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Kean alumnus Dr. Youssef A. Kousa ’05, ’07 M.S. and his collaborators made a breakthrough discovery, identifying three genes that could be responsible for two previously unrelated types of congenital disorders — cleft lip and palate, and neural tube defects like spina bifida.

Kean University art history student Jennifer Zuniga is being groomed as a future leader in the art world with a prestigious three-year internship at the Newark Museum. The Diversifying Art Museum Leadership Initiative internship exposes college students to the full range of museum departments, paying them while training them in all aspects of the business.

The new College of Business and Public Management building rising on Morris Avenue on the main campus in Union has a name, Hynes Hall. It will bear the name of Jim Hynes, a 1963 Kean graduate, and his wife Carole, who announced a significant contribution toward the development of the Global Business School’s new academic facility late last fall.

Liebermann, who resides in Weehawken, is one of America’s most frequently performed and recorded living composers

UNION, N.J. ­–– Ars Vitalis: The New Jersey New Music Forum at Kean University will present an evening of compositions by Lowell Liebermann.

A Kean Hall of Fame athlete recalls a time in the 1960s when he and his team stood together against racism.

A team of Kean industrial design students is exhibiting its transportation vision for the University at the prestigious Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City, one of only five student teams selected from across the nation.

A new program at Kean University offers academic support and financial incentive for students to graduate in four years, giving those who are close to earning their degrees an extra boost.

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Jeffrey H. Toney, Ph.D., a chemist by training, advocates for academics in all fields to consider how their work impacts global issues.

Three Kean University nursing faculty members created a new nursing education model that is being introduced across the nation. The Integrative Student Growth Model is a student-centric approach that builds on the individual strengths of each student in a holistic, inclusive and interconnected way.

A collection of centuries-old Madeira wines uncovered at Liberty Hall recently went up for auction at the famed Christie’s auction house in New York, and the proceeds will help restore a 1920s-era elevator at the landmark museum that was once the home of New Jersey's first-elected governor.