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Historic Science Fiction Offers Lessons for Living With Pandemics

Monday, August 10, 2020
Science fiction sometimes shows us the future, but really just shows us ourselves, asserts Associate Professor of Humanities and sci-fi aficionado Nancy Steffen-Fluhr.

Attention Bibliophiles: Pick Up a Book by an NJIT Author

Friday, August 7, 2020
Reading took center stage Aug. 9 when Book Lovers Day was celebrated throughout the country. The unofficial holiday honors reading and literature, and urges people to spend the day transported by a book.

NJIT's Alvaro Gimeno to Represent Spanish National Volleyball Team

Friday, August 7, 2020
NJIT men's volleyball rising senior Alvaro Gimeno will represent the Spanish National Team for the third straight summer.

Acoustic Modems Reach Underwater Where Radio Signals Can't

Thursday, August 6, 2020
Communicating by sound underwater works great for dolphins and whales, so an NJIT expert decided to try a new variant of this method for autonomous vehicles, divers and sensors, too.

Machine Learning Method Finds Therapeutic Targets in Pediatric Genome

Thursday, August 6, 2020
A team of researchers from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have developed an algorithm through machine learning that helps predict sites of DNA methylation – a process that can change the activity of DNA without changing its overall structu

New Fossil Discovery Shows How Ancient 'Hell Ants' Hunted with Killer Headgear

Thursday, August 6, 2020
A fossil recently recovered from the age of the dinosaurs is giving scientists the most vivid picture yet of how one of the most enigmatic and fearsome groups of ants to exist once used their uncanny tusk-like mandibles and diverse horns to successfully hunt down victims for nearly 20 million

Summertime Look Back: The Studies That Advanced NJIT's STEM Research

Wednesday, August 5, 2020
Research expenditures at NJIT for fiscal year 2019 were $161 million, with the university ranked as an R1 (“Very High Research”) institution by the prestigious Carnegie Classification.

35 Professionals Graduate from NJIT's Inaugural Advanced Manufacturing and Mechatronics Program

Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Matthew Berdel, a systems engineer who tests software during the workweek, spent his Saturday mornings in NJIT’s Makerspace last semester immersed in engineering of a very different sort: constructing a working machine from fabricated parts.

NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 8/3/20-8/7/20

Monday, August 3, 2020
Here you will find a weekly listing of updates and announcements for members of the NJIT campus community.

Summertime Look Back: The NJIT Alumni Who Exemplified Success

Wednesday, July 29, 2020
NJIT alumni have gone on to start their own businesses, become forces in a variety of industries and make an impact on society. In this third of a six-part series, we take a look at several of the Highlander graduates we profiled during the past few summers. Click on the headlines below.