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AUGUST 8, 2026

Scientists Simulate Ant Swarms, Find a Single Ant Can Set the Colony in Motion

In ant colonies, a single ant can be the catalyst for a wave of mob activity, launching brief bursts of coordinated movement involving hundreds or even thousands of swarming workers, according to new ...
MAY 5, 2026

Renowned “Dinosaur Hunter” Kenneth J. Lacovara Headlines 2026 HCSLA Awards

NJIT’s Jordan Hu College of Science & Liberal Arts (HCSLA) celebrated 44 years on May 6 with its annual awards ceremony, headlined by a special guest appearance from paleontologist and famed “dino...
NOVEMBER 11, 2024

NJIT Biologist Among $10M XPRIZE Competition Winners for Rainforest Biodiversity Sampling Tech

NJIT biologist Eric Fortune and a team of scientists called “Limelight Rainforest” have won the five-year XPRIZE Rainforest Competition, securing half of the competition's $10 million prize purse.&nbs...
OCTOBER 10, 2024

NJIT Lecturer Mary Konsolaki Takes on Ironman World Championships

If she isn’t teaching advanced courses in applied genetics, NJIT University Lecturer Mary Konsolaki is rarely relaxing. In fact, she’s recently finished competing in one of the most challenging endura...
AUGUST 8, 2024

NJIT Biologist Awarded $680,000 Federal Grant to Save North-Atlantic Right Whale

Brooke Flammang, a biologist at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), has been awarded nearly $680,000 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as part of a growing nationw...