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Researchers Establish Brain Pathway Linking Motivation, Addiction and Disease

Thursday, January 25th, 2024
Over 86 billion neurons are in the human brain, roughly 450,000 of which generate dopamine — a powerful neurotransmitter that drives motivated behavior, learning and habit formation. Now, researchers say one brain region, the cerebellum, may hold more influence over these dopamine neurons than reali...

Remarkable Sibling Duo Volunteer at Saint Michael's While Attending NJIT

Wednesday, January 24th, 2024
This story is republished with permission from Saint Michael's Medical Center By the time she was in seventh grade, Pooja Datir’s teachers ran out of grade-level material to give her. Her teachers suggested she start taking college courses. Her brother Rohit maxed out in fifth grade and also start...

NJIT Awarded $6 Million from the National Science Foundation to Commercialize Campus Inventions

Wednesday, January 24th, 2024
NJIT has secured a $6 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to translate science and engineering discoveries into market-ready technologies that will improve quality of life in areas ranging from health care, to sustainable energy, to data privacy. Awarded by the agency’s Directo...

Architecture Alum Wins 2023 Award of Excellence from AIA

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024
4/4 Architecture was recognized with an Award of Excellence for the renovations of Hellertown Lofts at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Eastern Pennsylvania Design Awards on Thursday, December 7 at the Allentown Art Museum. Gary Lader, Principal of 4/4 Architecture, is an alumnus of New J...

NJIT Celebrates the Official Naming of the Tarik Rodgers '96 Practice Court

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024
As part of NJIT's men's volleyball alumni weekend, NJIT officially named the practice court inside the Joel & Diane Bloom Wellness and Event Center, the Tarik Rodgers '96 Practice Court on Sunday, January 21, 2024 in front of family, friends and alumni. "It was an honor to be with Tarik Ro...

Undergraduate Computing Student Presents Paper as Lead Author at ACM CKIM 2023

Monday, January 22nd, 2024
Vaisnavi Nemala, a senior data science student in the Ying Wu College of Computing and Albert Dorman Honor’s College, presented a paper on which she served as lead author at the 32nd ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (ACM CIKM) 2023 in Birmingham, England. The ach...

Men's Swimming and Diving Earns 195-105 Senior Day Victory Over Rider

Saturday, January 20th, 2024
The NJIT men's swimming and diving team closed out its 2023-24 home schedule and honored its seniors with a 195-105 victory over the Rider Broncs Saturday afternoon at the Joel and Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center Natatorium. "The entire team did a great job today. We had a great training tri...

Registration Open for NJIT's Spring Career Fair

Friday, January 19th, 2024
NJIT’s spring career fair is right around the corner and registration is now open for students on the Handshake platform. Career Development Services biannual career fair has become one of the most anticipated events for students. The fall semester fair, held last September, was the largest-ever pa...

Middle and High School Students Compete in Regional Science Olympiad at NJIT

Friday, January 19th, 2024
Dozens of teams of middle and high school students came to New Jersey Institute of Technology last week for a regional round of the annual New Jersey Science Olympiad hands-on learning competition. NJIT’s Center for Pre-College Programs, along with the university’s Newark College of Engineering, se...

Hrishi Sidhartha is 'Grinding Gears' in a Job Most Gamers Dream About

Thursday, January 18th, 2024
Hrishi Sidhartha ’15, has turned an elective into a career to envy. As a game designer with Grinding Gear Games, he spends his day shaping Path of Exile 2, one of the most anticipated action role-playing games on the market. He had to relocate to the other side of the world — or at least down under ...