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NJIT's Student Newspaper

The Vector

NJIT's Student Newspaper

The Vector

Professor Boufadel’s Work On Mitigating Spread of COVID-19 Through Supermarkets

Ethan OMalley, Alumni February 23, 2021

In a new paper, NJIT professor Dr. Michel Boufadel and his colleagues studied the propagation of COVID-19 particles through the airways in a supermarket setting, focusing on how...

Professor Maurie Cohen Publishes New Book: “Sustainability”

Professor Maurie Cohen Publishes New Book: “Sustainability”

Sreya Das, Alumni February 23, 2021

Maurie J. Cohen, Professor of Sustainability Studies and Director of the Program in Science, Technology and Society at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, recently released a new book titled...

Black Stories Matter: Recognizing Voices From Campus

Black Stories Matter: Recognizing Voices From Campus

Vector Staff February 11, 2021

In honor of Black History Month, we wish to highlight and recognize black voices from the NJIT community speaking up about their experiences. Black Lives Matter. Black Stories Matter.We asked members...

$4 Million from CRRSA Act will Benefit Students in Need

Yukthi Sangoi, Editor-in-Chief February 10, 2021

In late December, Congress passed the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act that was signed into law by former President Trump. This provides additional provisions...

Emotionally Nondistant Resident Assistants during COVID-19

Emotionally Nondistant Resident Assistants during COVID-19

Karim Gueye February 10, 2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to develop, so too have the residential building policies we put in place to curb its spread. NJIT’s Reslife has...

Reddit Discovers the Infinite Money Glitch with GME Stock

Reddit Discovers the Infinite Money Glitch with GME Stock

Daniil Ivanov and Sreya Das February 10, 2021

A new joke has come out of Reddit in the last few weeks: How do you become a millionaire fast? Be a billionaire and bet on GameStop’s stock to go down.   GameStop is a company that many...

Shipping Container Homes for Newark Homeless

Shipping Container Homes for Newark Homeless

Ethan OMalley, Alumni February 3, 2021

Shipping containers will be converted into temporary housing situations for homeless people living in Newark Penn Station in early February. For anyone who has taken a train out of Penn Station,...

Math Department: Crossed the Line?

Math Department: Crossed the Line?

Yukthi Sangoi, Editor-in-Chief February 3, 2021

This past fall semester, testing restrictions and guidelines amped up disproportionately for courses in the math department. Professor and department chair of NJIT’s math department Eliza Michalopoulou explained...

Just Mercy Book Review

Fatima Osman February 2, 2021

Bryan Stevenson’s book “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption” is a look inside the American incarceration system and how it influences poor people of color in particular. Stevenson...

The Unsung Heroes of the Pandemic: Facilities Services

The Unsung Heroes of the Pandemic: Facilities Services

Yukthi Sangoi, Editor-in-Chief January 26, 2021

With the COVID-19 pandemic, policies in schools and other institutions have dramatically changed in order to stop or slow down the spread. Social distancing, wearing masks and washing...

Our 2021 Predictions

Our 2021 Predictions

Katherine Ji and kji January 26, 2021

By Vector Editorial Board  Between threatening foreign relations, wildfires, a devastating pandemic and perhaps one of the most intense presidential elections in our lifetime this past year, you...

Amazon Pharmacy: A Hard Pill to Swallow

Amazon Pharmacy: A Hard Pill to Swallow

Daniil Ivanov, divanov, pagrawal, and Parth Agrawal December 9, 2020

Since 1994, Amazon has sold the world on a vision of boundless, hyper-accessible goods and services driven by an obsessive focus on data, logistics and user experience. As a health crisis reshapes human...

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