Dale Gary, PhD, professor and chairman of the department of physics at NJIT, was quoted in the cover story that appears in the June 9, 2007 edition of Science News Online as well as the July 2007 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine. Gary provided comments on last December's outburst of solar radio noise, which caused massive disruptions of Global Positioning Satellite receivers worldwide. >>

Liberty Science Center and NJIT have signed an agreement affirming their dedication to collaborating and cooperating in programs and initiatives that advance mutual missions and objectives that lead to improved teaching and learning, and that contribute to improved science and technology literacy. >>

An electrical and computer engineering sophomore at NJIT was named a Goldwater scholar earlier this week by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program. Mohammad Farhan Haider Naqvi received the honor based upon his analysis of energy emitted from the Sun, since 1996. >>

Camelia Prodan, PhD, an assistant professor in the department of physics at NJIT, will discuss “Measuring Membrane Potential of Live Cells by Dielectric Spectroscopy” on March 27 at 4 p.m., Cullimore Hall, Room 611. >>

The safety of technologies and humans in space, based on weather, is of special interest to Lanzerotti, who in 2006 was the principal investigator for instruments on the new NASA Radiation Belts Storm Probes mission to investigate Earth’s Van Allen radiation belts.  >>

Valery Nakariakov, PhD of the department of physics at the University of Warwick will discuss current trends in magnetohydrodynamic coronal seismology at a Department of Physics Seminar on Jan. 23, 4-5 p.m., Tiernan Hall Rm. 407. For more information, contact: Ravindra Nuggehalli. >>

Dr. Jungil Lee, principal research scientist, Nano Device Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, will discuss “Self-assembled III-V Semiconductor Quantum Dots: Physics and Device Applications” at a Department of Physics seminar on Jan. 26, 3-4.30 p.m. in Tiernan Hall Rm. 406. >>