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Kean Senior Caps Lifetime of Accomplishments with Honors Degree
Kean Senior Caps Lifetime of Accomplishments with Honors Degree
Trudy Carpignano has collected many titles during her life, including real estate agent, administrative assistant, dancer, wife, mother and grandmother. Today, the Union senior citizen proudly added another: Kean University graduate.
Kean Ocean’s Sophia Sacewicz Named 2025 Kean Valedictorian
Kean Ocean’s Sophia Sacewicz Named 2025 Kean Valedictorian
Sophia Sacewicz chose to stay close to home for college because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but she made the most of every opportunity at Kean Ocean – ultimately earning the honor of being Kean University's 2025 Valedictorian.
Kean Diagnostic Lab Offers New On-Campus Testing
Kean Diagnostic Lab Offers New On-Campus Testing
The on-campus laboratory Kean University established to process COVID-19 tests has expanded its services to offer a broader range of low-cost diagnostic and screening tests.
Kean University Celebrates First Doctoral Hooding Ceremony
Kean University Celebrates First Doctoral Hooding Ceremony
Kean University hosted its inaugural Doctoral Hooding Ceremony on Thursday, May 8, conferring degrees on 59 doctoral candidates in a distinguished event at Wilkins Theatre on Kean’s Union campus.
Kean Celebrates 2025 Honors Graduates at Annual Convocation
Kean Celebrates 2025 Honors Graduates at Annual Convocation
Kean University celebrated the achievements of the Class of 2025 honors graduates during a special Honors Convocation ceremony that marked the beginning of commencement season at the state’s urban research university.
Kean University Foundation Vice Chair Mark S. Hiltwein ’87 Supports First-Generation Students with New Scholarship Fund
Kean University Foundation Vice Chair Mark S. Hiltwein ’87 Supports First-Generation Students with New Scholarship Fund
Mark S. Hiltwein ’87 is giving back to Kean University with a generous gift establishing the Mark and Maura Hiltwein Family Scholarship to support first-generation and non-traditional students.
Kean Research Days Highlight Research, Learning and Creative Work
Kean Research Days Highlight Research, Learning and Creative Work
Nearly 1,300 Kean students will take part in the three-day conference focused on research, innovation and learning.
Deployed in Syria, Three Soldiers Celebrate a Shared Connection with Kean
Deployed in Syria, Three Soldiers Celebrate a Shared Connection with Kean
At Al-Tanf Garrison in Syria, three New Jersey Army National Guard members - Kimmarah Casey, Marcus Martinez and Johnnie McDowell - discovered they had more in common than their mission: they were all Kean University alumni.
Kean Senior Combines Love of Travel, Psychology and Literacy to Write a Children’s Book
Kean Senior Combines Love of Travel, Psychology and Literacy to Write a Children’s Book
Graduating senior Charlene Higgs created Bodhi the Bird, the main character in her first children’s book, to teach children about positivity, perseverance and finding friends who love you the way you are.
Kean Research Offers New Tools in the Fight Against Spotted Lanternflies
Kean Research Offers New Tools in the Fight Against Spotted Lanternflies
Assistant Professor Brenna Levine, Ph.D., has decoded the most detailed genome of the invasive spotted lanternfly, paving the way for future control methods. The National Science Foundation-funded research, co-authored by a Kean graduate student, was published in Scientific Data.