Science Olympiad Spotlights STEM Know-how of More Than 700 Pre-College Students

Thursday, January 23rd, 2020
They came, they competed and, at day’s end, they convened, to learn the results of the 2020 New Jersey Science Olympiad, hosted on campus Jan. 6 by NJIT for the 14th consecutive year. Hundreds of students making up 43 teams from high schools and middle schools from throughout the Garden State put th...

Welcome to the Spring Semester from President Bloom

Tuesday, January 21st, 2020
Dear NJIT Community Members, Welcome back for NJIT’s Spring semester. It does not seem long ago that outstanding performances by our students, faculty, and staff at both the Winter Wind and String Ensemble Concert and the Winter Jazz Band Concert ushered in the holiday season. I hope you enjoyed...

Engineering Prof. Misra Named IEEE Fellow, Stops Transistors From Leaking Energy

Tuesday, January 21st, 2020
Durgamadhab Misra is the newest member of NJIT's Newark College of Engineering to become a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Misra won the prestigious award for his ongoing research on preventing transistors from leaking electrons. Every time a transistor leaks...

Management Professor On a Roll, Receives 6th Economic Forecasting Award

Tuesday, January 21st, 2020
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago has once again lauded William V. Rapp, the Henry J. Leir Professor of International Trade and Business and director of the Leir Center for Financial Bubble Research at NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management, for his economic forecasting acumen. It was the sixt...

Biological Sciences Faculty Member Brooke Flammang Featured in Scientific American Podcast

Tuesday, January 21st, 2020
Federated Department of Biological Sciences faculty member Brooke Flammang was featured on an episode of the podcast "60-Second Science" hosted by Scientific American. Dr. Flammang and colleagues recently discovered a previously unknown receptor in remora – fish that are uniquely adapted to hitchhik...

Men's Volleyball Returns to the Win Column After 3-1 Victory at Lindenwood

Tuesday, January 21st, 2020
The NJIT men's volleyball team returned back to the win column, behind sophomore Roque Nido's double-double (38 assists, 10 digs) and three players reaching double-figure kills in the Highlanders' 3-1 victory at Lindenwood Saturday evening in men's volleyball non-conference action at Hyland Arena. ...

Highlanders Use Strong Defense to Roll to Third-Straight ASUN Win

Tuesday, January 21st, 2020
The NJIT men's basketball team won its third-straight ASUN Conference game, defeating visiting Kennessaw State 66-48 at the WEC on Saturday. The win marked the first time the Highlanders (6-12, 3-2 ASUN) have held a Division I opponent to less than 50 points since a 55-44 victory over UMass-Lowell ...

NJIT Scientists Measure the Evolving Energy of a Solar Flare's Explosive First Minutes

Thursday, January 16th, 2020
Toward the end of 2017, a massive new region of magnetic field erupted on the Sun’s surface next to an existing sunspot. The powerful collision of magnetic energy produced a series of potent solar flares, causing turbulent space weather conditions at Earth. These were the first flares to be captured...

Constructive Counsel: The Merits of Peer Mentoring

Thursday, January 16th, 2020
Patrycja Ptak, a second-year architecture student at NJIT’s Hillier College of Architecture and Design, vividly recalls the uncertainty she felt and challenges she faced navigating the college pathway — which is why she decided to become a mentor through Strive for College, an online platform that p...

Discovery Reveals How Remora Fishes Know When to Hitch a Ride Aboard Their Hosts

Wednesday, January 15th, 2020
Remoras are among the most successful marine hitchhikers, thanks to powerful suction discs that allow them to stay tightly fastened to the bodies of sharks, whales and other hosts despite incredible drag forces while traveling through the ocean. But how do these suckerfish sense the exact moment whe...