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Hydroponics Research | Urban Farming
Hydroponics Research | Urban Farming
Kean researchers are studying the best approaches to hydroponics, which allows people in urban communities to grow their own fruits and vegetables indoors while protecting the environment and water resources.
What Is Environmental Justice? | Nicky Sheats, Ph.D., J.D.
What Is Environmental Justice? | Nicky Sheats, Ph.D., J.D.
On Season Two’s second episode, the Kean University podcast Urban Impact explores environmental justice with Nicky Sheats, Ph.D., J.D., director of the Center for the Urban Environment at the John S. Watson Institute for Urban Policy and Research at Kean.
Kean’s 16th Annual Human Rights Conference Spreads Nelson Mandela’s Message
Kean’s 16th Annual Human Rights Conference Spreads Nelson Mandela’s Message
Ndaba Mandela, grandson of the late human rights icon Nelson Mandela, will speak at Kean’s 16th annual Human Rights Conference on Friday, December 8.
Win $10,000 in Cougar Investigator Research Challenge
Win $10,000 in Cougar Investigator Research Challenge
Cougars, get rewarded for your research ideas. Teams of two or more students are invited to pitch their research ideas for a chance to win cash prizes – up to $10,000! The Cougar Investigator Research Challenge is an exciting new initiative open to students with at least one year left of school.
NSF Grant Sparks Cross-Disciplinary Data Analytics and Visualization Projects in Urban Research at Kean
NSF Grant Sparks Cross-Disciplinary Data Analytics and Visualization Projects in Urban Research at Kean
The study of building and broadening data analytics and visualization skills in urban research received a $1 million boost from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the form of a three-year grant to an interdisciplinary team of Kean University faculty.
Q&A: Faculty Researcher – Laura Lorentzen, Ph.D.
Q&A: Faculty Researcher – Laura Lorentzen, Ph.D.
Laura Mackey Lorentzen, Ph.D., is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Biological Sciences in The Dorothy and George Hennings College of Science, Mathematics and Technology.
Q&A: Student Researcher – Gabriel Serrano
Q&A: Student Researcher – Gabriel Serrano
Gabriel Serrano is a senior computer science major in The Dorothy and George Hennings College of Science, Mathematics and Technology at Kean University. Serrano, who is from Springfield, is mentored by Kean Assistant Professor Daehan Kwak, Ph.D.
Closing the Equity Gap Is Focus of Kean’s Inaugural Assessment Summit
Closing the Equity Gap Is Focus of Kean’s Inaugural Assessment Summit
Kean’s first-ever Assessment Summit explored an equity-centered approach to assessment to help close the achievement gap among students from different backgrounds, and heard from scholar and author Gavin Henning, Ph.D., an expert on using assessment as a “vehicle for equity.”
Kean Graduate Honors Parents, Professors with Endowed Scholarship
Kean Graduate Honors Parents, Professors with Endowed Scholarship
A 2011 Kean University graduate is giving back to his alma mater with a scholarship for communication students in honor of his parents and two of his former professors in the Department of Communication, Media and Journalism (CMJ).
Kean Expands International Partnerships During New Jersey East Asia Economic Mission
Kean Expands International Partnerships During New Jersey East Asia Economic Mission
Kean University President Lamont O. Repollet, Ed.D., signed partnership agreements with three higher education institutions in Asia this week as part of a historic New Jersey East Asia Economic Mission with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy.