Richard O. Moore, of Philadelphia, an associate professor in the department of mathematical sciences in NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts, has been selected to receive the honor of “Excellence in Lower Division Undergraduate Instruction” at NJIT’s University Convocation, an annual celebration to be held Sept. 14, 2011.  >>

In recognition of Math Awareness Month, the Mathematical Sciences Department and the NJIT Math Club are hosting two events on April 20: an Integral Bee and an induction ceremony for Pi Mu Epsilon, the national mathematics honorary society.   >>

Members of the NJIT Math Club successfully constructed a simple Foucault’s pendulum on Nov. 15 in the stairwell of Fenster Hall. Jonathan Lansey and Ikemefuna Agbanusi affixed a long cable to a ceiling and tied a bowling ball to the end of the cable six flights below, then let the ball sway as they charted its trajectory. >>