Department of Chemistry & Environmental Science

Unprecedented Success for NJIT Students in National Scholarship and Fellowship Competitions

Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Whether they’ll be soaking up cultures abroad in the coming year or advancing research in science, health care and other fields, all of the NJIT students receiving prominent and highly competitive scholarships and fellowships in 2019 are, in a word, impressive. In fact, two university records were achieved: For the first time, an NJIT student earned the David L. Boren Scholarship, which seeks to build a workforce of national security professionals with critical language skills, and two NJIT students were awarded Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, for undergraduate research, in the same year...

Senior Success: Award-Winning Journeys in Arts and Sciences at NJIT

Wednesday, May 15, 2019
While Spring Commencement is on the horizon for the Class of 2019, the first wave of year-end celebrations has already begun for a special group of award-winning seniors at NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts (CSLA).  This month, an exclusive band of graduating students took to the stage at the 2019 CSLA Awards where they were recognized with the “2019 Outstanding Student Award” — an honor annually presented each spring to the year’s most exceptional student-researchers and academic achievers across the sciences and liberal arts fields at the college.  Here, some of...

Art, Science and Technology Celebrated In Harmony at 2019 CSLA Awards

Friday, May 3, 2019
On May 1, the annual springtime celebration of NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts (CSLA) kicked off, marking a year of highlights throughout the arts and sciences at the college during the 2019 CSLA Awards Ceremony.  This year’s event, held at the Campus Center Atrium, welcomed a diverse audience of CSLA students, faculty, alumni and staff, as well as special presenters and honors granted to standout performers from across each of the college’s departments, ranging from fields of law, philosophy, theatre and media communications, to STEM-driven disciplines of biology,...

NJIT to Confer Honorary Doctorates at 103rd Commencement Exercises May 21, 2019

Thursday, April 11, 2019
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy to Deliver 2019 Commencement Address and Receive Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will award more than 3,000 baccalaureate, master’s and doctoral degrees at the 103rd Commencement exercises May 21, 2019, and May 23, 2019, at the Prudential Center and at NJIT’s Wellness and Events Center, respectively, in Newark, New Jersey. The university also will confer honorary degrees on three distinguished individuals May 21, 2019, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy will...

National Pi Day 2019: NJIT Welcomes New Jersey's Elementary School Girls to STEM LiFE

Tuesday, March 19, 2019
This month, the annual celebration for International Women’s Day came with a new campaign theme, “Balance for Better.” That message was in full voice last week at NJIT, as more than 200 young girls from New Jersey’s schools visited campus to learn about and showcase their abilities in all-things science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) for national Pi Day. The Pi Day celebration — recognized March 14 in honor of the mathematical constant, Π (pi), or 3.14 — marked the annual signature event of the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Leadership and iSTEAM for Females in...

Standout Engineering Undergrads Compete in NJIT's "NCE First-Year Showcase"

Tuesday, February 19, 2019
On Friday, February 15, six teams of exemplary students from NJIT’s Newark College of Engineering (NCE) put their outstanding engineering design research on display at this year’s “NCE First-Year Showcase” competition.  The competition’s student-teams — representing each of the college’s departments — were selected to present their research based on standout first-year academic performances and projects that they conceived of during their Fundamentals of Engineering Design 101 (FED 101) courses, taken this past Fall 2018 semester.  At the event, before an audience of faculty,...

NJIT Teams Nab 1st and 2nd Place in Statewide Competition

Monday, February 18, 2019
The purpose is twofold: “tap into the creative and forward-thinking minds of young people, and at the same time, encourage students to take a more active role in understanding and shaping health care.” Indeed, the second annual Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ) Health Care Transformation Challenge yielded new apps and devices designed by college students with their peers top of mind. The teams placing first and second in the statewide competition — which this year awarded $10,000 in cash prizes and addressed mental/behavioral health, disease management and...

These 3 NJIT Students Are Now 2019 Governor's STEM Scholars

Monday, February 11, 2019
Every year, hundreds of high school and college students throughout the Garden State apply for the honor to be a Governor’s STEM Scholar. Slots are limited and the competition is steep. For 2019, three Highlanders have been chosen to wear the mantle: Ricardo Garcia, Yasmine Ghattas and Kevin Pemberthy. They and the other scholars are spending this academic year attending STEM conferences and field trips, participating in team-based research projects, and learning from and networking with New Jersey STEM professionals, state policymakers, academic institutions and research organizations...

Meet David Fisher: NJIT's First Professor of Practice in Forensic Science

Monday, January 28, 2019
This month, NJIT’s forensic science program welcomed David Fisher — an expert criminalist previously with New York City’s Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) — to its faculty ranks. The announcement sees Fisher appointed as the university’s first-ever “Professor of Practice in Forensic Science” — a position expected to play a leading role in educating the program’s students in current lab techniques and crime scene investigation methods used by active forensic science professionals today. A specialist in forensic biology, Fisher has provided over 40 testimonies as an expert witness...

Thanks to Honors Grant, Yasmine Ghattas Taught Health Ed in Africa

Monday, November 26, 2018

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