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Announcing a Kean University Podcast: 'Urban Impact'
Announcing a Kean University Podcast: 'Urban Impact'
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.
Author James McBride to Give Distinguished Lecture at Kean
Author James McBride to Give Distinguished Lecture at Kean
Award-winning author and screenwriter James McBride will speak about identity and inclusion on Thursday, February 9 as part of the President’s Distinguished Lecture Series at Kean University.
Keanu’s Kitchen Revamped and Open for Dining on Kean’s Main Campus
Keanu’s Kitchen Revamped and Open for Dining on Kean’s Main Campus
Keanu’s Kitchen, a dining hall on Kean University’s Union campus, has been reimagined and is now offering new features for students and employees, including a personalized approach to dining, new menu items and expanded hours.
Kean Receives $4.5 Million Grant for Mental Health Program in Belleville Schools
Kean Receives $4.5 Million Grant for Mental Health Program in Belleville Schools
A $4.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education will fund a Kean University program designed to increase diversity among school psychologists while proactively addressing student mental health in the Belleville School District.
Kean Makes History as Urban Research University with Funding for Three Initiatives in Federal Spending Bill
Kean Makes History as Urban Research University with Funding for Three Initiatives in Federal Spending Bill
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.
Kean's KUBS Program Broadens Opportunities for High School Athletes
Kean's KUBS Program Broadens Opportunities for High School Athletes
A high school basketball event on Saturday, January 7 launched a new program at Kean, KUBS, that introduces urban students to higher education through sports.
New Jersey’s Best Pizza Maker Is a Kean Student
New Jersey’s Best Pizza Maker Is a Kean Student
Kean University criminal justice student Michael Testa has an amazing new topping for his resume – winning the Up-and-Coming Pizza Makers competition in Atlantic City this fall. Check out our video to see his dough-spinning skills and find out what was on the pizza that won him the crown.
Kean to Compete in USDA Business Challenge
Kean to Compete in USDA Business Challenge
Two teams of students from Kean's College of Business and Public Management will be among teams from 17 institutions nationwide competing in a simulation to increase export opportunities for U.S. food and agricultural products.
Kean Hosts Swearing-in of Supreme Court Justice Douglas Fasciale
Kean Hosts Swearing-in of Supreme Court Justice Douglas Fasciale
Top leaders from New Jersey’s executive, legislative and judicial branches of government, including Governor Phil Murphy, were at Wilkins Theatre for the swearing in of the state's newest Supreme Court justice.
Kean Environmental Science Classes Are Reducing Plastic Waste
Kean Environmental Science Classes Are Reducing Plastic Waste
A recycling project with a tangible result had Kean students lugging plastic bags, plastic packaging and various plastic waste to class this semester.