Jordan Hu College of Science and Liberal Arts

NJIT Social, Economic and Environmental Sustainability Impacts Ranked Globally

Wednesday, April 21, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology has earned global recognition from the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Ranking for the university’s pursuit of and progress toward targets set forth by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), earning No. 90 globally and No. 2 nationally in two key areas. In its third year, the THE Impact Ranking is a global assessment of the commitments universities make in their communities and abroad that align with the U.N.’s SDGs. The 17 different SDGs represent altruistic themes ranging from eliminating poverty and ensuring access to clean and...

NJIT is a Top 50 Best Value College According to The Princeton Review

Tuesday, April 20, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology is one of the nation’s best colleges for students seeking a superb education with great career preparation at an affordable price, according to The Princeton Review, an honor held since 2018. NJIT ranked No. 39 as a Best Value College and No. 10 for Best Career Placement among public colleges and universities. The Princeton Review profiles NJIT in the recently published 2021 edition of its annual guide, The Best Value Colleges. In order to make the list, institutions needed to demonstrate a stellar academic program and affordability, and offer strong...

Can't Stop Staring At Yourself in that Zoom Call? Blame Zoom Fatigue

Saturday, April 17, 2021
This article was originally published on NBC's LX platform with permission to republish. It’s become all too familiar these days: the dreaded video meeting. You log in to what feels like your hundredth Zoom meeting of the day. You do the obligatory greeting and wave. And then you mute your mic. Then, for the next hour, you try to ignore the box in the corner that shows exactly how exhausted you think you look, wondering if your colleagues will notice the pile of laundry you forgot to stash away before turning on your cameras. No matter how hard you try to pay attention to whatever...

For NJIT's Sam Carlos, Two Majors Weren't Enough, So He Made it Three

Friday, April 16, 2021
New students often matriculate at NJIT with a handful of college credits, declaring themselves double majors or participating in joint bachelors-masters programs, but Metuchen's Samuel Carlos is raising the bar, having arrived in 2018 with an astonishing 103 college credits and an associate's degree earned in high school, promptly declaring a double major and then adding a third in 2019 because he didn't want to graduate too soon. By doing so, Carlos became the first documented Highlander triple-major in the last 38 years since the Banner registration system began, and probably the...

Researchers Explain Secret to How Birds Breathe Air in One Direction

Thursday, April 8, 2021
Breathing in and out. It’s so simple we often forget we’re doing it, but birds have mastered an even more efficient trick that’s been long-shrouded in mystery — breathing so that the air in their lungs flows in one direction. A team of mathematicians and physicists now say they’ve come up with the explanation for how it’s possible. In the journal Physical Review Letters, researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology and New York University have shown how birds can continuously pass oxygenated air through their lungs even when they exhale, using a combination of lab...

From Experts in Artificial Photosynthesis to Cell Therapy, NJIT Showcases its Newest Innovators

Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Their expertise ranges from technologies to improve infrastructure in some of the most urbanized regions on the planet to some of the remotest. Philip Pong, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, focuses on advanced sensing devices to enhance visibility, or “eyes in the field,” that provide power systems the data they need to monitor conditions and make decisions. William Pennock, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, optimizes water treatment systems for areas where specialized sensors, equipment and supplies are hard to source...

Science Students Earn Intern, Co-op of the Year Honors at NJIT

Tuesday, April 6, 2021
The winners of this year's Interns and Co-ops of NJIT Contest stood out for how they embraced their initial responsibilities and earned advancements within their organizations, according to judges from Career Development Services.  Chemistry major Jennifer Mikulko ’23 earned intern of the year for her work as a laboratory assistant in two departments of cosmetics manufacturer Cosmax USA, and biology major Colette Lichtenstein ’22 earned top student in a co-operative educational experience for her efforts as a medical scribe at two New Jersey hospitals amid the...

Equal Pay Day@NJIT: Leaders Offer 4 Tips on How Women Can Establish Themselves at Work

Monday, April 5, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology welcomed two strong leaders who shared key advice on how women can establish themselves at work. The leaders, Catherine Wilson, president and CEO of United Way of Greater Newark, and Judith Sheft, executive director of the New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology, led an online discussion during Equal Pay Day that was equal parts instructive, inspiring and frank. The event, presented by NJIT’s Murray Center for Women in Technology and sponsored by Career Development Services and the Committee on Women’s Leadership, was the first in...

Come Join NJIT's 2021 Research Institutes, Centers and Laboratories Showcase

Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Noise has an outsized impact on quality of life for urban residents, but it can be hard to monitor and regulate. Cities, which have limited resources to enforce noise codes, often chase transient sources that disappear before inspectors arrive hours or days later. In a talk next Tuesday at NJIT’s 2021 Research Institutes, Centers and Laboratories Showcase, Mark Cartwright, an assistant professor of informatics, will describe the development of machine-listening tools to automatically monitor urban noise pollution. They include the collection and annotation of data and the training and...

NJIT's College of Science and Liberal Arts Attracts Record Freshman Applicants

Monday, March 22, 2021
All-time highs in freshman applicants are being reported this year at NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts (CSLA), according to the university’s latest admissions report for fall 2021. NJIT’s Office of Admissions says CSLA’s freshman applicants this year (approximately 2,500) have risen more than 15% from 2020 and 25% compared to pre-pandemic totals in 2019 (1,850). “The increase in freshman applicants and interest in the many degree programs offered by the College of Science and Liberal Arts are likely due to a number of factors, chief among them a confluence of circumstances...

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