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The Vector

$788k Grant Awarded To NJIT Water Quality Researchers 

$788k Grant Awarded To NJIT Water Quality Researchers 

Aaron Dimaya, Staff Writer February 7, 2023

On Dec. 20, 2022, a collaborative research team led by NJIT researchers received a $778,000 grant from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, or NJDEP. This grant was part of a wider allocation...

First Assistant Director of Sustainability on Campus 

First Assistant Director of Sustainability on Campus 

Yukthi Sangoi, Editor-in-Chief May 2, 2022

Feb. 7 marked the official start date of NJIT’s new assistant director of sustainability, Dr. Prabhakar Shrestha. “I have always been an environmentalist dating back to my high school and early college...

Swapping Out Fast Fashion for a Sustainable Style: NJIT’s Clothing Swap

Swapping Out Fast Fashion for a Sustainable Style: NJIT’s Clothing Swap

Annmary Ibrahim April 8, 2022

We have reached a point in society and the media where climate change is at the forefront of our lives. Rising temperatures, ocean pollution, and the petroleum industry are constantly being portrayed...

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Spotted Lanternflies Invade New Jersey

Anthony McInnis September 29, 2021

Students and faculty at NJIT have probably seen a lot of insects sporting colorful spotted wings around campus. The Spotted Lanternfly is quite pretty. They don’t even bite or swarm people. Yet...

BioBlitz: On the hunt for plants and animals

BioBlitz: On the hunt for plants and animals

Alicia Tedesco September 29, 2021

Walking around the NJIT and Rutgers-Newark campuses, on the lookout for animals and plants of every kind and reporting them back to the organizers – that’s the “BioBlitz” event...

Brownfields Assistance Center At NJIT

Brownfields Assistance Center At NJIT

Ethan OMalley, Alumni April 20, 2021

The conclusion of this semester marks over a year of activity of one of NJIT’s newest endeavors, the NJ Brownfields Assistance Center. The project aims to provide free assistance...

Honors College Continues Freshman Sustainability Projects Online

Honors College Continues Freshman Sustainability Projects Online

Ethan OMalley and eomalley December 2, 2020

A large part of the socially-conscious mission of the Albert Dorman Honors College involves the sustainability projects that it has its freshmen perform as part of their Freshman Seminar class. A...

Flora App Review

Flora App Review

Sandra Raju and sraju April 22, 2020

Whether it’s waiting till 11pm to do your homework due at 11:59pm, or furiously citing the minimum five resources into your English paper just a class before, as your fellow college student, I think...

COVID-19 : A Lesson on Preventative Action

COVID-19 : A Lesson on Preventative Action

Samantha Swider and sswider April 22, 2020

As this crisis continues and we adjust to a drastically new way of life for the foreseeable future, it is a great time to reflect and use this opportunity to grow personally and acknowledge that the impossible...

Driving Eco Friendly

Driving Eco Friendly

Daniil Ivanov and divanov February 9, 2020

Last semester, in an article titled “NJIT Embraces Sustainability,” Vice President for Real Estate Development and Capital Operations Andrew Christ was asked what NJIT's largest contribution to carbon...

Plastic Bag Ban Fails in New Jersey Legislature

Plastic Bag Ban Fails in New Jersey Legislature

Katherine Ji and kji February 2, 2020

On Jan. 13, 2020, the end of New Jersey’s legislative session, the New Jersey Senate passed bill S2776 to end plastic pollution. The bill would completely prohibit single-use plastic...

Hydrogen: The Way to Save the Planet?

Hydrogen: The Way to Save the Planet?

Isaac Scafe and iscafe November 10, 2019

Hydrogen energy has often been marketed as the future clean energy source since it doesn’t contribute to tailpipe pollution. However, the easiest and cheapest way to harness hydrogen energy has been...

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