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See how a group of talented Kean students collaborated to bring Nantucket’s rich past to life through the fascinating, cutting-edge world of virtual reality.

Kean researchers are using new tools like GPS technology as well as original documents to seek new perspectives on two historic conflicts.

An interdisciplinary team of researchers will tackle issues stemming from climate change and other environmental pressures, with work beginning this semester in the Borough of Keyport.

Kean University has launched "Urban Impact," a podcast featuring Kean scholars as well as community leaders and others that examines the complex issues facing urban communities. In the first episode, "What Is Urban Research Anyway?," Kean Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs David S. Birdsell, Ph.D., explains Kean’s important role as New Jersey’s first urban research university. 

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.

Equity in Action Presidential Fellow Saran Nurse, Ph.D., who teaches in the College of Business and Public Management, has received a grant to research the resiliency of Black-owned businesses to four types of external disruptions: natural disaster, COVID-19, civil unrest and gentrification.

With reset rooms, morning messages of kindness and other measures, K-12 schools across the state are building a more inclusive culture through a pilot project led by a team at Kean.

Ten years after Hurricane Sandy struck New Jersey, a Kean panel marked the storm’s anniversary with a discussion on how it impacted the state and the lives of its residents.

Computer science student Xavier Amparo won the highest student recognition award at the prestigious Great Minds in STEM (GMiS) Conference in Pasadena, the first time a Kean student received the honor.