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NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 3/30/20-4/3/20

Monday, March 30, 2020
Here you will find a weekly listing of updates and announcements for members of the NJIT campus community.

Daniel Meza, Hillier's First Fulbright Scholar, Works in Slime Mold

Thursday, March 26, 2020
Students applying for Fulbright scholarships often see their work described as advanced, insightful, sophisticated or any number of similar platitudes -- but for senior industrial design major Daniel Meza the word was also slimy.

NJIT Is Mad for Graduate Studies, With More Than 100 Academic Programs and Counting: Part 2

Thursday, March 26, 2020
From traditional classroom learning and accelerated programs to online and hybrid (combining online and face-to-face) instruction, graduate students at NJIT have a variety of options to earn advanced degrees.

Virtual Reality Becoming a Useful Tool for Interior Design Students

Monday, March 23, 2020
Interior design majors are learning to use virtual reality tools earlier than ever, with sophomores and even first-year students here at NJIT working with the technology as a way to gain an edge for their careers.

Simulated 'Frankenfish Brain-Swaps' Reveal Senses Control Body Movement

Monday, March 23, 2020
Plenty of fictional works like Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein have explored the idea of swapping out a brain from one individual and transferring it into a completely different body. However, a team of biologists and engineers has now used a variation of the sci-fi concept, via computer simu

NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 3/23/20-3/27/20

Monday, March 23, 2020
Here you will find a weekly listing of updates and announcements for members of the NJIT campus community.

NJIT Recognized in 4 Areas of Distinction for Student Opportunity and Success

Monday, March 23, 2020
For its unwavering and ongoing commitment to both first-generation college students and students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds, NJIT has been acknowledged in four key areas of distinction: inclusion, affordability, completion and outcomes.

An Amputee Acquires a Prosthetic Finger From an NJIT Capstone Team

Friday, March 20, 2020
After a table saw severed the top of his right index finger, Adam Zanellato, a 20-year-old cabinet-maker at the time, had to relearn basic hand maneuvers, such as how to write and hold a fork. There were no affordable prosthetics on the market to help him regain dexterity.

Anthony Schuman To Receive NJIT Van Houten Award

Thursday, March 19, 2020
Anthony Schuman is Professor of Architecture in the Hillier College of Architecture and Design, where he has taught for 40 years.  He typically teaches a design studio plus a seminar class each semester.  He is currently leading an upper-year undergraduate “options” studio addressing three adjace

Donald J. Reifer '69 To Receive NJIT Alumni Achievement Award

Thursday, March 19, 2020
Donald J. Reifer ’69 is recognized as an agile thought leader and a leading figure in the fields of software engineering and management.