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Plan B Propels Engineer to Higher Ed Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“I then thought, because I was very good in math and science, perhaps I could become an engineer and design an airplane for others to pilot,” said Lim, who joined the NJIT in July 2022 as its ninth president and a distinguished professor of mechanical engineering. That began my pathway forward and my love of engineering.”

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University of Maryland president’s research will be reviewed for plagiarism

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The article alleges that 1,500 words of a 5,000-word paper co-authored by Pines and published in 2002 were plagiarized from a tutorial website called “Surfing the Wavelets” that was last updated in 1996. Pines, a professor of aerospace engineering, was already part of the UMD faculty at the time his 2002 paper was published.

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Interdisciplinary Studies: Preparing Students for a Complex World

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Space scientists and engineers collaborate on spacecraft design, propulsion, and landing systems, recognizing the synergy essential for safe human transport. Our mission: establish a self-sustaining colony on the Red Planet. This partnership between disciplines ensures the sustainability of life on Mars. Caspersen, J., Ivanitskaya, L.,

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Interdisciplinary Studies: Preparing Students for a Complex World

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Space scientists and engineers collaborate on spacecraft design, propulsion, and landing systems, recognizing the synergy essential for safe human transport. Our mission: establish a self-sustaining colony on the Red Planet. This partnership between disciplines ensures the sustainability of life on Mars. Caspersen, J., Ivanitskaya, L.,

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Report: Journalism Jobs to Decrease in Years to Come Due to Industry Decline

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More than a third of journalism jobs will be lost 2002-2031 from decades of decline primarily due to newspaper downsizing and closures, a Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) report found. Dr. Anthony P.

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Seven Best Practices in 40 years of Reporting on Diversity in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For example, Dr. Juan Gilbert, a 2002 Emerging Scholar, a decade later received the 2011 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. White House Honoree, Jan. A 2007 Emerging Scholar, Dr. Peniel Joseph (“Interpreting African-American Life and History,” Jan. Remembering and rendering lives.

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Learning by Working Together: Developing and Checking for Group Integration Across Diverse Disciplinary Cohorts

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Students from civil engineering, architecture, zoology, tourism, and the visitor economy, as well as real estate and land economy, could assess these maps and modify them to best capture what each discipline can bring and what interests they can represent.

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