Chang Yaramothu '13H MS '14 Ph.D. '17, a biomedical engineer who develops diagnostic and therapeutic devices for concussion-related vision disorders, was named a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry just two months after joining the NJIT faculty as an assistant professor of engineering technology. As a postdoctoral researcher in engineer Tara Alvarez’s laboratory at NJIT, Yaramothu designed novel concussion diagnosis procedures using eye movements and virtual reality (VR) headsets in pediatric populations. He focuses on three metrics – the number of eye movements, balance and neuronal…

In the first of a series of events honoring its 25th anniversary, the Albert Dorman Honors College at NJIT held a live, online celebration. Reflecting on the anniversary of the college that he endowed, NJIT alumnus Albert Dorman revisited his remarks from its inauguration, and they are as relevant today as they were in 1995 — perhaps even more so. “I said to these brilliant, young students, ‘Learn to manage controversy so that it may lead to consensus. Learn to meld strongly held differing opinions into an action plan for the common good. Recognize our differences, but emphasize our…

Aarati Srikumar, a junior computer science major from Edison and honors student at NJIT, made the best of her summer internship with networking giant Cisco Systems despite the pandemic changing her plans to experience Silicon Valley in person. Cisco adjusted their program to be fully remote, giving Aarati and her fellow interns a unique and rewarding learning opportunity to work on the company's software updating processes. Working on a team in Cisco’s developer operations group, Aarati and her peers were tasked with automating the process of creating software maintenance upgrades, or SMUs…

When NJIT industrial design major Christopher Hasenkopf isn't in class this semester, it might be because he's out saving someone's home, office or even their life. His local volunteer fire station in New Providence practically didn't need a dalmatian for their mascot — "I've been going around the station since I moved here when I was three. They had a lot of open houses," he joked. He joined the junior firefighter corps two days after turning 16, which is the earliest age allowed, and entered the Morris County Public Safety Training Academy at 18. Five weeks later, "I graduated and I was…

Albert Dorman Honors College welcomed more than 70 additional students this year as part of a new program called Dean's Scholars, designed to allow for a more robust honors education across campus. The program admits scholars from the College of Science and Liberal Arts, Hillier College of Architecture and Design, Martin Tuchman School of Management, Newark College of Engineering and Ying Wu College of Computing each year who desire the rigor of an honors education within their academic discipline. Dean's Scholars pursue a minimum of three honors-only courses within their degree-granting…

Ying Wu College of Computing Assistant Prof. Michael Lee, in an effort to help informatics students consider social consciousness, began teaching a new course last spring, Design Thinking: Addressing Structural Inequality, which will be offered again in spring 2021 due to its success. The course, IS-485, catered to students from Albert Dorman Honors College and emphasized real-world projects that apply digital solutions to problems faced by local communities and non-profit organizations. It's an area of emphasis for Lee, who is the Dr. Joel & Dr. Diane Bloom Honors Faculty Fellow in…

Global challenges will be faced head-on Saturday Oct. 10 in this year’s TEDxNJIT. Whether it’s disruptive changes unearthed by a global pandemic afflicting every person, or advances in medical technology affecting just a few, the theme “Intersections” seeks to grasp where society is heading and understand the roads ahead to get there. With complex mapping of social, political, economic and cultural issues that are shifting how we maneuver across many pathways in society, TEDxNJIT will bring forth ideas on stepping forward to better macro-, meso- and micro-communities. “Insights from…

Zara Williams started working here 20 years ago, just after NJIT joined the federal McNair Scholars Program to help underrepresented students achieve graduate degrees, and has now seen 22 students complete their doctorates. "Seems like it went pretty quickly," said Williams, the program's assistant director, in reflecting on her office's success. But she said this year's crop of new students will be especially memorable because of the challenges they face in studying during a pandemic. "I think all of the students have been committed, but I think with this group of students, they really had…

The handshakes will be virtual at this fall’s career fair at NJIT. In fact, the entire fair will take place online via Handshake, the career networking platform that the university uses to match employers with students seeking jobs, internships and co-operative education opportunities.  More than 115 companies, government agencies and nonprofits are participating in the fair, which will take place Sept. 25 from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Among the participants are Facebook, Colgate-Palmolive, Merck, CenturyLink, the FBI, General Dynamics, Turner Construction, the New York State Department…

Quoting Fred Rogers and poet Audre Lorde, NJIT alumna Gabrielle Rejouis urged members of the Class of 2024 to be helpers and foster communities during the university’s annual convocation, which was held online on Wed., Sep. 9, 2020.   “You all have a contribution to make,” said Rejouis ‘15, an Albert Dorman Honors College scholar who majored in history and now is a senior policy manager at Color of Change. “Your contribution might be a new program or policy at NJIT. It might be winning an election or getting a research grant. On the other hand, your contribution might be backing up a…