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Catalyzing Urban Master Planning with Creative Capital

Thursday, December 16th, 2021
Prof. Darius Sollohub and his students have been researching and developing proposals for the improvements to the Newark Penn Station transportation hub and environs this semester. Their studio has been designing in anticipation of a $190 million investment by New Jersey Transit in these improvement...

Waste: From Not In My Backyard to Zero Waste Neighborhoods

Thursday, December 16th, 2021
Waste comes in many forms; solid and aerosol, visible and invisible, and waste disposal practices, such as ocean dumping, happen at scales that are at once unimaginable and unsustainable. Transforming the paradigm of how the architecture and design community tackles waste, waste education and resear...

International Team Developing New Algorithms for Streaming Graph Data

Thursday, December 16th, 2021
Four professors across the globe are collaborating to solve real-world problems in cybersecurity, health, and various areas of social science through a project called Streaming Graph Algorithms under the new Institute for Future Technologies, a partnership between New Jersey Institute of Technology ...

Solid Mechanics Expert Wins Coveted 'Young Investigator' Award

Thursday, December 16th, 2021
NJIT Associate Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Shawn Chester won the coveted Thomas J.R. Hughes Young Investigator Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), which recognizes special achievement in applied mechanics for researchers under the age of 41. Chester...

Surprise Finding: Zebrafish Break Out Into 'Panic Wave' Mosh Pits to Social Distance

Thursday, December 16th, 2021
Social distancing is nothing new in the time of COVID. But new research of the well-studied zebrafish (Danio rerio) has captured a previously undocumented behavior of the animal that takes such measures to the extreme — and the end result resembles the frenzy of a circle pit typically asso...

Men's Volleyball Selected Second in 2022 EIVA Preseason Coaches Poll

Wednesday, December 15th, 2021
NJIT has been selected second in the 2022 Preseason Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA) Coaches' Poll, according to the conference coaches the league office announced on Tuesday. NJIT, which was picked second for the second consecutive season, is led by 2021 Bob Sweeney EIVA Coach...

Data Science Professor Helps Uncover Cosmic Mysteries of Nuclear Physics

Wednesday, December 15th, 2021
An NJIT business school professor is teaching graduate students how to apply data science to unique fields, starting with cutting-edge problems in nuclear physics. Dantong Yu, associate professor of business data science, is co-principal investigator for a $250,000 grant derived from a federal $5.7...

NJIT President Recognized for Support of Black Businesses

Tuesday, December 14th, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology’s efforts to nurture and support businesses led by African-Americans are being recognized by a caucus of county commissioners. The caucus, New Jersey Nineteen (NJ19), comprised of Black county commissioners, bestowed an African-American Business Champion Award to ...

NJIT Students Take On Housing Crisis with Deployable Shelter Prototype

Monday, December 13th, 2021
The “Place of Dwelling” (POD) was born out of the efforts of 15 architecture students and adjunct professors Erin Pellegrino and Charlie Firestone. It was presented to the public on the Hillier College Green on Monday, December 6th. The development of the POD is testament to the foresight of T...

City of Newark and NJIT Selected Finalists for $1 Billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge

Monday, December 13th, 2021
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo has announced that a regional coalition led by the City of Newark and New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is among 60 projects selected as finalists for up to $100 million in funding from the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) $1 billio...