Putting Students Closer to Explosive Solar Events

Thursday, April 6th, 2017
NJIT has a long-established reputation as a leader in researching phenomena originating on the star closest to Earth — the Sun. NJIT’s optical telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory and radio telescope array at Owens Valley, both in California, have greatly expanded our understanding of solar event...

Helping to Make Written Words Matter at NJIT

Thursday, February 2nd, 2017
Words have consequences. Whether spoken or written, the words we choose to use matter profoundly across the spectrum of our relationships with others. They matter from the very personal communication we share with those closest to us, to achieving success in school and the workplace, to engaging in ...

Delving Deeper into the Circadian Rhythms of Life

Thursday, January 12th, 2017
The circadian rhythms that harmonize our behavior with the daily cycle of light and dark, and with seasonal change, are among the most powerful physiological forces that we experience each day — forces that are experienced not only by other mammals, but also by many other living organisms. The circa...

Is the Cooperative Economy Next in a Post-Consumer World?

Thursday, January 12th, 2017
For a significant part of the 20th century, the Manufacturing Economy generated unprecedented material prosperity in the United States. Then, as well-paying factory jobs migrated to corners of the world where labor is much less expensive, it was the Information Economy or the Service Economy that pr...

Coastal Perspectives — Studying Forces That Affect Life Where Land and Water Meet

Thursday, January 5th, 2017
Land lies in water; it is shadowed green. Shadows, or are they shallows, at its edges showing the line of long sea-weeded ledges where weeds hang to the simple blue from green. Or does the land lean down to lift the sea from under, drawing it unperturbed around itself? Along the fine tan sandy shelf...

From Cells to Science and Society — Kevin Belfield is Engaged Across a Broad Spectrum of Research

Thursday, January 5th, 2017
As a researcher, Kevin Belfield is working at the forefront of medical innovation to develop a minimally invasive imaging technique that could revolutionize how wound healing and the growth of cancerous tissue are monitored. A professor in the Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Belfi...

An Explorer on the Frontier of Behavior

Thursday, January 5th, 2017
Associate Professor Eric Fortune, a member of the Department of Biological Sciences since 2012, is an explorer whose research is focused on finding answers to questions at the frontiers of human physiology and behavior. In his Central King Building laboratory, with the assistance of undergraduate an...

Finding Valeria: A Ph.D. Story

Thursday, January 5th, 2017
Valeria Barra charted an unusual course from Siena, Italy to Newark, New Jersey and now onward for an internship program in Emeryville, Calif. at a one-time Steve Jobs startup you may have heard of - Pixar Animation Studios. Pixar has won eight Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature—“Inside Out,” ...

What the Ocean Says — Research for National Defense, Environmental Insight

Wednesday, January 4th, 2017
Since coming to NJIT in 1994, Professor Eliza Michalopoulou has been listening to the world’s oceans, researching how new knowledge about sound propagation in the marine environment can enhance the U.S. Navy’s antisubmarine defenses. But the analytical tools she uses have other applications as well,...

From Combustion to Consumption — Researching the Atmospheric Mystery of Mercury

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2016
Mercury: We know that substantial amounts of this highly toxic element are released into the atmosphere through the burning of coal and petroleum for fuel and the incineration of our civilization’s garbage. We also know that mercury entering the atmosphere can eventually find its way into the soil a...