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$265K Awarded to NJIT Researchers Via New Jersey Health Foundation Grants

Thursday, February 29th, 2024
Six NJIT researchers have secured grants in the latest round of funding provided by the New Jersey Health Foundation (NJHF), which has increased its funding in both its Community Health, Social Services and Education Program, as well as its traditional research program this year. The $4 million rou...

NJIT Researchers Unveil Method to Detect 'Forever Chemicals' in Under 3 Minutes

Thursday, February 8th, 2024
Researchers report one of the fastest and most sensitive approaches yet for detecting toxic per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) accumulating in the environment, which are linked to health risks ranging from cancers to birth defects. PFAS have earned the name “forever chemicals” with good re...

NJIT Alum Develops Tech to Recycle Lithium-Ion Batteries

Tuesday, January 16th, 2024
By Jesse Jenkins and Tracy Regan Chao Yan, who holds both a master's in chemistry and doctor of philosophy in physical chemistry combustion from New Jersey Institute of Technology, is the founder and chief executive officer of Princeton NuEnergy, which develops advanced technologies for recycling l...

Scientists Build Tiny Biological Robots From Human Cells

Thursday, November 30th, 2023
Researchers have created tiny biological robots that they call Anthrobots from human tracheal cells that can move across a surface and have been found to encourage the growth of neurons across a region of damage in a lab dish.  The multicellular robots, ranging in size from the width of a huma...

NJIT Researchers Launch Project to Improve Energy and Climate Justice in New Jersey

Monday, October 2nd, 2023
A new project led by New Jersey Institute of Technology researchers is underway to help New Jersey’s lower-income homeowners take advantage of the state’s clean energy programs. The initiative arrives in support of the state’s recent commitments to the Clean Energy Act outlined in the New Jersey En...

How an NJIT Forensic Team Helped Exonerate Two Men Wrongfully Imprisoned for Murder

Wednesday, September 27th, 2023
A New Jersey Institute of Technology forensic team’s crime scene reconstruction of a 1994 shooting in Queens, N.Y. has helped clear the names of two wrongfully convicted men who spent a combined 37 years in prison for murder. A long-awaited moment of vindication came for Armond McCloud (incarcerate...

Alumna Tessy Ritchie on Shaping the MedTech Industry with the FDA

Monday, September 18th, 2023
Since graduating from NJIT in 2012 with a B.S. in chemistry, Tessy Ritchie has found success as a chemist, recently taking a leading role in shaping the future of public health and booming medical technology industry expected to reach nearly $580 billion by the end of 2023. This year, Ritchie was a...

NJIT Rises to No. 86 Among National Universities in U.S. News Rankings

Monday, September 18th, 2023
New Jersey Institute of Technology’s rise in national rankings continues, with U.S. News & World Report placing NJIT No. 86 among national universities for 2024 — a jump of 11 rungs from 2023. The latest ranking is indicative of a consistent trend over the past four years — as NJIT climbed from...

NJIT Professor Omowunmi Sadik Named 2023 American Chemical Society Fellow

Tuesday, September 5th, 2023
NJIT Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Omowunmi Sadik has earned the exclusive distinction of being named Fellow by one of the largest scientific organizations globally, the American Chemical Society (ACS). Sadik's “outstanding contributions to science, the profession, and ACS” over her 30-year ...

NJIT Showcases the Most Impactful Research and Innovation from Students

Monday, August 21st, 2023
Stuti Mohan, a senior biomedical engineering student, was the winner of the top Dr. James F. Stevenson Innovation Award at the 2023 Undergraduate Summer Research and Innovation (URI) Symposium at NJIT. Her project sought to identify a non-invasive yet precise method to diagnose the tapping foot of ...