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NJIT Names John Pelesko Provost and SVP for Academic Affairs

Monday, March 20, 2023

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has selected John Pelesko to serve as its next provost and senior vice president for academic affairs after a nationwide search. Pelesko, currently the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the...

NJIT Student Unveils Shock Sunquake Discoveries at SC22 NASA Exhibit

Monday, March 13, 2023

NJIT Ph.D. physics student John Stefan has new findings about earthquake-like events on the Sun that have recently shaken up the world of space science during one of the biggest international conferences for high-performance computing of the year...

Researchers Discover Mysterious Source of 'Heartbeat-like' Radio Bursts in a Solar Fare

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

A solar radio burst with a signal pattern, akin to that of a heartbeat, has been pinpointed in the Sun’s atmosphere, according to a new study.

NJIT Physics Professor Wins 2023 Karen Harvey Prize for Solar Physics Research

Monday, January 23, 2023

Bin Chen, associate professor of physics and researcher at NJIT’s Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (CSTR), has been awarded the 2023 Karen Harvey Prize from the Solar Physics Division of...

NJIT Alumna, Faculty Earn Prestigious Engineering Award

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has bestowed on NJIT alumna General (retired) Ellen M. Pawlikowski the 2022 Arthur M. Bueche Award. Pawlikowski joins distinguished professor Louis Lanzerotti as the second Highlander to receive the award...

NJIT Alum Denise Richard Joins First Peace Corps Volunteers Overseas Since COVID

Thursday, October 13, 2022

Transitioning back from a world of COVID lockdowns and restrictions has meant something different for everyone, but for Denise Richard and the Peace Corps, a “return to normal” will soon mean resuming humanitarian efforts more than 7,000 miles...

Smart Microrobots Learn How to Swim and Navigate with Artificial Intelligence

Thursday, August 4, 2022

Researchers from Santa Clara University, New Jersey Institute of Technology and the University of Hong Kong have been able to successfully teach microrobots how to swim via deep reinforcement learning, marking a substantial leap in the...

NJIT Researchers Unveil Particle Accelerator Region Inside a Solar Flare

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Solar flares are among the most violent explosions in our solar system, but despite their immense energy — equivalent to a hundred billion atomic bombs detonating at once — physicists still haven’t been able to answer exactly how these sudden...

NJIT's Award-Winning Grads Reflect on Successes, Share Future Plans

Monday, May 23, 2022

Alongside the wave of excitement at Commencement 2022, NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts recently decorated their star students at its annual ...

College of Science and Liberal Arts Celebrates 40 Years at 2022 Awards Ceremony

Monday, May 9, 2022

On May 4, celebratory glasses were raised at the signature year-end awards ceremony for NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts (CSLA), where the incredible milestone of the college’s 40th anniversary served...