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Actor Holly Taylor smiles as she holds up the book, The New Art of Ideas.
Actor Holly Taylor Helps Kean Professor Launch Latest Book

Actor Holly Taylor Helps Kean Professor Launch Latest Book

When Michael Graves College Distinguished Professor Robin Landa was planning her 25th book, "The New Art of Ideas," she knew who to ask to design the cover and illustrations: her former student and Kean grad Holly Taylor '21, who stars in the Netflix series "Manifest."
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Management Science Graduate Devotes Career to Helping the Underrepresented

Management Science Graduate Devotes Career to Helping the Underrepresented

Sara Peña ’96 developed a newfound confidence at Kean that has carried her through her career to her current role as PSE&G’s director of external affairs.
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Kean Launches Learning Labs to Help Small Businesses Grow

Kean Launches Learning Labs to Help Small Businesses Grow

The New Jersey Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Kean University held the first in a series of learning labs offering hands-on support to small business owners as they navigate state certification processes and other opportunities to develop their businesses.

Kean Signs Youngest Player to Football Team

Kean Signs Youngest Player to Football Team

One small recruit is providing a big dose of inspiration to the Kean University football team, on and off the field. Kean Athletics partnered with Team Impact, a nonprofit that pairs kids with serious illness and disability with college sports teams, to draft the team’s #1 recruit, Ty Weinglass.

Xavier Amparo speaks at a lecturn on stage, with a screen behind him reading 2022 GMiS Student Leadership Awards
Kean Senior Wins Top Undergraduate Award at Prestigious GMiS Conference

Kean Senior Wins Top Undergraduate Award at Prestigious GMiS Conference

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.
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Kean, Union County Join National ‘Safe Place’ to Combat Hate

Kean, Union County Join National ‘Safe Place’ to Combat Hate

Kean became the first university in New Jersey designated a “Safe Place” under a national program that assures a safe environment for victims of hate, bullying and threats.

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Kean to Host 'The Search for Humanity After Atrocity' Conference

Kean to Host 'The Search for Humanity After Atrocity' Conference

Scholars and nonprofit practitioners from around the world will come together at Kean University for a two-day conference examining new ways to pursue justice and negotiate post-conflict conditions.
Artist Ricardo Roig, in a black jacket and gray cap.
Graduate Builds Rewarding Career as Artist After Developing Signature Technique at Kean

Graduate Builds Rewarding Career as Artist After Developing Signature Technique at Kean

When Ricardo Roig ’08 gets the inspiration for a work of art, he sees a flash of light. His other milestone moments have struck like lightning bolts, too.

A wireframe view of the Bedroom of Susan Livingston Kean Niemcewicz at historic Liberty Hall Museum
Kean University Is 'Fast Company' 2022 Innovation by Design Awards Honoree

Kean University Is 'Fast Company' 2022 Innovation by Design Awards Honoree

Kean received a prestigious Fast Company 2022 design award for a project in which Associate Professor Edward Johnston and students at Michael Graves College used interactive 3D media to explore history.
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Kean Invites Local Musicians to Join New Community Orchestra

Kean Invites Local Musicians to Join New Community Orchestra

The Kean-NJIO Orchestra, a new intergenerational community orchestra at Kean, is looking for musicians with orchestral experience to perform a “varied, adventurous and inclusive repertoire.”