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Technology VIPs, Including an Internet Pioneer, Visit NJIT for Inspiration
TTI/Vanguard, a prestigious organization of technology industry executives who meet a few times each year to study and debate emerging innovations, chose to virtually visit New Jersey Institute of Technology this week for their latest intellectual retreat.
The group's members, through exposure to wide swaths of cutting-edge technology research, advise their clients and employers about what directions to follow for commercialization and investment opportunities.
Int'l Study Uncovers Secret Surfing Life of Remoras Hitchhiking on Blue Whales
Sticking to the bodies of sharks and other larger marine life is a well-known specialty of remora fishes (Echeneidae) and their super-powered suction disks on their heads. But a new study has now fully documented the “suckerfish” in hitchhiking action below the ocean’s surface, uncovering a much more refined skillset that the fish uses for navigating intense hydrodynamics that come with trying to ride aboard a 100-foot blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus).
New Admissions Option Will Increase Honors Student Enrollment
Albert Dorman Honors College welcomed more than 70 additional students this year as part of a new program called Dean's Scholars, designed to allow for a more robust honors education across campus.
The program admits scholars from the College of Science and Liberal Arts, Hillier College of Architecture and Design, Martin Tuchman School of Management, Newark College of Engineering and Ying Wu College of Computing each year who desire the rigor of an honors education within their academic discipline.
ROI-NJ Honors Two More Influencers at NJIT: Treena Arinzeh and Angela Garretson
A month after ROI-NJ named five NJIT administrators Higher Education Influencers, the publication recognized Treena Livingston Arinzeh and Angela Garretson as 2020 ROI Influencers: People of Color.
NJIT Chemist Hunts for COVID-19 with a Smartphone-Linked Biosensor
A Q&A with chemist Omowunmi “Wunmi” Sadik
Q: How do chemical sensors work?
NJIT Historian Rosanna Dent Awarded for Exploration of Brazil's Xavante
NJIT Assistant Professor of History Rosanna Dent's ongoing work exploring the history of research in Indigenous A’uwẽ-Xavante
Study Assesses 30 Years of Landmark Astronomical Advances at NSF, Highlights NJIT's Big Bear
A new study highlighting some of the most influential technological breakthroughs that shaped astronomical research over the last 30 years includes recognition for NJIT-Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research’s
NJIT Cyberpsychology Seminar Series Begins, Features Experts at Intersection of Psychology and Tech
Next week, NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts’ new Fall 2020 Cyberpsychology Seminar Series is set to begin, featuring some of the nation’s leading experts at the emerging intersection of psychology and technology who will cover a diverse range of future-focused topics for the university community.