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Kean Scholar Academy s6udents learn about drones during a visit to Skylands

Kean University Named to FAA Drone Training Program

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently selected Kean University as the only four-year institution in New Jersey to join its Collegiate Training Initiative focused on the use of unmanned aircraft systems, or drones.

Kean Biotechnology Graduate Helps Patients with Genetic Diseases

Growing up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin, Lance Marquardt became interested in science as he watched the impact of selective breeding of cows and crops.

Nearly 30 years later, the Kean graduate has traded the rustic outdoors for work in a lab.

Kean counseling graduate student Caitlin Braine presenting her research in Italy

Kean University Graduate Students Research Afghan Refugee Experience

The work of two Kean University graduate students who researched first-hand experiences of Afghan refugees resettled in Europe was showcased last month at an international counseling conference in Italy. Their findings included analysis of ways that Afghan refugees could be assisted through counseling.

Playwright Benjamin V. Marshall poses in front of a bookshelf.

‘Still,’ New Historical Play at Premiere Stages, Written by Kean Alumnus

Playwright and Kean University alumnus Benjamin V. Marshall ’73 brought the dramatic history of a New Jersey abolitionist to life for audiences at the Bauer Boucher Theatre Center on Kean’s Union campus.

Sayreville Superintendent Richard Labbe reads to children. He is a Kean alum.

As School Superintendent, Kean University Special Education Graduate Changes Children’s Lives

Sayreville School Superintendent Richard Labbe, Ed.D., intended to be a sports broadcast journalist but changed career plans when he took a job as an assistant high school football coach and substitute teacher.

The Trenton Coalport project is underway. People work with maps of the area.

Kean University Announces Federally Funded Trenton Neighborhood Revitalization Project

Kean announced the Coalport Neighborhood Revitalization Planning Project, led by the John S. Watson Institute for Urban Policy and Research and the Michael Graves College School of Public Architecture, with plans for new housing, economic and employment opportunities to support residents.