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Technology VIPs, Including an Internet Pioneer, Visit NJIT for Inspiration

Friday, October 30th, 2020
TTI/Vanguard, a prestigious organization of technology industry executives who meet a few times each year to study and debate emerging innovations, chose to virtually visit New Jersey Institute of Technology this week for their latest intellectual retreat. The group's members, through exposure to w...

2020 Research Report Highlights Innovative Computing Research from YWCC Faculty

Friday, October 30th, 2020
The Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) at NJIT has published its 2020 Research Report, showcasing the diverse research activities conducted by Ying Wu faculty over the past year. Research topics span a wide spectrum of interests, from human-computer interaction to cybersecurity, data science and v...

NJIT Honors Exceptional Donors at Launch of the Colton Society

Thursday, October 29th, 2020
NJIT’s inaugural inductees into its new Colton Society represent an array of disciplines, including engineering, architecture, finance, education and technology. Each, however, shares something remarkable in common: lifetime contributions to the university that exceed half a million dollars. In tri...

NJIT Mourns the Passing of Dr. Irving Pressley McPhail

Thursday, October 29th, 2020
It is with great sadness that I inform you about the death of Dr. Irving Pressley McPhail, who received an honorary degree from NJIT in 2015 and served eloquently as our main Commencement speaker that year. Dr. McPhail is reported to have succumbed to complications from COVID-19 last week. He most r...

NJIT Turns Mobile Medical Care Prototype into Hub for COVID-19 Testing

Wednesday, October 28th, 2020
NJIT has activated a prototype mobile medical care unit as a COVID-19 testing center for students, faculty and staff.  The mobile medical care unit (M2CU), which NJIT developed in partnership with University Hospital in Newark and The Tuchman Foundation and unveiled in July, is made from repur...

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Int'l Study Uncovers Secret Surfing Life of Remoras Hitchhiking on Blue Whales

Wednesday, October 28th, 2020
Sticking to the bodies of sharks and other larger marine life is a well-known specialty of remora fishes (Echeneidae) and their super-powered suction disks on their heads. But a new study has now fully documented the “suckerfish” in hitchhiking action below the ocean’s surface, uncovering a much mo...

A Newly Minted NJIT Engineering Professor is Named a Fellow of the Academy of Optometry

Tuesday, October 27th, 2020
Chang Yaramothu '13H MS '14 Ph.D. '17, a biomedical engineer who develops diagnostic and therapeutic devices for concussion-related vision disorders, was named a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry just two months after joining the NJIT faculty as an assistant professor of engineering techno...

Researching the Effects of Online Misinformation and Realities of the Coronavirus

Tuesday, October 27th, 2020
Assistant Professor Cody Buntain, NJIT's expert on the science of understanding social media, is turning his trained eyes to the connections between online misinformation and public health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Using software that he co-developed in 2017 with University of Waterloo ...

Message from President Bloom: COVID-19 Update

Monday, October 26th, 2020
NJIT Community Members, With a deep concern for the health and safety of our campus community, and knowledge of the needs of many of NJIT's students as well as our applied and hands-on curriculum, we began the Fall semester on September 1, 2020. We did so with a comprehensive and multifaceted plan ...