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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 Hylan...

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 UMa...

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&nbs...

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...

NJIT Online Programs Among the Best, Says U.S. News & World Report

Tuesday, January 14th, 2020
U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 rankings for “Best Online Programs” are out, and NJIT realized gains in four graduate-study areas: business, information technology (IT), engineering and MBA. The rankings are the result of extensive assessments over the past year of more than 1,600 online degree ...

Brinson, Gibbs Lead the Way as NJIT Ends UNF's 10-Game Home Winning Streak

Monday, January 13th, 2020
Junior San Antonio Brinson set the tone with a program single-game record 37 points and senior captain Shyquan Gibbs took over down the stretch as the NJIT men's basketball team defeated North Florida 78-66 at UNF Arena. NJIT (4-12, 1-2 ASUN) entered the game 0-2 in conference p...