NJIT President Robert A. Altenkirch will discuss the recent stem cell research initiative on NJN News tonight. The interview will air at 6 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. >>

New Jersey Network (NJN) News will air a segment tonight about a team of NJIT students who are designing an unmanned vehicle that will compete in the Grand Challenge, a 175-mile race in the desert. Atam Dhawan, PhD, chairman of the electrical and computer engineering (ECE) department; Timothy Chang, PhD, associate professor, ECE; and Shamoon Siddiqui, student team leader, will be interviewed by science correspondent Patrick Regan. The report will air first at 5:30 p.m. on PBS news, then again at 6 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Channels 23, 50, 52 and 58.  >>