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NJIT Announces Appointment of Inaugural Director of Cyberpsychology

Monday, October 28th, 2019
Oct. 28, 2019 — NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts has announced that Julie Ancis will join the Department of Humanities as professor of psychology and director of cyberpsychology. Ancis — who holds fellow status in two divisions within the American Psychological Association (APA) through h...

New publication on consequences of neural activity generated in two places in the same nerve cell

Friday, October 25th, 2019
In a new publication from the labs of Profs. Dirk Bucher and Farzan Nadim, Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Nelly Daur and former PhD student Dr Yang Zhang show that in a single motor neuron, action potential generation in the central nervous system is suppressed by action potentials generated in the peripher...

Planting With Purpose: Honors Students Foster Biodiversity on Campus

Friday, October 25th, 2019
Equipped with shovels and spades, and tape measures and topsoil, first-year Dorman Scholars gathered behind Albert Dorman Honors College (ADHC) on a sunny weekend morning in early October to plant a variety of native species: New Jersey tea, blazing star, New England aster, lady fern, butterfly milk...

Prestigious International Collegiate Programming Contest Coming to NJIT

Thursday, October 24th, 2019
Hundreds of college students from throughout the Northeast will descend on NJIT on Oct. 27 to participate in a prestigious international programming competition.  The International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), will host its Greater New York Region competition on NJIT’s campus this Su...

NJIT Faculty in the Spotlight at United Nations Urban Planning Conference

Thursday, October 24th, 2019
Experts supported by the United Nations wanted to know about the impact of digital technology on public spaces, and two NJIT professors had a seat at the table. Gernot Riether co-organized the conference, The Power of Public Space in a Digital Age, at U.N. headquarters in New York last week. Riethe...

New Books From Architecture Faculty Cover Cultural, Social, Tech Influences

Thursday, October 24th, 2019
Three faculty members from NJIT's Hillier College of Architecture and Design (HCAD) published new books this year, covering the intersection of public spaces and technology, millenials in architecture, and the impact of automobiles on American city design. The books are Urban Machines: Public Space...

NJIT Biologist Explores Ant Colonies, Human Migration With DARPA Award

Thursday, October 24th, 2019
Can ants help predict the complex dynamics of future humanitarian crises, such as when and where large populations might move during disease outbreaks or armed conflicts? It’s a question that has been posed by Simon Garnier, assistant professor of biological sciences at NJIT, who recently join...

Interior Design Program Ranks High in Report From National Magazine

Wednesday, October 23rd, 2019
NJIT's Hillier College of Architecture and Design improved in several rankings by Design Intelligence magazine this month. Our interior design program ranked second nationwide for the most hires among 15 similar-sized programs, an impressive improvement from its 14 ranking last year. The magaz...

Security Expert On Guard For NJIT Networks, Prepares Users For Digital Wilds

Friday, October 18th, 2019
Five monitors adorn George Eliopoulos' desk — he tried six and said it was too many — where the security analyst is responsible for protecting NJIT computer systems from malicious hackers. Eliopoulos earned a master of science degree in computer security here and started his current role in the Inf...

NJIT VentureLink Inventors Fortify Weak Links in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

Friday, October 18th, 2019
The surge in mail-order drug deliveries, amid rising temperatures and climate volatility, presents a growing challenge to the security of the pharmaceutical supply chain. Every time vaccine is subject to excessive heat or cold, for example, its potency may be diminished, according to the Centers for...