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New Jersey was built by design. It’s a strange and complicated place – flawed and often misunderstood. DENSE, a new magazine launched by a group of mostly NJIT alumni, tells the Garden State’s story through a critical lens. Design, in the eyes of DENSE, is a tool for change in a state that needs plenty of it.

Salam Daher, assistant professor of informatics, this week received the Society for Simulation in Healthcare's Technology Innovator of the Year award in recognition of four projects addressing patient simulation.

For all the convenience of our electronic devices, one inconvenient truth is that waste from our discarded tech is piling up — global e-waste could reach a whopping 74 million metric tons in 2030. NJIT alum Chao Yan’s new greentech startup, Princeton NuEnergy, is receiving national acclaim for their solution to a key aspect of the environmental dilemma — what happens to our smartphone and laptop batteries once we’re done with them?

NJIT Men's Swimming and Diving swept this week's America East weekly awards, with junior Matthew Bevan earning Male Swimmer of the Week honors and sophomore Aiden Ban claiming Male Diver of the Week. Bevan and Ban helped the Highlanders win their first meet of 2022, defeating in-state rival Monmouth 179-110 last Friday (January 14).

Success in slowing global warming will depend on a web of motivated and productive partnerships among distinct groups: scientists modeling changes and devising the means to curb them, nimble enterprises and a workforce able to translate inventions into tools, informed policymakers and, perhaps most importantly, engaged communities.

Applications are now open for local business leaders of color to join NJIT's Paul Profeta Entrepreneur-in-Residence program. The program, operated by NJIT’s VentureLink incubator, initially functions as a matchmaking service between the vast collection of NJIT-developed intellectual property and Newark-area minorities who might have impressive talent but lack traditional management or technology backgrounds.

New Jersey Institute of Technology is among the best universities in New Jersey to earn a bachelor’s or master’s degree – particularly an MBA – according to University HQ.

Aiming to propel discoveries made in university labs into everyday life, the new I-Corps Northeast Hub launched this week following its announcement last summer, as applications are now open for its first researcher training program. The 4-week program, in which researchers confront the challenges of creating successful startups and entrepreneurial ventures based on scientific and technological discoveries, kicks off Feb. 28 and runs through March 23 online.

Logan Reyes was named by his parents after James “Logan” Howlett, otherwise known by his codename Wolverine. Perhaps Marvel’s superhero is an apt comparison for a young man who states that he “wakes up every day striving to make an impact.”

Miles Coleman, a senior on the NJIT men's basketball team, was named America East Conference Player of the Week, it was announced on Monday. Coleman earned the honor for the second-straight week after he helped lead the Highlanders to a pair of America East road wins at UMass Lowell and Binghamton. NJIT is the lone 3-0 team in the America East Conference standings.