The group is 43 percent female, includes 13 New Jersey Medical School students and boasts an average SAT score of 1475. Aside from these fantastic figures, the incoming class is noteworthy for its geography. A s...