Jordan Hu College of Science and Liberal Arts

NJIT's Maurie Cohen Publishes New, Timely Guide to Sustainability

Thursday, February 4, 2021
Encompassing everything from electric cars, meatless diets and the compostable cups we find at Starbucks, to big ideas of economic and social equality, the catch-all buzzword “sustainability” has taken on a life of its own over the past few decades — but what does it mean today? Maurie Cohen, sustainability studies professor and chair of NJIT’s Department of Humanities, has recently distilled his more than 20 years of expertise in the field and put forth a new, accessible introductory guide to the ever-broadening topic. Cohen’s eighth book, Sustainability,...

New Cyberpsychology Seminar Series to Cover Online Conspiracy Theories, Misinformation and More

Monday, February 1, 2021
What psychological factors drive the popularity of conspiracy theories, and what are the psychological consequences of adopting these theories? What is the role of personality traits in people’s real-life spending behavior online? Is clinical VR ready for primetime in the world of mental healthcare?   NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts has announced that its Spring Cyberpsychology Seminar Series will begin this month, including a diverse list of experts from around the nation, as well as NJIT faculty from the university’s Cyberpsychology Program, who will discuss...

NJIT Alum and 76ers Data Scientist on Joining the NBA's Data Revolution

Thursday, January 28, 2021
With the NBA’s 2020-21 season now underway, the Philadelphia 76ers stand as a perennial playoff team with title aspirations, unrecognizable from the team they were during three of the bleakest seasons the NBA has ever seen. A 47-199 record from 2013-2016.  What changed? Among the many changes, the organization hired a team of 10 mathematicians and computer scientists from around the world to assess, optimize, and even predict, each aspect of the team’s on-court performances through data — from smarter scouting of college players and undervalued free agents, to data-driven in-game play...

NJIT String Ensemble's Winter Performance Celebrates Music Inspired From Around the World

Friday, January 22, 2021
Students and faculty of NJIT’s String Ensemble have released a digital production of their annual Winter Concert Series performance celebrating internationally-inspired music and diversity within the university community.  The performance, directed by NJIT music instructor Christine Sweet and arranged by New Jersey Symphony Orchestra lead violinist Brennan Sweet, features two concertos capturing the sights and sounds of India and Japan — Atishbaji (Fireworks) by Doug Spata, a Bollywood-style piece celebrating India's Diwali festival, and ...

"Spooky Interactions", Shocking Adaptations Discovered in Electric Fish of Brazil's Amazon

Wednesday, December 9, 2020
From Brazil's Amazon, researchers report “spooky interactions” among surface- and cave-dwelling electric fish, revealing shocking behavior of 300 blind cavefishes whose ancestors adopted life in darkness tens of thousands of years ago. A study of weakly electric fishes from a remote area of the Brazilian Amazon Basin has not only offered a unique window into how an incredibly rare fish has adapted to life in caves over tens of thousands of years, it has also revealed for the first time that...

NJIT Solar Physicists Take Spotlight at NASA's Int'l Supercomputing Conference

Tuesday, December 1, 2020
NJIT heliophysicists who have developed new ways to forecast explosive events from the interior of the Sun recently captured the attention of international space and computer science communities with their exhibit featured at NASA’s Virtual SC20 Supercomputing Conference. NJIT Ph.D. student-researchers John Stefan ’22, Andrey Stejko ’21 and Department of Physics Professor Alexander Kosovichev joined scientists from three NASA locations and select universities across the U.S. to present at this year’s virtual conference. The conference, which is among the most anticipated showcase events...

NJIT Artists' Works Showcased at Reimagined 2020 Newark Arts Festival

Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Not surprisingly, the year of 2020 proved a dominant source of inspiration for international and local Newark artists including those from the NJIT community, who recently showcased their diverse submissions spanning everything from traditional canvas works and digital art to poetry at this year’s Newark Arts Festival. NJIT Theatre Arts & Technology Program adjunct professor Lillian Ribeiro was part of the 20 contemporary artists including adjunct professor from the Hillier College of Architecture and Design, Matt Gosser, which were...

Mathematical Epidemiologist Sara Del Valle '00 '01 Welcomed Back at 2020 CSLA Awards

Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Sara Del Valle, a two-time NJIT alumna who works at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) developing models for tracking and mitigating the spread of infectious diseases, gave the keynote address at the 2020 College of Science and Liberal Arts Awards ceremony. CSLA Dean Kevin Belfield led the presentation at this year's ceremony, which continued its long tradition of awarding the outstanding achievements of students, faculty and staff across the college's diverse departments, from theater and history to physics and chemistry. The event is normally held in May but was instead held...

New Jersey Innovation Institute's BioCentriq Aims to Usher in a New Era in Cell and Gene Therapies

Tuesday, November 10, 2020
To overcome production hurdles for cell and gene therapies, a promising new class of biologic medications, NJIT’s New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII) has opened clinical-scale centers that will work directly with drug developers to streamline the processing of new therapies and manufacture them in large quantities. NJII’s new company, BioCentriq, was formed in collaboration with leaders in the pharmaceutical industry, top regulators at federal agencies that oversee biologic therapies and state economic development officials. It is the first such enterprise in the nation backed by a...

NJIT Undergrads Win Scholarships for Artistic Work Reimagining a Greener Planet

Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Undergrads Suzanne Hlinka ’21 and Nada Boules ‘21 have been applying the skills in game development and interior design that they’ve picked up at NJIT, and Mother Earth is thanking them for it. This past year, the pair of students began artistic projects promoting a more sustainable planet, and now, their creative talents have been recognized with the “Jim Wise Scholarship for Theatre: Communicating the Environment Through Art.”  The scholarship is typically limited to one standout undergraduate student each year “who created and publicly presented a research project in an artistic...

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