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The Vector

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The Vector

From left to right: Edie Westrich, Hope De Jesus, Samantha Montalbine, Namitha Yalla.

Experiences as Women at NJIT

Yukthi Sangoi April 8, 2024

Content Warning: This article mentions threats of violence and sexual harassment.  It was 8:30 a.m. on a Thursday last fall, and Hope De Jesus was walking to class when a man she didn’t know started...

Initiative Feature: Women With STEAM 

Initiative Feature: Women With STEAM 

Paridhi Bhardwaj, Staff Writer October 3, 2022

There is a significant gender gap in employment in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.    The United States census states that in 1970, women made up 38% of...

Club Spotlight: WE DO

Club Spotlight: WE DO

Yukthi Sangoi March 4, 2022

CW: Rape. NJIT’s Women Empowerment and Development Organization (WE DO) enables women to break the poverty cycle they struggle with daily by providing them with the resources they require...

Women and Witches: How Magic and Feminism Collided

Women and Witches: How Magic and Feminism Collided

Colin Bayne and cbayne March 29, 2019

During Women’s History Month, we tend read empowering pieces about historical feminists, modern trailblazing women, and important cases where the glass ceiling has been shattered or raised. In this...

Women of the Future

Women of the Future

Guest March 27, 2018

2018 marks the fourth year the Women Designing the Future Conference was held at NJIT. This year’s conference focused on environmental studies and how across the world, we can do more with less. There...

NJIT Picks Up First Win of 2017

NJIT Picks Up First Win of 2017

NJIT Athletics September 6, 2017

Win against Saint Peter’s 3-1 LEWISBURG, PA—NJIT picked up its first win of the 2017 season led by sophomore transfer Madi Busler's match-best 15 kills in the Highlanders 3-1 victory over Saint Peter's...

ASUN Winter 2017 Winners for Life Team: Alana Dudley

ASUN Winter 2017 Winners for Life Team: Alana Dudley

NJIT Athletics April 29, 2017

LAKEPOINT, GA—Alana Dudley, a senior on the NJIT women's basketball team, has been selected to participate in the ASUN Conference Winter 2017 semester Winners for Life team, the conference office announced...

Highlanders Turn In Top Performances at Ramapo Invitational 

Highlanders Turn In Top Performances at Ramapo Invitational 

NJIT Athletics April 29, 2017

MAHWAH, NJ—The NJIT men's and women's outdoor track and field teams turned in top performances in both running and field events this weekend at the Ramapo Invitational at the Athletic Center Turf on...

Iceland Law

Iceland Law

Marzia Rahman April 26, 2017

Iceland will be (one of) the first countries to propose legislation requiring companies to show evidence that they are paying women and men equally, according to a story in the New York Times. Although...

Women’s Fencing Sends 4 Fencers to Represent NJIT at NCAA Fencing Regional

Women’s Fencing Sends 4 Fencers to Represent NJIT at NCAA Fencing Regional

Vector Staff March 25, 2017

NEWARK, NJ—The NJIT women's fencing team will have four fencers representing NJIT at the 2017 Mid-Atlantic/South Regional Fencing Championships to be hosted by Lafayette College in Easton, PA, on Saturday,...

President Trump Supports Women in STEM

President Trump Supports Women in STEM

Katrina David March 25, 2017

Amidst the controversy surrounding President Trump’s time in office, from the travel ban to the buzz around his administration’s alleged ties to Russia, the President has also been busy signing other...

On Campus Opinion

On Campus Opinion

Katrina David March 24, 2017

“In honor of International Women’s Day, who is your most important female role model?” Lellas Alhallak Biology, Class of 2019 "My mom - she is so patient, and she taught me that you should always...

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