Jordan Hu College of Science and Liberal Arts

Mental Health, COVID-19 & Our Tech: Q&A with NJIT Cyberpsychology Director Julie Ancis

Wednesday, May 6, 2020
The current pandemic has deeply influenced our social behavior in many ways, among the most obvious being that while physical interaction is way down, screen time is way up — some early estimates since March showed total web hits jumping up to 70%, and streaming content by at least 30% worldwide.  What is less clear is the overall impact that the soaring screen time has had on our mental health as our experience of physical spaces and relationships are diminished and as virtual spaces become, for some, the primary window to friends and family, work and school routines, and milestone...

NJ Public Universities Join to Launch Initiative to 'Bring Students Home'

Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Ten public universities and colleges in New Jersey have joined forces and issued a call for the over 100,000 state residents who attend higher education institutions out-of-state to return home, enroll in New Jersey institutions, and help rebuild the state as part the New Jersey Scholar Corps program. The participating four-year institutions in the NJ Come Home Program are New Jersey Institute of Technology, Montclair State University, Rowan University, Kean University, New Jersey City University, Ramapo College, Stockton University, The College of New Jersey, Thomas Edison State...

NJIT Musicians Unite in Inspiring Performance: 'Don't Stop Believin'

Monday, May 4, 2020
Members of NJIT's string, jazz and wind ensembles are showcasing their collective spirit with a new inspirational performance for the university community. Student-musicians of NJIT’s Music Initiative have collaborated to digitally stage a performance of Journey's "Don’t Stop Believin’," featuring an original arrangement by Dave Rimelis, NJIT jazz ensemble conductor and artist-in-residence for the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.  Students of Rimelis and other NJIT ensemble instructors, Christine Sweet (string ensemble and the video’s project director) and Nick...

NJIT Physics Team Provides Novel Swab Design, Free of Charge, to Augment COVID-19 Testing

Thursday, April 30, 2020
A team of NJIT physicists has developed a novel test swab that can be 3D printed using inexpensive, widely available materials and speedily assembled in a range of fabrication settings. To augment the nation’s testing capabilities, the inventors are making the swab’s design publicly available to large and small manufacturers, free of licensing fees, during the COVID-19 emergency.  The developers, from NJIT’s Additive Manufacturing Lab (AddLab), committed to the Open COVID Pledge and posted the design on the National Institutes of Health’s 3D Print Exchange website, which provides...

May 5 Is Deadline for Ordering Commencement Regalia

Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Class of 2020 graduates have until this Tuesday, May 5, to order their Commencement regalia and have it shipped to them. Wearing Commencement regalia is necessary to participate in NJIT’s virtual Commencement ceremony, to be held Friday, June 12. Students are urged to visit the Commencement website for details on ordering Commencement regalia. The website provides additional important information, including the deadlines for students to submit the correct pronunciation of their name, as well as photos and videos. The website will be continually updated prior to Commencement.

Theater Returns to NJIT: Virtual Series Explores Quarantine Life, Zoom As Stage

Thursday, April 23, 2020
Even in the social distancing era, the show must go on for the art world. That includes the NJIT/Rutgers-Newark theatre arts community, which is soon returning to its audiences with a string of all-new virtual performances exploring art, click-based technology and social connections during physical isolation.  The theater group is prepping to premiere its latest work to home audiences via Zoom, titled “One Click Away” — a collection of four one-act plays all written, directed and set in the present reality of COVID-19 quarantine. The performances delve, through comedy and drama, into...

Vector Wins Two Awards in NJ College Journalism Contest

Wednesday, April 22, 2020
NJIT's student newspaper, The Vector, won third place for general excellence in the 2019-2020 edition of the New Jersey Press Association collegiate contest. It was the staff's first time entering the competition. The association praised the students' range of story ideas and graphics layout. Some of the paper's significant articles this year covered campus sustainability, studio culture among architecture majors, a graduate student protest and the lead in the city of Newark's drinking water. Copy editor Colin Bayne received an individual second-place award for his film review of The...

Scholarship Recipients are Winners in Community Service

Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Volunteerism continues to be part of the foundation of NJIT. In 2019 alone, the university’s students contributed more than 67,000 hours of community service and gave their time to over 300 community-based organizations. Among the many volunteers worthy of recognition are the recipients of Career Development Services’ (CDS) Garrison-Kirk Community Service Scholarship. Established in honor of former CDS staff members George Garrison and Sandy Kirk, the award promotes civic engagement and acknowledges exemplary commitment of NJIT students. Each year, a CDS review committee presents a $750...

NJIT 2020 Goldwater Scholar Class Among Largest In U.S.

Thursday, April 16, 2020
NJIT undergrads continue to earn the nation’s top academic honors, the latest being a new university record of four students named Goldwater Scholars this year by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. The scholarship is recognized among the country’s most prestigious for STEM undergraduates pursuing research careers. This year’s NJIT Goldwater Scholar class, doubling last year’s total, is the largest from any academic institution in New Jersey and equals second-most across the nation, beating out universities such as Columbia University (3),...

Meeting the Demand: Honors Scholars Produce Hundreds of Personal Protective Equipment

Thursday, April 9, 2020
It all started with an email sent by NJIT/Albert Dorman Honors College (ADHC) alumnus, Biren Bhatt, M.D., to Louis Hamilton, ADHC dean, as the coronavirus pandemic was spreading with lightning speed throughout the New York-New Jersey area. Dr. Bhatt, an attending emergency physician at Hackensack Medical Center (HMC), asked the dean to put out a call to Dorman Scholars to design and create a prototype for a face shield, vital personal protective equipment (PPE) for health care workers. Without hesitation, the Honors College sprung into action. The very next day, a Saturday, it messaged its...

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