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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 human...

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 Ene...

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 (incarcerated...

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 ap...

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 c...

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 a...

NJIT Undergrad Alixs Pujols Sheds Light on the Effects of Nanoplastics on Female Reproductive Health

Thursday, August 3rd, 2023
During the pandemic, Alixs Pujols ’24 read an article that inspired her to become an undergraduate research assistant at the Laboratory of Endocrine Disruption & Chemical Biology (EDC Lab). That article showed how researchers had found nanoplastics in the placenta, which caught Pujols’ attention...

At NJIT, McNair Scholars Advance Research as Their Futures Unfold

Monday, July 24th, 2023
NJIT’s McNair Scholars have been igniting their research efforts in campus labs this summer, and many are starting to see their career aspirations take shape in the process. NJIT’s Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement program has often been described as life-changing by those selected eve...

NJIT's Forensic Science Initiative Celebrates First Graduates

Wednesday, July 19th, 2023
A select group of local high school seniors have become the first graduates of NJIT’s Forensic Science Initiative (FSI) after successfully completing an intensive STEM training program this year. FSI’s inaugural class recently drew plaudits from the professional forensic science community at a New J...