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Kean's Cougars C.L.I.M.B. Adapted Physical Education program helps children with disabilities, ages 5-21, develop their motor skills by playing different sports and games. The program, created by Assistant Professor Alexandra Stribing, Ph.D., also gives Kean education students a hands-on learning experience.

Renowned theoretical physicist Michio Kaku, Ph.D., drew a sold-out crowd for his illuminating distinguished lecture and watched student research presentations by four Kean undergraduates, as Kean’s Research Days began.

Bernie Moriarty has a successful career and raised a family, but she never forgot her dream of completing her Kean degree. She will graduate with her bachelor’s degree in May.

A celebration outside Miron Student Center, an inaugural Founders 5K race on the Union campus, and a fundraising campaign marked the 168th anniversary of when Kean first opened its doors as the Newark Normal School.

Among the many students presenting at Research Days will be four women of color, all Kean students and aspiring doctors, who share more than their love of science.

Kean’s commitment to student research takes center stage as more than 1,300 students and faculty get ready to share their work in the University’s annual Research Days, Monday, April 24-Wednesday, April 26.

Kean 2023 graduating senior Ryen Hagg, a student ambassador and a New Jersey Governor’s STEM Scholar, knew her place was at Kean from the first moment she visited.

On the seventh episode of Kean’s podcast, Urban Impact, Ana I. Berdecia, director of the Center for the Positive Development of Urban Children at the John S. Watson Institute for Urban Policy and Research at Kean, discusses the impact teachers have when they embrace the different cultures of their students and why stepping up cultural celebrations and measures that embrace diversity are key to engaging students on a deeper level.

The message is clear: it’s never too late to return to college. A new Kean program encourages former students who left school to come back and complete their degrees.

Attorney Eduardo Sotomayor ’17 started on his career path in law by earning a degree in criminal justice from Kean Ocean.