New Jersey Monthly magazine this month named NJIT President Robert A. Altenkirch one of New Jersey’s most important people to watch in 2009.  >>

Judith Sheft, associate vice president for technology development at NJIT, has been awarded funds from the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology to assist faculty researchers with the most promising patentable inventions with funding grants of up to $50,000.  >>

Black Enterprise magazine has named Treena Livingston Arinzeh, 37, one of “40 under 40” to watch in 2008. Arinzeh, an associate professor in NJIT’s Department of Biomedical Engineering, has earned national recognition for her pioneering adult stem cell research to find ways to use biomaterials to re-engineer tissues. >>

Treena Livingston Arinzeh, PhD, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at NJIT, was named as one of the Star-Ledger’s “People to Watch in 2005” yesterday. Of the 10 individuals cited in the publication, Arinzeh was the only academic and scientist and one of three women who were recognized for their “belief in a dream." >>

Adult stem cell research and how it can help cure Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and spinal cord injuries will be discussed Oct. 18 at the technology forum sponsored by NJIT.  Ira Black, MD, founding director of the Stem Cell Institute of New Jersey, will be the featured speaker. NJIT Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Treena Livingston Arinzeh, the only Northeast recipient of the National Science Foundation’s 2003 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), will also discuss her work. >>

Adult stem cell research and how it can help cure Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and spinal cord injuries will be discussed Oct. 18 at the technology forum sponsored by New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT).  Ira Black, MD, founding director of the Stem Cell Institute of New Jersey, will be the featured speaker. NJIT Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Treena Livingston Arinzeh, the only Northeast recipient of the National Science Foundation’s 2003 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), will also discuss her work. >>

A young female African-American professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) was recognized today by President Bush for research showing that adult stem cells could help patients suffering from spinal cord injuries, bone and cartilage damage and related diseases. >>

Treena Livingston Arinzeh, Ph.D., an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), won the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) most prestigious honor for outstanding young researchers. >>