The Vector

Twenty Minutes with Jose Alcala

Prasanna Tati • February 21, 2017

Sitting on a stool in the middle of an empty laser cutting room, Jose Alcala, a university lecturer and coordinator of the Industrial Design program at NJIT, looks like he is at home. Born in Spain, Alcala...

Percussion Performances at NJIT this Friday

Vector Staff • February 21, 2017

On Friday February 24nd at 11:30 in the Campus Center Atrium New York City percussionist Ed Shea will give a percussion performance with a question and answer session. Mr. Shea will explore three areas...

Is Marriage for White People?

Colin Bayne • February 21, 2017

This past Thursday, the sorority Lambda Tau Omega hosted an event called “Is Marriage for White People”, an examination of a book of the same name about the effects and causes of the African American...

Engineers Without Borders Host Science & Human Rights Colloquium

Nanditha Lakshmanan • February 21, 2017

NJIT students had the opportunity to exchange thoughts at the “Science, Technology, and Human Rights Forum” last Wednesday in the Campus Center ballroom. The presentation was hosted and organized by...

Athlete of the Week: Jule Shigihara

Steve Arciniega • February 21, 2017

Congratulations to Jule Shigihara for being named NJIT’s Athlete of the Week for the first time this year! Shigihara, a junior BS Biology major, loves all the support she has been receiving from the...

Mulberry Park Construction Strikes Over $110 Million Deal

Guest • February 9, 2017

Mayor Baraka and the Newark Community Economic Development Corporation (comprised of leaders from Edison Properties, J&L Companies, Inc., and Prudential Center) announced the development of Commons earlier...

CoAD Dean Urs Gauchat Retires

Scott Waldmann • December 29, 2016

In CoAD (College of Architecture and Design), a voice has worked within its ranks for over 25 years and has made improvements to the image and perspective of that department that will last for many years...

SWE Holds Annual Semi-Formal

Amisha Naik • December 29, 2016

The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) held their semi-formal dance, the Sadie Hawkins Dance. This is the second year that SWE has hosted this event said President Jennifer Rochette. She says that the dance...

Joint BMES and CDS “I Was In Your Shoes” Workshop

Sahitya Allam • December 29, 2016

On November 14th, the NJIT Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) and Career Development Services (CDS) co-hosted a workshop that was focused on exposing students to successful alumni in the biomedical...

CoAD Decathalon

Liem Ho • December 26, 2016

Twenty eight industrious NJIT students and six bright civil and environmental engineering students from Fujian University of Technology (FJUT) in China have come together to collaborate in the 2017 Solar...

Two Men Indicted in Murder of Rutgers-Newark Murder

Jonathan Martinez • December 26, 2016

The shooting of Rutgers-Newark student Shani Patel in early April of this year left many in the Newark community unsettled. After seven months of ongoing investigation, the Essex County prosecutor's office...

50 Days Later: Public Safety On-Camera

Babatunde Ojo • December 26, 2016

NJIT Public Safety officers have been deployed with new Body-Worn Cameras (BWCs) since Sept. 1. The pros behind this are exactly what the general population wants with the rise in cases of police brutality,...