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The Vector

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The Vector

Students Respond to Rise in Anti-Asian Hate Crimes

Students Respond to Rise in Anti-Asian Hate Crimes

Katherine Ji April 6, 2021

Catherine Yong, third year science, technology and society student and Chinese American, said she would frequently assist her father to the grocery stores on weekends in order to prevent him tripping...

Reflecting One Year After Pandemic

Reflecting One Year After Pandemic

Yukthi Sangoi March 24, 2021

https://wpengine.com/support/ It has been just over a year since Governor Phil Murphy declared the statewide stay-at-home order for New Jersey. Schools and universities went all virtual, businesses...

New Jersey Vaccine Rollout Falters in Minority Communities

New Jersey Vaccine Rollout Falters in Minority Communities

Ethan OMalley, Alumni March 10, 2021

With just under 1.5 million New Jersey residents receiving their first dose of the COVID vaccine the state is making solid progress in its goal to have 70% of the state vaccinated by June. However,...

Overrated/Underrated: Dining Indoors

Overrated/Underrated: Dining Indoors

Evan Markowitz and Sabastian Fernandes March 3, 2021

Overrated – by Evan Markowitz Imagine walking into your doctor’s office and sheepishly admitting that you caught COVID-19 not from a party, not from a crazy hookup, but from a Denny’s. I...

“Living Inside a Fishbowl”: Reflecting on the Pandemic

“Living Inside a Fishbowl”: Reflecting on the Pandemic

Evan Markowitz, Guest Contributor March 3, 2021

It’s weird to think that a year ago I was figuring out my spring break plans. I wanted to travel to see friends, and take a couple days off just relax a bit. After all, that’s...

NJIT Students On Getting Vaccinated

NJIT Students On Getting Vaccinated

Ethan OMalley, Alumni March 3, 2021

As of Tuesday, March 2, the state of New Jersey has administered over 1.8 million doses of coronavirus vaccines, with over 14% of the state population receiving at least one dose. Currently...

COVID-19: Vaccines, Variants, and Virulence

COVID-19: Vaccines, Variants, and Virulence

Yukthi Sangoi March 3, 2021

The light at the end of the dark tunnel has been seen for quite some time with vaccines developed and distributed across the world. With the Biden administration’s major leap forward in working with...

A Reflection: Pushing through the Pandemic at NJIT

A Reflection: Pushing through the Pandemic at NJIT

Nicholas Merlino, Alumni February 23, 2021

This pandemic has been going on for a long minute. First, the lockdown was supposed to last for only two weeks. Many of us, myself included, thought very little of the gravity of the situation.   Then...

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...

Every_01 Play Premiere: Morality in Death

Every_01 Play Premiere: Morality in Death

Birju Dhaduk February 23, 2021

Under Louis Wells, senior lecturer and the artistic coordinator for the Rutgers-NJIT Theatre Arts and Technology Program, is producing another play virtually that will serve as a reflection...

Changes in Contact Tracing at NJIT

Changes in Contact Tracing at NJIT

Katherine Ji February 17, 2021

Many students are aware of contact tracing methods for students utilized by the Dean of Students, a significant tool used in limiting further spread of COVID-19 once a person has tested positive....

NJIT Students Join Volunteer Forces for Vaccine Distribution

NJIT Students Join Volunteer Forces for Vaccine Distribution

Alexandra Griffith February 17, 2021

Towards the end of December, just one block away from NJIT, Essex County College, one of five Essex County COVID-19 vaccination sites, was vaccinating approximately 150 health care workers and first...

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