From Brazil's Amazon, researchers report “spooky interactions” among surface- and cave-dwelling electric fish, revealing shocking behavior of 300 blind cavefishes whose ancestors adopted life in darkness tens of thousands of years ago.
NJIT heliophysicists who have developed new ways to forecast explosive events from the interior of the Sun recently captured the attention of international space and computer science communities with their exhibit featured at NASA’s Virtual SC20 Supercomputing Conference.
Undergrads Suzanne Hlinka ’21 and Nada Boules ‘21 have been applying the skills in game development and interior design that they’ve picked up at NJIT, and Mother Earth is thanking them for it. This past year, the pair of students began artistic projects promoting a more sustainable planet, and now, their creative talents have been recognized with the “Jim Wise Scholarship for Theatre: Communicating the Environment Through Art.”
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is pleased to announce that Robert C. Cohen ’83, ’84, ’87, of Basking Ridge, NJ, has been appointed Chair of its Board of Trustees. Cohen succeeds Stephen P. DePalma ’72, who stepped down after a distinguished seven-year term.
Dr. Bernard A. Harris Jr., CEO of the National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI) and the first African-American astronaut to complete a space walk, will reimagine STEM education at NJIT’s annual STEM School Leadership Forum.
From discovering dinosaur-era ants with metal horns on their head, to swapping the
