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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...

Scooting Around Newark

Sreya Das, Alumni • September 22, 2021

In July 2021, Newark launched its first ever city-wide rental vehicle initiative in the form of a six-month pilot program called NewarkGo. Through this program, people can rent electric e-scooters...

Club Spotlight: Association of Computing Machinery

Nicholas Merlino, Alumni • August 25, 2021

The NJIT chapter for the Association of Computing Machinery is the largest organization on the NIJT campus for students majoring in any computer-based discipline. It is a technical club focusing...

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...

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...

ACM’s First Fully Virtual HackNJIT

Sreya Das and sdas • November 25, 2020

Each year, NJIT’s chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) hosts HackNJIT, a 24-hour hackathon. The seventh iteration of this annual event started last Saturday, Nov. 7 at 10 am,...

The Overlooked Threat to Humanity

Rajan Patel and rpatel • October 27, 2019

A dangerous phenomenon is posing a great threat to humanity. While the public rallies behind issues like nuclear proliferation and climate change, the issue of antibiotic resistance seems to be getting...

Five Disruptive Innovations in Medical Technology: Takeaways from the Women Designing the Future Conference

Manuela Soto and msoto • May 9, 2019

Recent innovations in medical technology are changing medicine as we know it. At the recent Women Designing the Future Conference, three women in STEM – Colleen Riley, Tara Alvarez, and Amy Liao –...

Black Hole Finally Photographed

Sreya Das and sdas • April 24, 2019

On April 10, 2019, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced the first ever image of a black hole. Specifically, the Messier 87 black hole in the galaxy Virgo A was imaged. The image was created...

Unfolding the Future of Phones

Sagar Solanki and sagarsolanki • March 7, 2019

An ergonomic device worn over the eyes that allows users to mix reality and holograms On Feb. 20, Samsung held their annual Galaxy Unpacked event to deliver exciting news and showcase their newest...

Professor Moodle, PhD

Sreya Sanyal • November 7, 2018

Tonight, you must upload a rough draft of your essay to Moodle. Tomorrow, you have to post on every social media account to promote your club event. You fill out Google forms, share your presentations...

Cryptojacking: Should you be afraid for the future?

Ralph Legge • November 7, 2018

On October 29, students, faculty, and staff received an email from NJIT’s Information, Services & Technology (IST) Service Desk with the subject line, “What is Cryptojacking? How to prevent, detect,...