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The Vector

TEDxNJIT: Resurgence

TEDxNJIT: Resurgence

Karim Salem September 29, 2021

On Sept. 22, NJIT had the opportunity to bring new and challenging ideas grouped with experience and advice from a wide set of professionals and students alike during its...

The Death of the Snow Day is a Damn Shame

The Death of the Snow Day is a Damn Shame

Evan Markowitz and emarkowitz February 10, 2021

COVID-19 and online interaction has taught us one particular lesson: Nothing is sacred. One crucial adaptation that was mourned this winter across the nation? We killed the snow day.  As...

NewarkGo: Sharing a Ride in the City

NewarkGo: Sharing a Ride in the City

Daniil Ivanov and Ethan OMalley February 10, 2021

Newark will soon begin a 6-month pilot program for an electric bicycle and scooter ride share initiative. The program, called NewarkGo, aims to target 10 high-traffic “fleet anchors” concentrated...

AIChE awarded Outstanding Chapter of the Year

AIChE awarded Outstanding Chapter of the Year

Hannah Lenkowski and hlenkowski November 11, 2020

NJIT’s chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) won the Outstanding Chapter Award for the third consecutive year.   AIChE defines itself as “a professional...

Art in a New Age: NJIT/Rutgers’ Theatre Department Continues to Create (Safely)

Art in a New Age: NJIT/Rutgers’ Theatre Department Continues to Create (Safely)

Adam Wainwright and awainwright November 11, 2020

The Director’s Project one act plays are something that occur every year for the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)/Rutgers’ theatre program. This event allows burgeoning...

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The Fifty-Five Dollar Question: Student Activities Fee

Sabastian Fernandes and sfernandes October 28, 2020

Among the hubbub of the start of every college semester, one thing that most all college students dread to see are their tuition fees. While the Bursar’s office reassures us that all of our money is...

NJIT Makerspaces PPE Shortage Initiative

NJIT Makerspace’s PPE Shortage Initiative

Flynn Thomas, pagrawal, and Parth Agrawal September 24, 2020

As case counts shot up, classes shut down and NJIT students scrambled to get home safely in March 2020, the engineers at the NJIT Makerspace began to plan.    “In mid-March, when it...

Testing and Tracking: Virus Detected in Wastewater in Cypress Hall

Testing and Tracking: Virus Detected in Wastewater in Cypress Hall

Katherine Ji and kji September 24, 2020

On the night of Sept. 16, NJIT was alerted to the news that wastewater testing done in Cypress Hall yielded a positive result for viral SARS-CoV-2 RNA material. It’s dirty work, but it may have prevented...

Digital Discourse in a Time of COVID-19

Digital Discourse in a Time of COVID-19

Sreya Das and sdas September 24, 2020

As many jobs have gone remote and classrooms have gone online due to COVID-19, student organizations are also learning to go virtual. The social distancing regulations of the pandemic have impacted clubs...

Unmasked and Exposed

Unmasked and Exposed

Karim Gueye September 17, 2020

An unnofficial NJIT Instagram was born and deleted within the span of the first week of school. The ripples of this page have affected the way several NJIT students...

A Breakdown of NJITs Pandemic Recovery Plan

A Breakdown of NJIT’s Pandemic Recovery Plan

Daniil Ivanov and divanov September 17, 2020

On Sept. 1, NJIT students returned to campus in a way they never have before. For those returning to campus, the last time classes met in person was in early March before COVID-19 forced a shutdown...

Photograph of the Kappa Xi Kappa off-campus housing, where the party was held

Off Campus Fraternity Party Leads to COVID-19 Concerns

Katherine Ji September 12, 2020

On Saturday, Aug. 22, just one week from the start of the semester, a party was held at an NJIT affiliated fraternity house. Time-stamped photographs reveal the party was held at Kappa Xi Kappa’s...

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