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Reversing Mining's Toxic Legacy on Tribal Lands

Friday, January 5th, 2018
When a federal inspection team inadvertently released three million gallons of heavy metal-laden waste from a century-old, defunct gold mine near Silverton, Colorado into the Animas River, Lucia Rodriguez-Freire was one of the first responders on the scene. “The gold plume was crossing the border f...

2017 at NJIT: A Look Back

Friday, January 5th, 2018
From ribbon-cuttings and rankings to appointments and awards and more, this past year saw many milestones and achievements at NJIT — with promise for a fruitful 2018. Here are just some of the university community's noteworthy accomplishments and happenings in 2017. JANUARY Academic and studen...

Science Olympiad for Middle and High School Students Returns to NJIT for the 12th Consecutive Year

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2018
On Jan. 12, 2018, NJIT will make science competitive yet fun when it hosts the 2018 New Jersey Regional Science Olympiad (NJSO), part of a national science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) competition. The university will welcome to the event nearly 700 middle and high school students...

NJIT Alum Continues Downtown Newark Revival

Monday, November 20th, 2017
  Whole Foods Market, Chipotle and Hotel Indigo – Newark’s first boutique hotel – have all served as signifiers of urban revitalization in New Jersey’s largest city. And the establishments are also all housed in buildings rehabbed and developed by the Newark-based Hanini Group, a firm co-fo...

Studying Blind Cavefish for New Knowledge of Sight

Tuesday, November 7th, 2017
  Since joining the Department of Biological Sciences in 2014, Assistant Professor Daphne Soares has asked probing questions about how brain circuits change over time. She does that by studying blind cavefishes and their closest living surface relatives in the Middle East, Asia and South Ameri...

Research that Ranges from Pipelines to Proteins

Wednesday, October 4th, 2017
The research that Assistant Professor of Physics Cristiano Dias is pursuing has the potential to expand our knowledge of phenomena that can affect the creation of dangerous obstructions in undersea pipelines transporting natural gas and the formation of protein-based fibers in the brain related to d...

Security Briefing: These 7 NJIT Research Initiatives Take a Bite Out of Cybercrime

Wednesday, October 4th, 2017
  NJIT, home to the largest computer science program among all research universities in the New York metropolitan area, continues to build a critical mass and increase its visibility as a top university for future leaders and research in the field of cybersecurity. “On the educational fro...

Students Search for Insights into the Brain and Behavior

Wednesday, September 13th, 2017
Learning is very much a hands-on experience for Nicole Andanar, Hannah Gattuso, Yasmine Ghattas and David Liptsyn, NJIT undergraduates enrolled in Albert Dorman Honors College who are working with Associate Professor Eric Fortune, Department of Biological Sciences, to explore the unknowns of how the...

On-campus Dining at NJIT

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017
A chorus of oohs and ahs erupted from the room last winter when Joseph Cavanaugh revealed Gourmet Dining Services’ (GDS) next feat: a waffle iron complete with an NJIT logo. The students could barely contain themselves. Who would’ve thought the idea of creating a school-spirited cust...

Writing about Nature's Tiniest Engineers: Harry N. Tuvel '74, '79

Friday, August 4th, 2017
They build bridges and tunnels, measure two millimeters long, and are unwelcome at picnics. Ants, one of nature’s most minuscule and fascinating creatures, are the subject of a children’s book by civil engineer Harry N. Tuvel P.E., P.P.’74, ’79. Featuring images by his younger son, Eric Tuvel, and ...