NEWARK, N.J., Oct. 16 -- New Jersey Institute of Technology issued the following news release:
The balance between commerce and recreation, always tricky for urban waterways, tipped long ago on the polluted lower stretches of the Passaic River. In sections of Newark, the river and its tributaries are channelized and mostly lost to view, obscured by dense tree stands and scrubby undergrowth.
NJIT's Albert Dorman Honors College (ADHC) wants to reconnect city neighborhoods to some of these forgotten sections of the Passaic River system. This spring, the college collaborated with the Newark College of Engineering (NCE) to launch the course, "Service Learning for Engineers: Life on the River," composed of student-led water remediation, ecology...