Priscilla Nelson, professor in NJIT’s Dept. Civil and Environmental Engineering, is scheduled to appear on WBGO 88.3 FM from 4-6:30 p.m. this evening, commenting on PSE&G’s announcement of a $3.9 billion, 10-year overhaul of its system. >>

Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno spoke with candor and smiles Monday, May 17 at NJIT’s 2010 commencement ceremony urging candidates “to love what you do, but stay open to surprises.  If anyone ever told me when I was your age that I would be a sheriff or lieutenant governor some day, I never would have believed them,” she said.  >>

NJIT will receive a $150,000 gift from PSEG to launch a scholarship for freshmen enrolled in NJIT’s Albert Dorman Honors College. The PSEG Honors Scholarship Endowment will be available to freshmen enrolling next fall in NJIT’s Honors College. >>

Frank Cassidy, president and chief operating officer of PSEG Power, a subsidiary of Public Service Enterprise Group and affiliate of Public Service Electric and Gas, received the President’s Medal from NJIT President Robert A. Altenkirch at NJIT’s annual black-tie benefit dinner, called Celebration, on Nov. 10 at the Pleasantdale Chateau in West Orange. >>

If you’ve ever wanted to know more about the sun’s 10-billion year life cycle, don’t miss “Solar Fireworks,” an easy-to-understand new science exhibit about the sun and solar system,  on view May 15, 2004, through May 29, 2005, at the Newark Museum.    The exhibit is a collaborative effort between astronomers at the museum and Haimin Wang and Carsten Denker, professors of physics, at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT).  Wang and Denker designed and wrote the easy-to-understand display that includes installations, computer animations and even a touch-and-tell plasma globe.  Wang obtained the show’s funding -- a $30,000 grant from NASA’s Office of Space Science Education/Public Outreach Program.  The exhibit is open Wednesdays through Sundays, noon-5 p.m., in the Prudential Foundation Gallery of the Victoria Hall of Science at the museum. >>

Frank Cassidy, president and chief operating officer of PSEG Power, received a Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award during the annual Fall Awards ceremony held on Wednesday, Oct. 8, at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). >>