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Renovated Kean Fitness Center Opens on Union Campus

Renovated Kean Fitness Center Opens on Union Campus

With updated workout equipment, a new indoor turf area, brighter lighting, extended hours and more, the Fitness Center gives Kean Cougars a great new place to work on wellness.
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Author James McBride to Give Distinguished Lecture at Kean

Author James McBride to Give Distinguished Lecture at Kean

Award-winning author and screenwriter James McBride will speak about identity and inclusion on Thursday, February 9 as part of the President’s Distinguished Lecture Series at Kean University.

The outside of a building, with a sign reading Keanu's Kitchen.
Keanu’s Kitchen Revamped and Open for Dining on Kean’s Main Campus

Keanu’s Kitchen Revamped and Open for Dining on Kean’s Main Campus

Keanu’s Kitchen, a dining hall on Kean University’s Union campus, has been reimagined and is now offering new features for students and employees, including a personalized approach to dining, new menu items and expanded hours.
Three Kean graduate students are working on a mental health initiative in Belleville schools
Kean Receives $4.5 Million Grant for Mental Health Program in Belleville Schools

Kean Receives $4.5 Million Grant for Mental Health Program in Belleville Schools

A $4.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education will fund a Kean University program designed to increase diversity among school psychologists while proactively addressing student mental health in the Belleville School District.

Kean Hall on Kean University's main campus in Union, New Jersey.
Kean Makes History as Urban Research University with Funding for Three Initiatives in Federal Spending Bill

Kean Makes History as Urban Research University with Funding for Three Initiatives in Federal Spending Bill

The University will receive more than $4 million for a series of new initiatives tied to its designation as an urban research university under the federal spending bill signed into law by President Biden.
The Kean K spirt logo with an image of a cougar with the word KUBS
Kean's KUBS Program Broadens Opportunities for High School Athletes

Kean's KUBS Program Broadens Opportunities for High School Athletes

A high school basketball event on Saturday, January 7 launched a new program at Kean, KUBS, that introduces urban students to higher education through sports.
Justice Fasciale takes the oath of office on Wilkins Theatre's stage, surrounded by his wife and sons.
Kean Hosts Swearing-in of Supreme Court Justice Douglas Fasciale

Kean Hosts Swearing-in of Supreme Court Justice Douglas Fasciale

Top leaders from New Jersey’s executive, legislative and judicial branches of government, including Governor Phil Murphy, were at Wilkins Theatre for the swearing in of the state's newest Supreme Court justice.
Kean Lecturer Will Heyniger led a class project in which students recycled hundreds of pounds of plastic waste
Kean Environmental Science Classes Are Reducing Plastic Waste

Kean Environmental Science Classes Are Reducing Plastic Waste

A recycling project with a tangible result had Kean students lugging plastic bags, plastic packaging and various plastic waste to class this semester.
Kean Lecturer Will Heyniger led a class project in which students recycled hundreds of pounds of plastic waste
Kean Environmental Science Classes Are Reducing Plastic Waste

Kean Environmental Science Classes Are Reducing Plastic Waste

A recycling project with a tangible result had Kean students lugging plastic bags, plastic packaging and various plastic waste to class this semester.
Large pictures of the Ornamental Hands are used in the stage set for the opera Le Magnifique
Kean Professor’s Artwork Featured in Opera in France

Kean Professor’s Artwork Featured in Opera in France

Fine arts Professor Jennifer Crupi’s ornamental jewelry is receiving international attention through a new opera that premiered recently in France.