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Provost Jeffrey H. Toney, Ph.D., Named Visiting Scholar at Harvard University
Provost Jeffrey H. Toney, Ph.D., Named Visiting Scholar at Harvard University
Provost and Vice President for Research and Faculty Jeffrey H. Toney, Ph.D., will spend the summer of 2020 as a visiting scholar in the Harvard University Department of the History of Science researching the topic, How Amateurs Changed the World: Philosophical Foundations of Scientific Discoveries.
Music Professor Tours with Iconic Rock Band
Music Professor Tours with Iconic Rock Band
Adjunct Professor James Musto III, director of the Kean Percussion Ensemble, applied his classical music training to classic rock recently, playing the timpani for The Who during the band's Moving On! tour.
Google Grant Funds Kean Research into Computer Science Education for Bilingual Learners
Google Grant Funds Kean Research into Computer Science Education for Bilingual Learners
A prestigious Google grant is supporting Kean researchers who are working to break language barriers for Hispanic students in high school computer science classes. The $113,000 grant is one of only six Computer Science and Education Research (CS-ER) grants awarded this year by Google.
Kean Grad Spreads the Word About Climate Change at U.N. Forum
Kean Grad Spreads the Word About Climate Change at U.N. Forum
Kean alumnus Michael Favetta ’07, a former TV weatherman who has built a successful career around the weather, recently presented at a United Nation climate change forum in Taiwan on the topic, "Communication Climate Change."
High School Students Learn about Renewable Energy at Kean
High School Students Learn about Renewable Energy at Kean
New Jersey high school students learned about wind and solar power and other renewable energy in workshops hosted by Kean University’s School of Environmental and Sustainability Science in Union, New Jersey this summer.
$1.5 Million Federal Grant Supports Kean’s Supplemental Instruction Program
$1.5 Million Federal Grant Supports Kean’s Supplemental Instruction Program
Kean’s Supplemental Instruction program has received a $1.5 million federal grant to fund a major expansion of the program, which offers specialized, peer-to-peer academic support to students enrolled in traditionally difficult gateway courses such as chemistry and mathematics.
Kean Associate Dean’s Drawings Included in Smithsonian Collection
Kean Associate Dean’s Drawings Included in Smithsonian Collection
Four drawings by Michael Graves College Associate Dean Rose Gonnella are part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) Sara Roby Foundation Collection in Washington, D.C.
Luminous Ceramics on Display at Kean University Gallery
Luminous Ceramics on Display at Kean University Gallery
An exhibit, Iridescence: Sculptures from the Ira Winarsky Collection is on display at the Dryfoos Gallery at Kean University, located in the main library on the Union campus, through September 30.
Kean University Announces Firm for Presidential Search
Kean University Announces Firm for Presidential Search
The Board of Trustees has selected Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates (SPA) to lead the search for the University’s next president following the recent announcement by President Dawood Farahi, Ph.D., that 2020 will be his last year as president.
Q&A: Hurricanes, Dorian and Climate Change
Q&A: Hurricanes, Dorian and Climate Change
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs Paul Croft, Ph.D., a meteorologist, discusses the conditions that created the devastating Hurricane Dorian and whether we should expect more storms like it.