Market Study Sheds Light on How Inclusive Shopping Experiences Make All Consumers Feel Valued

Tuesday, November 26th, 2024
Jorge Fresneda, associate professor at the Martin Tuchman School of Management at NJIT, has developed the Consumer Normalcy Scale (CNS), an innovative tool designed to assess how inclusive and dignified shopping experiences are for people from diverse backgrounds and with various characteristics. T...

Endle Sets 200 Breaststroke School Record on the Final Day of the BU Terrier Invitational

Monday, November 25th, 2024
Borys Endle set a school record in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 1:58.46 to win the event on the final day of the BU Terrier Invitational on Sunday at the FitRec Competition Pool. His time in the 200 breaststroke is the fastest in the America East. Endle broke his second school record of ...

NJIT Computing Researchers Fix Critical Mistakes in Medical Mobile Apps

Friday, November 22nd, 2024
Potentially deadly mathematical errors are prevalent among mobile applications used in clinical and emergency room settings, but a team of researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology's Ying Wu College of Computing has found provable solutions that may save lives. The applications, known as me...

Mending the Mind After a Spinal Cord Injury

Thursday, November 21st, 2024
A quadriplegic for the past 11 years, Julissa Santiago is the master of her own comfort. With the precision of a polite drill sergeant, she delivers instructions at bedtime for a series of minute body shifts and covers placed just so. And yet she still struggles to sleep. “If I sleep for five hours...

New Jersey Innovation Institute Appoints Dean J. Paranicas as Chair of the Board of Directors

Wednesday, November 20th, 2024
New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), a subsidiary of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), is pleased to announce the appointment of Dean J. Paranicas as chair of NJII’s Board of Directors. One of NJII’s longest-serving board members, Paranicas brings extensive executive experience and a de...

NJIT Alum Named a Global Climate Innovator for Groundbreaking Battery Recycling Technology

Tuesday, November 19th, 2024
Chao Yan, a New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) alumnus and co-founder of Princeton NuEnergy, has been named one of Business Insider’s Climate Action 15 for 2024 — a list highlighting global leaders deploying innovative solutions to combat the climate crisis.  The 15 honorees are trailbl...

Two Research Papers on Mitigating Potential Security Flaws in LLMs Presented at ACM CCS 2024

Tuesday, November 19th, 2024
Ph.D. candidates Nhi N Nguyen, Mahmoud Nazzal and Khiem Ton recently presented two papers at the 31st ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS 2024) that could aid future breakthroughs in improving the trustworthiness of Large Language Models (LLMs) when generating code. The resea...

Allison Cannon Named America East Rookie of the Week

Monday, November 18th, 2024
Allison Cannon has been named America East Women's Basketball Rookie of the Week the league office announced on Monday. In a 1-1 week with the Highlanders, Cannon averaged 10.0ppg, 2.0rpg and 2.0apg. Cannon and the Highlanders earned its first win at home inside the Joel and Diane Bloom Welln...

NJIT Biologist Among $10M XPRIZE Competition Winners for Rainforest Biodiversity Sampling Tech

Saturday, November 16th, 2024
NJIT biologist Eric Fortune and a team of scientists called “Limelight Rainforest” have won the five-year XPRIZE Rainforest Competition, securing half of the competition's $10 million prize purse.  The team's dramatic victory was announced Nov. 15 at the G20 Social Summit in Rio de Janeiro, th...

Biostatistician Krystal Hunter Delves into Health Disparities

Thursday, November 14th, 2024
Krystal Hunter '21, Ph.D., is a biostatistician at Cooper Research Institute, where she plays a pivotal role in shaping the statistical framework of clinical studies. Her expertise ensures that data collected in research is robust and reliable, helping physicians and researchers accurately test thei...