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The Vector

NJIT's Student Newspaper

The Vector

COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Has an Official End Date

COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Has an Official End Date

Mrunmayi Joshi, Managing Editor March 23, 2023

On May 11, the public health emergency declared by the White House in January 2020 will expire after over three years of the COVID-19 pandemic. In February, the Biden administration announced that the...

COVID-19: What to Expect if Infected on Campus 

COVID-19: What to Expect if Infected on Campus 

Ethan OMalley, Alumni October 3, 2022

College may be back to its in-person format, but COVID-19 still remains a cause for concern, and a few Highlanders will certainly be catching the disease this year ­— some already have. So, it is best...

Carrying On Through Historical Events 

Carrying On Through Historical Events 

Alfred Simpson, Staff Writer May 2, 2022

Students and staff at NJIT have lived through more “once-in-a-lifetime” events in their lives than their predecessors. A pandemic continues to rage across the globe, spiking seemingly every other...

NJIT Professor Explains the Impacts of COVID-19 by Publishing Five Books

NJIT Professor Explains the Impacts of COVID-19 by Publishing Five Books

Yukthi Sangoi March 4, 2022

Exactly one year ago, Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain was lying in an ICU bed connected to a ventilator. The NJIT adjunct professor was infected with COVID-19, and his body needed to increase its 54% oxygen...

Newark Businesses Affected by COVID-19

Newark Businesses Affected by COVID-19

Yukthi Sangoi November 19, 2021

Businesses across Newark have seen their highest and lowest points of operation in the past year and a half due to the pandemic. Some had to be forcibly closed because they did not have enough funds...

What happens when you test positive for Covid 19 on Campus

What happens when you test positive for Covid 19 on Campus

Alicia Tedesco and Sebastian Lopez November 12, 2021

When it comes to data, we always want to be aware of the most recent and accurate information available in order to make good decisions. During the pandemic, data has driven governments and...

Reflection on coming back to campus

Reflection on coming back to campus

Ali Jamil, Contributing Writer September 22, 2021

It wasn't too long ago that we were waking up late in the afternoon and hopping onto our online classes in our pajamas as we lay in bed cozily sipping tea while our professors talked in the...

NBA Play-In Tournament: Race to the Playoffs

NBA Play-In Tournament: Race to the Playoffs

Samira Santana April 28, 2021

Coming off March Madness, which ended in a shocking fashion on April 5, basketball fans everywhere are looking to the NBA for some big-time entertainment this spring. These...

Hybrid Commencement Decision Made

Hybrid Commencement Decision Made

Yukthi Sangoi April 28, 2021

The main commencement ceremony for NJIT’s August 2020, December 2020 and May 2021 graduates will be taking place on May 18 at 5 p.m. All the ceremonies will be combined in a hybrid format, with...

“Covid-Safe Behind Bars?” – New Jersey Prioritizing the Incarcerated for the COVID-19 Vaccine

“Covid-Safe Behind Bars?” – New Jersey Prioritizing the Incarcerated for the COVID-19 Vaccine

Sabastian Fernandes January 26, 2021

Currently, the CDC reports that New Jersey alone is receiving 100,000 new vaccine kits each week, yet as it stands, it seems unlikely that even a majority of NJ’s current population of 8.88 million...

How Newark Businesses Are Affected by Covid

How Newark Businesses Are Affected by Covid

Yukthi Sangoi October 5, 2020

It’s no secret that businesses all around the world have been adversely affected by the global pandemic. Newark, New Jersey’s largest city, has been no exception to the issues businesses have faced...

New Residence Hall on Warren Street

New Residence Hall on Warren Street

Katherine Ji and kji September 17, 2020

Earlier this year, the University announced a plan for a new dormitory that would join NJIT’s little forest of undergraduate residence halls. The new hall will add an estimated 500 beds to NJIT’s...

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